Who's got your vote in Hamilton Centre? Watch as most major party candidates make their case

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25-02-2025

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When CBC Hamilton asked to hear from the candidates running for the major parties in Hamilton Centre, four of them visited our downtown studio and made their case to voters.
Watch this collection of video interviews done with those candidates, recorded as the campaign neared its end. Voting for the Ontario general election takes place on Thursday.
Incumbent candidate Sarah Jama is running as an Independent after she was prevented by the Ontario NDP from competing for the nomination this time. The housing and disability advocate won the seat in 2023 in a byelection as a member of the NDP, but was expelled from the party later that year.
Instead, the NDP are running a first-time candidate, Hamilton family doctor Robin Lennox in the riding.
Liberal candidate Eileen Walker is a retired Ontario Court Justice of the Peace. She told CBC Hamilton that she was inspired by Ontario Liberal party leader Bonnie Crombie to run in the riding.
Green candidate Lucia Iannantuono, who works in electronics and hardware design, also ran in the byelection in 2023.
These four candidates accepted the CBC's invitation to make their case to Hamilton Centre voters in interviews that can been seen in full in the videos below. PC Party candidate Sarah Bokhari declined the invitation saying, "unfortunately, we're unable to accommodate this request."
Also running in Hamilton Centre are Mitch Novosad of the New Blue Party, a Mohawk College graduate and "lifelong" Hamilton resident, as well as Nathalie Xian Yi Yan, an Independent, who is a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine.
Green candidate Lucia Iannantuono
Hamilton Centre: Lucia Iannantuono says save Greenbelt but also protect water and farmland from PCs
8 hours ago
Duration 15:59
Lucia Iannantuono studied electrical engineering and works in electronics and hardware design. She's running in the provincial election with the Green Party which she says is the "ideas engine" of the opposition parties. Iannantuono told CBC Hamilton how she thinks the Green Party is different from the NDP, and how she helps people connect the climate crisis to every day challenges they face.
Independent candidate Sarah Jama
Hamilton Centre: Sarah Jama says voters know I'll "fight for them... not just stick to status quo"
8 hours ago
Duration 11:08
Sarah Jama is running in the provincial election as an Independent candidate to retain the Hamilton Centre seat she won in 2023 as a member of the New Democratic Party. She was removed as a member of the NDP caucus after a social media post which called for a ceasefire as well as an "end to all occupation of Palestinian land." She was also censured by the Ontario government which prevented her from speaking in the legislature. That censure ends after this election.
NDP candidate Robin Lennox
Hamilton Centre: Dr. Robin Lennox on hallway healthcare and U.S. tariffs
8 hours ago
Duration 14:05
Dr. Robin Lennox is a Hamilton family physician running for the NDP in the Hamilton Centre riding in the provincial election. She spoke with CBC Hamilton about U.S. tariffs as well as what she describes as a crisis in healthcare and how underfunding the system prevents patients from getting the care they need.
Liberal candidate Eileen Walker
Hamilton Centre: Lucia Iannantuono says save Greenbelt but also protect water and farmland from PCs
8 hours ago
Duration 15:59
Lucia Iannantuono studied electrical engineering and works in electronics and hardware design. She's running in the provincial election with the Green Party which she says is the "ideas engine" of the opposition parties. Iannantuono told CBC Hamilton how she thinks the Green Party is different from the NDP, and how she helps people connect the climate crisis to every day challenges they face.