Good Municipal government is important. When you need to speak with your Councillor, you deserve a respectful and quick response. If an issue is important to you, it's important to me! I will return constituent messages within 24 hours.
The residents of ward 15 deserve robust public service delivery. A joint police and fire station, is high among our community’s needs. Further, Waterdown deserves a Recreation Centre. Some areas of Hamilton have two or three community centers and we have none. That's not right and needs to change. Simultaneously, we must grow our agro-food sector, while also protecting the environment, enhancing public transit, and fixing our affordable housing crisis.
Located inside the Waterdown branch of the Hamilton Public Library, adjacent to the Flamborough Municipal Service Centre at 163 Dundas St. E., the Ward 15 Constituency Office is available to host meetings with community members, by appointment. Additionally, Ward 15 staff are available every Thursday from 2-8pm for drop-in meetings, no appointment necessary.
Ted was born and raised in Hamilton. In the early 80's, Ted and his wife Dr. Barb, a Carlisle family physician, made the decision to live, work and raise their family in Flamborough-Waterdown-Carlisle. Ted served two terms as Mayor of the Town of Flamborough before completing five terms as MPP. Ted served in four Ontario Cabinet portfolios as Minister of Government and Consumer Services, Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs, Community & Social Services, and Municipal Affairs and Housing.
A lifetime community volunteer, Ted is a past President of both the Hamilton-Burlington YMCA and the Hamilton Wentworth Lung Association. He chaired the Mental Health Association's Education Committee and sat on the Joseph Brant Hospital Board, the Art Gallery of Hamilton Council of Governors and the Routes Youth Services Board.
A graduate of Mohawk College, McMaster and Wilfrid Laurier Universities, Ted has received Lifetime Achievement recognition from all three institutions. He's also received the Queen's Silver and Gold medals for community service. Ted worked as Executive Director of the Burlington Social Planning Council, as Chair of Part-time Studies at Mohawk College and as the Mission and Stewardship Officer for the United Church - Hamilton Conference. Later as a local business leader, Ted owned and operated the award-winning CHAPTERS Bookstore in Waterdown, served as Vice President of the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce and Chair of the Waterdown BIA.
