John-Paul Danko

John-Paul Danko MP is a Canadian politician from the Liberal Party of Canada. He was elected Member of Parliament for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas in the 2025 Canadian federal election.^[1] He is a city council member in Hamilton, Ontario.^[2]

John-Paul Danko MP
Member of Parliament for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas
Incumbent
Assumed office April 28, 2025
Preceded by	Filomena Tassi
Personal details
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Dawn Danko
Website	jpdanko.liberal.ca

Electoral record

Federal

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John-Paul Danko	38,980	56.02	+11.72
	Conservative	Erika Alexander	25,657	36.87	+7.80
	New Democratic	Roberto Henriquez	3,648	5.24	–14.47
	Green	Georgia Beauchemin	829	1.19	–1.42
	People's	Ava Sharavi	307	0.44	–3.66
	Christian Heritage	Jim Enos	163	0.23	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			69,584	73.93
Eligible voters			94,124
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+1.96
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]

Municipal

Candidates for the 24 October 2022 Hamilton Ward 8 Councillor Election

Candidate		Popular vote			Expenditures
		Votes	%	±%
	John-Paul Danko (Incumbent)	5,274	62.18	+20.51%
	Sonia Brown	1,936	22.82	-
	Anthony Frisina	634	7.47	-
	Joshua Czerniga	413	4.87	-
	Daniel Veltri	225	2.65	-
Total votes		8,482
Registered voters
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Sources: City of Hamilton, "Nominated Candidates"

Candidates for the October 22, 2018 Hamilton, Ontario Ward 8 Councillor Election

Candidate		Popular vote			Expenditures
		Votes	%	±%
	John-Paul Danko	3,752	41.67%	+23% Note 1	$25,906.54
	Eve Adams	2,097	23.29%	-	$19,800.00
	Steve Ruddick	1,905	21.16%	-	$7,988.23
	Colleen Wicken	911	10.12%	-	$9,872.08
	Anthony Simpson	288	3.20%	-	-1
	Christopher Climie	50	0.56%	-	-1
Total votes		9,003
Registered voters		21,694	41.5%	+5.21%
1 These candidates did not submit official Financial Statements and are, therefore, ineligible to run in the 2022 election Note 1: Results compared to 2016 By-Election Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Sources: City of Hamilton, "Nominated Candidates"

Candidates for the March 21, 2016 Hamilton, Ontario Ward Seven Councillor By-Election

Candidate		Popular vote			Expenditures
		Votes	%	±%
	Donna Skelly	1,967	19.59%	-	$30,524.46
	John-Paul Danko	1,875	18.67%	-	$21,530.03
	Uzma Qureshi	1,521	15.14%	-	$28,621.86
	Shaun Burt	881	8.77%	-	n/a1
	Doug Farraway	785	7.82%	-	$12,657
	Geraldine McMullen	720	7.17%	-	$27,112.84
	Tom Gordon	468	4.66%	-	$2,681.09
	Howard Rabb	376	3.74%	-	$17,696.61
	Bob Charters	354	3.52%	-	n/a1
	Glenn Murphy	255	2.54%	-	$5,840.09
	Chelsey Heroux	172	1.71%	-	n/a1
	Hans Zuriel	133	1.32%	-	$8,531.42
	Philip Bradshaw	110	1.10%	-	$1,450.12
	Robert Bolton	95	0.95%	-	n/a1
	Jeanne Pacey	95	0.95%	-	n/a1
	Louis Vecchioni	64	0.64%	-	$0
	Anthony Nicholl	62	0.62%	-	n/a1
	Mohammad Shahrouri	48	0.48%	-	$160
	Robert Young	22	0.22%	-	$930.87
	Paul Nagy	17	0.17%	-	$0
	Damin Starr	17	0.17%	-	$7,886.76
	Luc Hetu	6	0.06%	-	n/a1
Total votes		10,063	24.35%	=7.4%	$40,005.55
Registered voters		41,332
1 These candidates did not submit official Financial Statements and are, therefore, ineligible to run in the 2018 Municipal election Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Sources: City of Hamilton, "Nominated Candidates" Archived 2010-08-20 at the Wayback Machine City of Hamilton, "2016 Candidate Financial Statements Archived September 5, 2018, at the Wayback Machine