School board
Trustee
- French: Conseillère ou conseiller scolaire
Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board · Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board area
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected
- Exact method
- Elected at the regular municipal and school board election (next on 26 October 2026; the new term starts 15 November 2026) by the board's electors in each of its geographic areas: 11 trustees for 2026-2030 (O. Reg. 412/00 s. 2.1: the lesser of 12 and the 2022 number). Student trustees and First Nation trustees appointed under s. 188 also sit on the board and are not counted here.
- Seats
- 11
Who holds these seats now
- Abby Zaitley Report Source: ontario.ca, checked (+1 more)
- Amanda Fehrman Report Source: ontario.ca, checked (+1 more)
- Becky Buck Report Source: ontario.ca, checked (+1 more)
- Dawn Danko Report Source: ontario.ca, checked (+1 more)
- Elizabeth Wong Report Source: ontario.ca, checked (+1 more)
- Graeme Noble Report Source: ontario.ca, checked (+1 more)
- Kathy Archer Report Source: ontario.ca, checked (+1 more)
- Maria Felix Miller Report Source: ontario.ca, checked (+1 more)
- Paul Tut Report Source: ontario.ca, checked (+1 more)
- Sabreina Dahab Report Source: ontario.ca, checked (+1 more)
- Todd White Report Source: ontario.ca, checked (+1 more)
Chris Slye was acclaimed as Trustee on August 24, 2026. No vote was needed: they were the only candidate.
Next vote
- in 14 days General election · 4 candidates
- in 14 days General election · 2 candidates
- in 14 days General election · 4 candidates
- in 14 days General election · 3 candidates
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- in 14 days General election · 3 candidates
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- in 14 days General election · 2 candidates
Sources
- ontario.ca · checked Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2 (consolidated from 2026-09-22): s. 58.1(10)-(11) a district school board has 5 to 12 members, not counting First Nation trustees under s. 188, student trustees or the director of education; ss. 58.7-58.9 elections; ss. 230.3 and 230.15(2) Minister's vesting order and appointment of a person to exercise the board's powers For: Trustee, Trustee in French
- ontario.ca · checked O. Reg. 412/00, Elections to and Representation on District School Boards (consolidated from 2026-04-13, last amended by O. Reg. 100/26): s. 2.1 number of members for a regular election is the lesser of 12 and the 2022 number; ss. 4-9 distribution of members to geographic areas by 31 March of the election year For: Trustee
- hwdsb.on.ca · checked HWDSB Trustees page lists 11 trustees by ward (checked 2026-10-11) For: Trustee
- ontario.ca · checked Municipal Elections Act, 1996 (consolidated from 2026-05-07): s. 4 regular elections on the fourth Monday of October every four years (26 October 2026); s. 6 four-year term beginning 15 November; district school boards elected the same way as councils (Education Act s. 58.7) For: Abby Zaitley, current term, Amanda Fehrman, current term, Becky Buck, current term, Dawn Danko, current term, Elizabeth Wong, current term and 6 more
- hwdsb.on.ca · checked Listed as trustee (Ward 4) on the board's website, checked 2026-10-11 For: Abby Zaitley, current term
- hwdsb.on.ca · checked Listed as trustee (Wards 11 & 12) on the board's website, checked 2026-10-11 For: Amanda Fehrman, current term
- hwdsb.on.ca · checked Listed as trustee (Wards 8 & 14) on the board's website, checked 2026-10-11 For: Becky Buck, current term
- hwdsb.on.ca · checked Listed as trustee (Ward 7) on the board's website, checked 2026-10-11 For: Dawn Danko, current term
- hwdsb.on.ca · checked Listed as trustee (Ward 1) on the board's website, checked 2026-10-11 For: Elizabeth Wong, current term
- hwdsb.on.ca · checked Listed as trustee (Ward 15) on the board's website, checked 2026-10-11 For: Graeme Noble, current term
- hwdsb.on.ca · checked Listed as trustee (Wards 6 & 9) on the board's website, checked 2026-10-11 For: Kathy Archer, current term
- hwdsb.on.ca · checked Listed as trustee (Ward 3) on the board's website, checked 2026-10-11 For: Maria Felix Miller, current term
- hwdsb.on.ca · checked Listed as trustee (Ward 13) on the board's website, checked 2026-10-11 For: Paul Tut, current term
- hwdsb.on.ca · checked Listed as trustee (Ward 2) on the board's website, checked 2026-10-11 For: Sabreina Dahab, current term
- hwdsb.on.ca · checked Listed as trustee (Wards 5 & 10) on the board's website, checked 2026-10-11 For: Todd White, current term
- hamilton.ca · checked contest.seats_up = 1 from the clerk's certified candidate list ("1 to elect"), migration 032 backfill For: General election, October 26, 2026
- ontario.ca · checked Municipal Elections Act, 1996: s. 4 (voting day 26 October 2026), s. 31 (nomination day, third Friday in August), s. 37(1) (acclamation at 4 p.m. on the Monday after nomination day), s. 6 (term from 15 November) For: General election, October 26, 2026
- hamilton.ca · checked City of Hamilton, 2026 Municipal Election, Certified Candidates page (date modified 11 September 2026; withdrawn candidates excluded), retrieved 2026-10-11; one trustee per area: the board's 11 trustees are elected in these 11 areas (HWDSB trustees page) For: General election, October 26, 2026