2014 Griffith by-election, Betting/polling
Upon the 6 January announcement of the by-election date, odds from Sportingbet favoured Labor at $1.18 against $4.25 for the LNP.


2014 Griffith by-election, Betting/polling
Queensland federal statewide Newspoll conducted from October to December 2013 indicated a three percent two-party swing from the LNP to Labor since the 2013 election, while Nielsen conducted in November 2013 indicated a 12 percent two-party swing from the LNP to Labor.


2014 Griffith by-election, Betting/polling
The last and only time a federal government won a by-election from an opposition was at the 1920 Kalgoorlie by-election. Political analysts predicted that Labor would retain Griffith.


2014 Griffith by-election, Results
Results are final. The ABC's Antony Green said at 8pm on election night that Terri Butler had retained the seat for Labor.


2014 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 2014 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 48th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 14 September 2014. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by André Greipel.


2014 Grozny bombing
The 2014 Grozny bombing was a terrorist attack in the city of Grozny, Chechen Republic, Russia. On October 5, 2014, a 19-year-old man named Opti Mudarov went to the town hall where an event was taking place to mark Grozny City Day celebrations coinciding with the birthday of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov. Police officers noticed him acting strangely and stopped him. The officers began to search him and the bomb which Mudarov had been carrying exploded. Five officers, along with the suicide bomber, were killed, while 12 others were wounded.


2014 Grozny clashes
On 4 December 2014, a group of armed militants of the jihadist organization Caucasus Emirate attacked a traffic police checkpoint outside the city of Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. The militants then entered the city and occupied the "Press House" building in the city center and a nearby school.


2014 Grozny clashes
According to the BBC, the Islamists had claimed to have launched a suicide attack in response to purported attacks by security forces on Muslim women.


2014 Grozny clashes, Timeline
On 4 December 2014, a group of Islamist militants, in three vehicles, killed three traffic policemen, after the latter had attempted to stop them at a checkpoint in the outskirts of Grozny. The militants then occupied a press building and an abandoned school, located in the center of the city. Launching a counter-terrorism operation, security forces, with the use of armored vehicles, attempted to storm the buildings and a firefight ensued.


2014 Grozny clashes, Timeline
14 policemen, 11 militants and 1 civilian were killed. Additionally 36 policemen were wounded in the incident. The Press House was also burned and severely damaged in the incident.


2014 Grozny clashes, Timeline
It has been suggested, by The New York Times and The Washington Post writers, that the timing of the attack purposefully coincided with president Vladimir Putin's delivery of an annual state-of-the-nation speech in Moscow.


2014 Grozny clashes, Context
In modern times, the conflict (with the first uprising in 1785) has included the First Chechen War (1994–1996), the War of Dagestan (1999), the Second Chechen War (1999–2009), the 2002 Grozny truck bombing, and the Insurgency in the North Caucasus (2009–present). Recent events have included the 2010 Chechen Parliament attack, and the 2014 Grozny bombing. The 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis begun by Chechen and Ingush terrorists ended with the deaths of 385 people.


2014 Grozny clashes, Reactions
Russian president, Vladimir Putin, responded in his annual speech, that "these 'rebels' have shown up in Chechnya again. I'm sure, the local law enforcement authorities will take proper care of them." The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said, the "bandits" had died "a dog's death".


2014 Grozny clashes, Reactions
On Kavkaz Center website, a Chechen fighter credited Aslan Byutukayev for the attacks, saying: "There are already results. Allah killed them with our hands."


2014 Grozny clashes, Reactions
Time magazine noted, that Putin's state-of-the-nation speech was greeted at best with polite applause, as Kremlin critic Carl Bildt, Sweden's former Minister of Foreign Affairs, tweeted: "Street battle in Grozny? Moscow should have more pressing priorities than destabilising Ukraine."


2014 Grêmio F.B.P.A. season
The 2014 season was Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense's 111th season in existence and the club's 9th consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football. Grêmio signed Enderson Moreira as the new manager, who left his position at Goiás to join the club.


2014 Grêmio F.B.P.A. season, Season summary
Grêmio started the season using a top squad of its academy, the under-20s team, at the beginning of the Campeonato Gaúcho, because the first team squad had extended its pre-season due to participation in the 2014 Copa Libertadores. Despite starting with the under-20s, Grêmio came with confidence to the final of the Campeonato Gaúcho. However, they were defeated 6–2 on aggregate to their biggest rival, Internacional, as a result of their weakened squad due to players missing that were competing simultaneously in the Copa Libertadores.


2014 Grêmio F.B.P.A. season, Season summary
In the Copa Libertadores, Grêmio qualified for the round of 16 with the second best overall record amongst all 32 teams, although they still finished second in the second phase of the perceived "group of death". In the last 16 the club's opponents were San Lorenzo, and, with injuries to three of their main players (Luan, Wendell and Rhodolfo), Grêmio was eliminated in a penalty shoot-out.


2014 Grêmio F.B.P.A. season, Season summary
On 20 April, Grêmio debuted in the 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A against Atlético Paranaense, finishing with a 1–1 draw. In this game and the next, the club could not use its major players, as they were still prioritizing the Libertadores. Before the season stopped for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, in the ninth fixture, Grêmio had 15 points from 27 available, and were in 6th place in the table. During the break, the club strengthened by bringing in four new players for the return sequence of the season, with the main names being Giuliano and Fernandinho. On 16 July, the season resumed with Grêmio drawing 0–0 against Goiás.


2014 Grêmio F.B.P.A. season, Season summary
On 27 July, following a 2–3 home loss to Coritiba, the Grêmio board of directors decided to part ways with head coach Moreira. Following this, the under-20 team head coach André Jardine was promoted to caretaker until a new head coach was hired. Two days later, Grêmio announced Luiz Felipe Scolari, who had managed the Brazil national team during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, as new head coach. He made his coaching debut for the club against rivals Internacional in the fourteenth fixture of the Série A, which ended in a 0–2 away loss.


2014 Grêmio F.B.P.A. season, Season summary
In the Copa do Brasil, Grêmio played against Santos in the round of 16. On 28 August in the first leg, Grêmio was defeated 2–0 at home. In this match, there was an incident of racism by a small group of Grêmio supporters against Santos goalkeeper Aranha, which resulted in the deduction of three points in the league for Grêmio, the suspension of the second leg, and, with that, the qualification of Santos to the next round. Grêmio was also fined €18,000.


2014 Grêmio F.B.P.A. season, Club, Kit
This is the last season in which Topper supplies kits for Grêmio, after three years of partnership. For this year, the home kit follows the traditional tricolor design with blue, black and white stripes, this time with blue collars and black accents on the sleeves, inspired by the kit used in 1928. In away kit remained white in focus, however, with a detail in blue and white chest differentiating recent shirts. In 2014 it was not released the third kit. A new feature was presented in training kits, with yellow gaining ground with the traditional blue, in homage to Brazil, which hosts in the second time of the history the FIFA World Cup. Other colors can not be used beyond the three traditional in the match kits.


2014 Grêmio F.B.P.A. season, Squad information, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Grêmio F.B.P.A. season, Squad information, Starting XI
Last updated: 7 December 2014.Source: Squad statistics and Start formations Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2014 Grêmio F.B.P.A. season, Statistics, Appearances
As of 7 December 2014. Source: Match reports in Competitions


2014 Grêmio F.B.P.A. season, Statistics, Goalscorers
As of 7 December 2014. Source: Match reports in Competitions


2014 Grêmio F.B.P.A. season, Statistics, Clean sheets
As of 7 December 2014. Source: Match reports in Competitions


2014 Guamanian general election
General elections were held in Guam on November 4, 2014. Voters elected the governor, legislature, and territory's delegate to the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on 30 August.


2014 Guamanian general election
The Democratic and Republican primary elections were held on August 30, 2014.


2014 Guamanian general election, Legislature of Guam
All fifteen seats in the Legislature of Guam are up for election. Democrats, under Speaker Judith Won Pat, currently control nine seats in the Legislature, while Republicans hold six seats. One incumbent seats and only senators is not seeking re-election was Ben Pangelinan to the 33rd Guam Legislature until he died in the office on July 8, 2014.


2014 Guamanian general election, Attorney general candidates
Two candidates are seeking election as attorney general, Leonardo Rapadas and retiring Superior Court of Guam judge Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson.


2014 Guamanian general election, Consolidated Commission on Utilities candidate
Eleven candidates are seeking election as CCU will take three seats.


2014 Guamanian general election, Guam Education Board candidate
Nine candidates are seeking election as Guam Education Board will take six seats.


2014 Guamanian general election, Judicial retention elections
One Supreme Court Associate Justice, Robert J. Torres Jr., and one Superior Court Judge, Michael J. Bordallo, were up for retention.


2014 Guamanian general election, Newcomers, Attorney General
The newcomer is Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson is a former Attorney General, and she was elected on November 4, 2014.


2014 Guamanian general election, Newcomers, Consolidated Commission on Utilities
There will be 2 new CCU member were elected on November 4, 2014.


2014 Guamanian general election, Newcomers, Guam Education Board
The newcomer is Lourdes San Nicolas where she was elected on November 4, 2014.


2014 Guamanian gubernatorial election
The 2014 Guam gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Guam. Incumbent Republican Governor Eddie Calvo, who was elected in 2010, sought re-election for a second four-year term. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Guam are elected on the same ticket.


2014 Guamanian gubernatorial election
Calvo won the election with 64 percent of the vote, defeating Gutierrez. As of 2021, this is the last time a Republican won the governorship of Guam.


2014 Guamanian gubernatorial election, Background
The 2014 gubernatorial race was essentially a rematch of the 2010 gubernatorial election. In 2010, Eddie Calvo, a Republican, defeated the Democratic nominee, former Governor Carl Gutierrez (1995–2003), with 50.61% of the vote. Calvo took office in January 2011.


2014 Guamanian gubernatorial election, Background
Governor Eddie Calvo and Lt. Governor Ray Tenorio announced their intention to seek re-election for a second, four-year term. The team held the first official rally to kickoff their campaign on June 7, 2014, at their campaign headquarters in Anigua, following a motorcade of supporters from Yigo.


2014 Guamanian gubernatorial election, Background
In contrast to the Republicans, the Democratic Party of Guam was initially unable to find a candidate willing to run against Governor Calvo in the 2014 contest. Noting the lack of a nominee, former Governor Carl Gutierrez, who initially declined to enter the election, announced his intention to run for governor on June 26, 2014, just days before the July 1 filing deadline. Gutierrez chose Gary Gumataotao, an attorney, as his running mate. Gutierrez and Gumataotao filed their candidacy papers on June 30, 2014, followed by a campaign rally in Hagåtña.


2014 Guamanian gubernatorial election, Endorsements
Former First Lady of Guam Joanne Camacho (2003–2011), a Republican and former General Manager of the Guam Visitors Bureau, endorsed Gutierrez for governor in the election. Rumors of a potential split in the Republican Party of Guam between factions loyal to either Governor Calvo or former Governor Felix Perez Camacho spread following her endorsement.


2014 Guamanian legislative election
Legislative election also known as Senatorial election for the Legislature of Guam took place on November 4, 2014, coinciding with the 2014 United States elections and the Guam gubernatorial election. All 15 seats in the Legislature of Guam were up for election.


2014 Guamanian legislative election, Candidates
The fifteen candidates who win the most votes go on to the General election. One incumbent seats and only senators is not seeking re-election was Ben Pangelinan to the 33rd Guam Legislature until he died in the office on July 8, 2014.


2014 Guamanian legislative election, Primary elections
The members are elected at-large with the first 15 winning candidates are elected as the new members of the legislature. As there were many candidates running, primaries were set on August 30, 2014, for both the Democratic and Republican parties.


2014 Guamanian legislative election, General Elections
The members of the legislature are elected at-large with the first 15 winning candidates elected as the new members of the legislature. The Democrats and Republican Party had retain their seats, for the next legislature at 9 Democrats and 6 Republicans


2014 Guamanian legislative election, Incoming Senators to the 33rd Guam Legislature
There were 15 senators elected on November 4, 2014 to serve in the 33rd Guam Legislature and were inaugurated on January 5, 2015:


2014 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
The 36th Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup will be held on 29 December 2013 and 1 January 2014. The first leg will be played at Mong Kok Stadium with the second leg to take place at Huizhou Olympic Stadium.


2014 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season
The 2014 Guangzhou Evergrande season is the 61st year in Guangzhou Evergrande's existence and is its 47th season in the Chinese football league, also its 25th season in the top flight.


2014 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season, Players, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Guangzhou International Women's Open
The 2014 Guangzhou International Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place in Guangzhou, China, from September 15 through September 20, 2014.


2014 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


2014 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai were the defending champions, but they chose not to participate this year. Chuang Chia-jung and Liang Chen won the title, defeating Alizé Cornet and Magda Linette in the final, 2–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–7], despite being a match point down in the second set.


2014 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles
Zhang Shuai was defending champion, but withdrew with a right arm injury before the tournament.


2014 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles
Monica Niculescu won the title, defeating Alizé Cornet in the final 6–4, 6–0.


2014 Guangzhou R&F F.C. season
The 2014 Guangzhou R&F season is the 4th year in Guangzhou R&F's existence and its 4th season in the Chinese football league, also its 3rd season in the top flight.


2014 Guangzhou R&F F.C. season, Squad, Winter
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Guangzhou R&F F.C. season, Squad, Summer
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Guangzhou attack
On Tuesday, 6 May 2014, at least six people were injured in a knife attack in Guangzhou, China. At least one suspect was shot and detained by authorities. It was believed by some witnesses that about four suspects were involved, and were carrying large knives.


2014 Guelph municipal election
The 2014 Guelph municipal election was held on October 27, 2014 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, to elect the Mayor of Guelph, Guelph City Council, the Guelph members of the Upper Grand District School Board (Public) and Wellington Catholic District School Board, and the regional members of Conseil Scolaire de District Catholiques Centre-Sud and Conseil Scolaire Viamonde (Public). The election was held in conjunction with the provincewide 2014 municipal elections.


2014 Guelph municipal election
For the first time during this election, the City of Guelph used online voting during the advanced polling, in an attempt to boost voter turnout and increase accessibility options for voters.


2014 Guelph municipal election, Conseil Scolaire de District Catholiques Centre-Sud
One candidate to be elected, representing Brampton, Caledon, Dufferin County and Wellington County.


2014 Guelph municipal election, Conseil Scolaire Viamonde
One candidate to be elected, representing Waterloo Region, Middlesex County, Wellington County, Perth County and Huron County.


2014 Guerrero earthquake
The 2014 Guerrero earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 7.2 that hit the state of Guerrero, close to Acapulco, Mexico, on 18 April at 14:27:26. The epicenter occurred 265 kilometers southwest of Mexico City and at a depth of 24 kilometers. Thrust motion at shallow depths is what caused the earthquake. This was broadly consistent with a slip on or near the Guerrero Seismic Gap, a boundary between the Cocos and North American plates along the Pacific Coast approximately 200 kilometers long. The shaking was felt in states as far away as Puebla and Tlaxcala.


2014 Guerrero earthquake, Location
The April 2014 earthquake was located just northwest of the rupture area of a 1957 Guerrero earthquake that measured 7.8 on the moment magnitude scale. Since 1975, 23 earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 or greater have occurred within 200 kilometers of the same area as the April 2014 earthquake.


2014 Guerrero earthquake, Damage
One person was injured when a wall collapsed in the city of Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan. 30 homes and a few buildings in Morelia sustained minor damage. At least 700 buildings and over 500 homes were damaged in Guerrero, and 21 homes collapsed. Building and home damage was also reported in capital Mexico City and states Morelos, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, State of Mexico, and Puebla.


2014 Guerrero earthquake, Damage
Blackouts were reported in Pachuca, Ecatepec, Chimalhuacán, Colonia del Valle, Nezahualcóyotl, Ixtapaluca, Azcapotzalco, Coyoacán, Xochimilco, Tláhuac, Cuauhtémoc, and around the state of Guerrero.


2014 Guerrero earthquake, Damage
Landslides were reported, including 13 in Guerrero, 1 in Morelos, 1 in Michoacan, and 1 in Tlaxcala.


2014 Guia Race of Macau
The 2014 Guia Race of Macau was the twelfth and final round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the tenth running of the Guia Race of Macau. The race was part of the Macau Grand Prix weekend, headlined by the Formula Three event. It was held on 16 November 2014 at the Guia Circuit in the Chinese special administrative region of Macau.


2014 Guia Race of Macau
Race one was won by José María López for Citroën Total WTCC and race two was won by Robert Huff for Lada Sport.


2014 Guia Race of Macau, Background
López had secured the drivers' championship at the previous race. His teammates Yvan Muller and Sébastien Loeb were both in contention to finish second in the standings. Franz Engstler had secured the Yokohama Trophy title two rounds previously.


2014 Guia Race of Macau, Background
Pepe Oriola returned to the championship with Campos Racing, driving a TC1 Chevrolet Cruze in place of the injured Dušan Borković. William Lok returned to Campos to drive a TC2 SEAT León.


2014 Guia Race of Macau, Background
When the compensation weights were revised after the previous round; the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC retained the maximum ballast to keep their weight at 1,160 kilograms (2,557 lb). The only change was to the Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1s which gained 10 kilograms (22 lb) to weigh 1,140 kilograms (2,513 lb).


2014 Guia Race of Macau, Report, Testing and free practice
Norbert Michelisz led the test session on Thursday morning ahead of Muller and López.


2014 Guia Race of Macau, Report, Testing and free practice
Gabriele Tarquini led a Castrol Honda 1–2 in first free practice later on Thursday, teammate Tiago Monteiro was second ahead of López, Muller and Michelisz. Series returnee Pepe Oriola was the fastest Chevrolet in fifth. The session was red–flagged seven minutes in when Hugo Valente crashed his Campos Racing Chevrolet into the barriers.


2014 Guia Race of Macau, Report, Testing and free practice
López led free practice two on Friday ahead of teammate Ma Qing Hua. The session was first interrupted when Henry Kwong crashed into the barrier at Lisboa, the session was then red–flagged when Oriola clipped the barriers at the Esses.


2014 Guia Race of Macau, Report, Qualifying
Michelisz was quickest in the first part of qualifying which was extended due to the length of the Guia Circuit. Five minutes into the session Oriola was involved in an accident which would see the Spaniard ruled out of the rest of the weekend. Mehdi Bennani was the first of the drivers who failed to get through to Q2 along with James Thompson and Mikhail Kozlovskiy. René Münnich failed to qualify within the 107% rule despite setting a time quicker than TC2 driver Felipe De Souza who qualified in 18th.


2014 Guia Race of Macau, Report, Qualifying
López topped the times in Q2, Valente was tenth to secure pole race two where he would share the front row with ROAL Motorsport's Tom Chilton. Ma finished eleventh and missed out on the reversed grid opportunity while his three teammates made it through to Q3 along with Tom Coronel and Michelisz.


2014 Guia Race of Macau, Report, Qualifying
López recorded his seventh pole of the season on his maiden appearance at the Macau circuit. Citroën filled the first three places, Sébastien Loeb out–qualified Muller who had been suffering with understeer while Michelisz took fourth ahead of Coronel.


2014 Guia Race of Macau, Report, Race One
Michelisz got around Muller and Loeb to move into second as Chilton stalled on the grid. Muller dropped to sixth position behind the two factory Hondas of Tarquini and Monteiro. On lap three Loeb tried a pass around the outside of Michelisz at Lisboa, losing him places to Tarquini, Monteiro and Muller. On lap five Kwong collided with the barriers, teammate Lok then went off at Melco a few seconds later.


2014 Guia Race of Macau, Report, Race One
On lap nine Bennani went off at the start line after a collision with Kwong who was a lap down and trying to get out of the way; Kwong swerved across and tagged Bennani which caused Bennani to lose control and tag the barriers. The race finished with yellow flags in sector one for the stricken Proteam Racing Honda, López claimed a dominant victory with Michelisz and Tarquini completing the podium. Franz Engstler was the Yokohama Trophy winner.


2014 Guia Race of Macau, Report, Race Two
Bennani was unable to start race two due to damage sustained to his car in race one while Tarquini pulled out due to illness. At the start Monteiro got through between front row starters Valente and Chilton, Valente tried to retake the lead at Lisboa but outbraked himself and dropped back. Monteiro now led from Huff and Muller, Michelisz was fourth with Valente and Chilton leading the rest of the pack which was dropping back from the lead battle.


2014 Guia Race of Macau, Report, Race Two
Gianni Morbidelli went off at Fishermen's Bend on lap four having lost the rear of his Chevrolet on the exit, the car was quickly lifted away. Lap five saw Loeb pass Coronel at Lisboa to take eighth place, he pulled off a similar move on Chilton on the following lap to take seventh place as Ma unsuccessfully tried to pass Coronel just behind. On lap seven Ma went into the barriers at R bend with the safety car coming out at the end of the following lap while the car was removed.


2014 Guia Race of Macau, Report, Race Two
The safety car came in at the end of the lap nine and race distance was extended to eleven laps. Valente pass Michelisz for fourth on the approach to Lisboa, later on in the lap Huff and Muller both leapt ahead of Monteiro who dropping back down the field quickly with steering problems. Huff won the race with Muller and Valente completing the podium, Franz Engstler finished tenth to take the final point and victory in the Yokohama Trophy.


2014 Guinea-Bissau general election
General elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 13 April 2014, with a second round for the presidential elections held on 18 May since no candidate received a majority in the first round. Several logistic problems and delays caused the elections to be repeatedly postponed, having initially been scheduled for 24 November 2013 and then 16 March 2014. In the second round, José Mário Vaz of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde was declared the president-elect with 62% of the vote.


2014 Guinea-Bissau general election, Background
The elections were the result of a military coup in 2012 cancelling the elections that year. On 26 February 2014, the UN Security Council urged Guinea-Bissau's transitional government to abide by announced election plans, warning of sanctions against those opposing a return to constitutional order.


2014 Guinea-Bissau general election, Background
Former President Kumba Ialá died a few weeks before the elections.


2014 Guinea-Bissau general election, Electoral system
The President were elected using the two-round system, whilst the 102 members of the National People's Assembly were elected using proportional representation from 27 multi-member constituencies. Article 33 of Guinea-Bissau's Electoral Law prohibits the publishing of any opinion polls.


2014 Guinea-Bissau general election, Candidates and parties
Thirteen presidential candidates were confirmed by the High Court of Justice, whilst eight candidates were rejected.


2014 Guinea-Bissau general election, Candidates and parties
The Court approved fifteen parties to contest the National People's Assembly election, but rejected applications from seven other parties; the National African Congress, the Guinean Civic Forum-Social Democracy, the Democratic Party for Development, the Guinean Democratic Movement, the Patriotic Movement, the Guinean League for Ecological Protection and the Party for Democracy, Development and Citizenship.


2014 Gujranwala attacks
The 2014 Gujranwala attacks occurred on 27 July 2014 in Gujranwala, Pakistan, when a mob in an alleged case of blasphemy set fire to five houses belonging to the minority Ahmadiyya community in Islam. Three female Ahmadis were killed, including an eight-month-old and a seven-year-old girl. The attack was sparked by a Facebook post.


2014 Gujranwala attacks, Background
The Ahmadiyya movement was started in 1889 and follows the teachings of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who they believe was sent by God as a prophet and the Promised Messiah and Imam Mehdi prophesied in Islam "to end religious wars, condemn bloodshed and re-institute morality, justice and peace." It is estimated there are between 3 and 4 million Ahmadis in Pakistan.


2014 Gujranwala attacks, Background
The Ahmadiyya Muslims have previously been targeted by Sunni groups, while they have also suffered discrimination in Pakistan in the past, most significantly during the Lahore riots of 1953. They were declared non-Muslim in Pakistan in 1973 by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and were legally banned from identifying themselves as such in 1984 during General Zia-ul-Haq's Islamization as per Ordinance XX, despite Ahmadis calling themselves Muslim and following the rituals of Islam.


2014 Gujranwala attacks, Incident
On 27 July 2014, extremists gathered outside a number of Ahmadi Muslim homes in Gujranwala in order to protest after an Ahmadi Muslim was falsely accused of posting blasphemous material of the Ka'ba on the social networking site Facebook. Soon the protest took the shape of violence and the homes of Ahmadi Muslims were burnt, ransacked and looted. At the same time, the extremists obstructed the fire brigades and ambulances. Eight homes belonging to the Ahmadi Muslims were burnt down. In total three female Ahmadi Muslims including an eight-month and a seven-year-old girl died due to suffocation. Another seventh month pregnant woman suffered a miscarriage. Moreover, eight Ahmadi Muslims suffered injuries and were treated for burns at a nearby hospital. Although the police were present, they did little to stop the violence.


2014 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship
The 2014 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship was the third Gulf Ice Hockey Championship. It took place between 6 and 12 June in Kuwait City, Kuwait. The United Arab Emirates won the tournament after defeating Kuwait in the final, claiming their third title. Qatar finished third place after defeating Oman in the third place game.


2014 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship, Round-robin
Four participating teams were placed in a single round-robin. After playing the round-robin, the number one ranked team is seeded into a semi-final against the fourth ranked team and the second ranked team plays in the second semi-final against the third ranked team.


2014 Gumsuri kidnappings
On 13 December 2014, 172–185 villagers in the village of Gumsuri were kidnapped, suspected to be by Boko Haram militants. 32–35 people were killed.


2014 Gumsuri kidnappings, Kidnapping and killing
Gunmen arrived at the village in pickup trucks at night. As they got there, they stormed the village from two different directions. They first began shooting men, killing them and older boys in front of their families. Just before the shooting, the attackers yelled the words "Allahu akbar", which translates to "God is great". Soon after, they began heading for women and children. The gunmen burned down half the village with petrol bombs. The gunmen took women and children residing in the village away in their trucks.


2014 Gumsuri kidnappings, Aftermath
Despite the kidnapping and killings happening on 13 December, the news did not break out until 17 December because the gunmen destroyed communication towers in the area. News of this event emerged when survivors from the village arrived in the city of Maiduguri, where they were able to communicate to others the news of what had happened.


2014 Gumsuri kidnappings, Military Offensive
In April 2015 the Nigerian military rescued a large number of Boko Haram hostages from the Sambisa Forest, including many of those who had been kidnapped from Gumsuri. The survivors reported that some of the women and children had died during over their months of captivity; others were killed during the military operation.


2014 Gumsuri kidnappings, Reaction
The United States commented on the kidnapping, stating, “We abhor such violence, which continues to take a terrible toll on the people of Nigeria, and we extend our condolences to the victims and their families."


2014 Guzzini Challenger
The 2014 Guzzini Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Recanati, Italy between 14 and 20 July 2014.


2014 Guzzini Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Guzzini Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received a special exemption into the singles main draw:


2014 Guzzini Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player got into the singles main draw via protected ranking:


2014 Guzzini Challenger, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Guzzini Challenger, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair got into the singles main draw via protected ranking:


2014 Guzzini Challenger – Doubles
The 2014 Guzzini Challenger Doubles was a professional tennis tournament. Ken Skupski and Neal Skupski were the defending champions but decided not to participate.


2014 Guzzini Challenger – Doubles
Ilija Bozoljac and Goran Tošić won the final, beating James Cluskey and Laurynas Grigelis 5–7, 6–4, [10–5]


2014 Guzzini Challenger – Singles
Thomas Fabbiano was the defending champion, but chose not to compete.


2014 Guzzini Challenger – Singles
Gilles Müller won the title, defeating Ilija Bozoljac 6–1, 6–2 in the final.


2014 Gym Festival Trnava
The 2014 Gym Festival Trnava was a competition held in  Trnava, Slovakia from June 7–08.


2014 Gävleborg county election
Gävleborg County held a county council election on 14 September 2014, on the same day as the general and municipal elections.


2014 Gävleborg county election, Results
The number of seats remained at 75 with the Social Democrats winning the most at 26, a drop of two from 2010. The party gained 34.3 % of an overall valid vote of 181,001.


2014 H1 Unlimited season
The 2014 H1 Unlimited season is the fifty-ninth running of the H1 Unlimited series for unlimited hydroplanes, sanctioned by the APBA.


2014 HDF Insurance Shoot-Out
The 2014 HDF Insurance Shoot-Out was held from September 11 to 14 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. The event was held on Week 3 of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour. The men's event had a purse of CAD$22,000, and the women's event had a purse of CAD$27,000. The winning team in each event won  CAD$6,000.


2014 HDF Insurance Shoot-Out
Local teams from Edmonton won both the men's and women's events. On the men's side, Brendan Bottcher's rink defeated Saskatchewan's Steve Laycock in an extra end. The women's side featured two Edmonton rinks, as Manitoba-transplant Chelsea Carey and her new team beat Valerie Sweeting to claim their first World Curling Tour title in their very first event as a team.


2014 HDF Insurance Shoot-Out, Men
The men's event has a triple knockout format, followed by an eight-team playoff.


2014 HDF Insurance Shoot-Out, Women
The women's event is a round robin with four pools followed by an eight-team playoff.


2014 HJK season
The 2014 season was Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 106th competitive season. HJK is the most successful Finnish football club with 26 Finnish Championships, 11 Finnish Cup titles, 4 Finnish League Cup titles and one appearance in the UEFA Champions League Group Stages.


2014 HJK season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 HJK season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 HJK season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 HJK season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 HJK season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 HQ124
2014 HQ124 is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the  Aten group, approximately 400 meters (1,300 feet) in diameter. It passed 3.25 lunar distances (LD) from Earth on 8 June 2014. It was discovered on 23 April 2014 by NEOWISE. It is estimated that an impact event would have had the energy equivalent of 2,000 megatons of TNT and would have created a 5 km (3 mi) impact crater. The news media misleadingly nicknamed it The Beast. 2014 HQ124 previously passed this close to Earth in 1952 and will not again until at least 2307. Radar imaging suggests it may be a contact binary.


2014 HQ124, Orbit
2014 HQ124 orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.6–1.1 AU once every 0 years and 9 months (287 days; semi-major axis of 0.85 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.26 and an inclination of 26° with respect to the ecliptic.


2014 HQ124, Orbit, 2014 close approach
On 6 June 2014, the asteroid brightened to about apparent magnitude 13.7 while in the southern constellation of Horologium. Near its closest approach to Earth of 3.25 lunar distances on 8 June 2014, the asteroid crossed the celestial equator, making it a northern hemisphere object. It however had an elongation of about 20 degrees from the Sun, and was lost in astronomical twilight during the closest approach to Earth. The Goldstone Deep Space Network observed the asteroid later on 8 June 2014, when the asteroid was between 3.6 and 3.8 lunar distances.


2014 HQ124, Physical characteristics
According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, 2014 HQ124 measures (0.409±0.168) kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of (0.291±0.216) based on an absolute magnitude of 18.9.


2014 HQ124, Physical characteristics
Radar observations at Goldstone suggest that the object is elongated and irregular in shape, with its long axis measuring at least 370 meters (1,200 feet). Lance Benner suspects it the be a contact binary, composed of two merged objects forming a single asteroid with a lobed shape.


2014 HQ124, Physical characteristics
Photometric observations by astronomers with the Mission Accessible Near-Earth Objects Survey (MANOS) and subsequent evaluation by Brian Warner's Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link, determined that 2014 HQ124 has a rotation period of at least 16 hours. While the object's spectral type is unknown, Warner assumes it to be an S-type asteroid, based on its high albedo, which is typical for stony asteroids.


2014 HQ124, Related objects
On average, an object about the size of 2014 HQ124 will pass this close to Earth every few years. Similar events, where other 100+ meter diameter asteroids have or will soon pass less than 4 LD from Earth, include:


2014 Haarlem Baseball Week
The 2014 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from July 11–20, 2014. It was the 27th edition of the tournament.


2014 Haarlem Baseball Week
In the final the United States won over Japan, becoming champions for the fifth time as the national team.


2014 Haarlem Baseball Week, Teams
Due to difficult economic times, the organisation had to decide not to invite reigning champions Cuba. This was announced after the first four teams (Chinese Taipei, Japan, Netherlands, United States) had already signed their contracts. Other teams had also canceled their participation for various reasons, including the inability to send an up-to-par team. As a result, only four teams competed in this tournament instead of the usual six.


2014 Haarlem Baseball Week, Teams
Chinese Taipei is the official IBAF designation for the team representing the state officially referred to as the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan. (See also political status of Taiwan for details.)


2014 Hackney London Borough Council election
Elections to Hackney London Borough Council took place on 22 May 2014, the same day as the 2014 United Kingdom local elections.


2014 Hackney London Borough Council election, Alteration of electoral wards of London Borough of Hackney
The Hackney (Electoral Changes) Order 2013 reduces the size of the council and creates new electoral wards.


2014 Hackney London Borough Council election, Alteration of electoral wards of London Borough of Hackney
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England began the process of changing the size of Hackney in 2012. The new warding arrangement for the elections in 2014 are as follows.


2014 Hackney London Borough Council election, Election for Mayor
Under the Supplementary Vote system, if no candidate receives 50% of 1st choice votes, 2nd choice votes are added to the result for the top two 1st choice candidates. If a ballot gives a first and second preference to the top two candidates in either order, then their second preference is not counted, so that a second preference cannot count against a first.


2014 Hakkari mayoral election
Mayoral elections took place in the Turkish Province of Hakkari alongside nationwide local elections on 30 March 2014. A total of 8 municipalities were up for election, consisting of one central district municipality, two district municipalities and three belde (town) municipalities. The Hakkari central district Municipality was won by the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP).


2014 Haliburton County municipal elections
Elections were held in Haliburton County, Ontario on October 27, 2014 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2014 Haliburton County municipal elections, Haliburton County Council
The Haliburton County Council consists of the reeves and deputy reeves of the four constituent municipalities. A warden is elected from the eight members.


2014 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships
The 2014 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 39th edition of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2014 ATP World Tour. It took place at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, from July 7 through July 13, 2014. Third-seeded Lleyton Hewitt won the singles title.


2014 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Doubles
Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin were the defending champions, but Roger-Vasselin chose not to participate. Mahut played alongside Sergiy Stakhovsky, but lost in the semifinals to Jonathan Erlich and Rajeev Ram. Chris Guccione and Lleyton Hewitt won the title, defeating Erlich and Ram in the final, 7–5, 6–4.


2014 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Singles
Nicolas Mahut was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Samuel Groth. Lleyton Hewitt won the title, defeating Ivo Karlović in the final, 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3).


2014 Halland county election
Halland County held a county council election on 14 September 2014, on the same day as the general and municipal elections.


2014 Halland county election, Results
The number of seats remained at 71 with the Social Democrats winning the most at 23, an increase of two from in 2010. The party received 30.4 % of a total valid vote of 202,352. The combined centre-right parties were still larger as a bloc, although lost their overall majority.


2014 Halton Borough Council election
The 2014 Halton Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Halton Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2014 Halton Region municipal elections
Elections were held in the Regional Municipality of Halton of Ontario on October 27, 2014 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2014 Hama offensive
The 2014 Hama offensive, codenamed Ghazwat Badr al-Sham al-Kubra, was a military operation launched by Syrian rebels during the Syrian Civil War in the northern parts of Hama Governorate, in an attempt to reach the Hama Military Airport and the provincial capital of the province. It was also launched in an attempt to cut the supply line to Aleppo, especially after the rebels seized the village of Rahjan.


2014 Hama offensive
Although the offensive was initially met with success, the Army quickly launched a counter-offensive on 26 August, resulting in the recapture of all territory lost to the rebels since 26 July and the takeover of new territory previously held by the rebels.


2014 Hama offensive, Rebel offensive
On 26 July, the rebels in Hama province captured the town of Khitab, Rahbeh village, Khitab arms depots and army base. The next day, clashes continued between pro-government forces and rebels in the western sides of Qamhana town and in the villages of al-Sher and al-Majdal in the western countryside of Hama near Maharda. On 28 July, rebels killed six soldiers and captured the "Btesh" checkpoint in Tarabih, located nine kilometers north of Hama military airport. During their advance, the rebels began striking the airport with Grad missiles. Meanwhile, new Army reinforcements arrived in the area. As the rebels advanced, they were able to cut off the road linking Hama city to a string of government-controlled Christian and Alawite villages in the west of the province.


2014 Hama offensive, Rebel offensive
On 29 July, government forces recaptured Salba and Tall Mallah on the Hama–Suqaylabiyah road.


2014 Hama offensive, Rebel offensive
On 9 August, a pro-government source claimed that the Army thwarted a rebel attack on a garrison in Mhardeh. On 13 August, according to the pro-opposition SOHR, rebels recaptured the southwestern part of the town of Mork, while the Army began retreating to the outskirts of the town. However, fighting continued in the town the next day.


2014 Hama offensive, Rebel offensive
At the same time, rebels captured the Tall al-Sheyha and the village of Arzeh, killing at least 12 soldiers, and placing themselves within 3–4 km of Hama Military Airport. According to the SOHR, the rebels lost six fighters that day. They lost another five fighters (including a battalion commander) the next day. On 16 August, rebels captured the al-Madajin checkpoint, while they were forced to retreat from al-Shayha village and Tall al-Sheyha due to heavy bombardments on the region. The rebels managed to recapture the hill later that day, destroying a tank in the progress. All five crew members were reportedly killed.


2014 Hama offensive, Rebel offensive
On 18 August, a Syrian fighter jet was shot down by rebels near the Hama airport. The pilot was reportedly killed in the act. Rebels tried to enter the village of Qbayyat during the night, resulting in heavy clashes with pro-government fighters and soldiers.


2014 Hama offensive, Army counter-attack
The next day, Syrian forces regained control over the village of Um Hurayzah in the eastern countryside of Hama, while they also managed to advance towards Arze village. Seven rebels were killed during the day. On 20 August, the Army made new gains near the city of Halfaya, while two rebel commanders were killed during the day.


2014 Hama offensive, Rebels capture Halfaya
On 22 August, a rebel brigade commander was killed near the village of al-Shiha, while the Al-Nusra Front sent reinforcements (consisting of two convoys) from Aleppo to the south of Halfaya city. The next day, new reinforcements from Al-Nusra Front arrived near Mhardeh city and in the Halfaya area in preparations for the start of the battle for Mhardeh.


2014 Hama offensive, Rebels capture Halfaya
On 23 August, a rebel attack on the Mhardeh power station was repelled. The next day, rebel forces, primarily composed of Al-Nusra fighters, captured the city of Halfaya. On 25 August, government troops recaptured the "Btesh" checkpoint but had to abandon it once again due to heavy rebel shelling.


2014 Hama offensive, New Army counter-attack
At this point, no less than 1,500 fighters from the Al-Nusra Front grouped in Halfaya and around Mhardeh, with the assault force personally led by the group's leader Abu Mohammad al-Jawlani. According to a source within Nusra, the Free Syrian Army rejected the idea of storming the Christian majority city of Mhardeh and hence the large number of reinforcements brought from Aleppo. Before the assault, al-Jawlani gave a speech to his fighters to boost morale. At the same time, military special forces reinforcements, known as the "Tiger Forces", arrived from Aleppo province, along with their commander, Col. Soheil Al-Hassan.


2014 Hama offensive, New Army counter-attack
On 26 August, the rebel attack on Mhardeh was launched and fighting raged for the numerous checkpoints defending the city. The same day, Army units captured rebel positions near the village of Shar'aya, as well as the village itself.


2014 Hama offensive, New Army counter-attack
On 27 August, rebels captured a number of soldiers near Arzeh, while fighting in the village itself was renewed later in the day.


2014 Hama offensive, New Army counter-attack
On 28 August, the Army captured Tall al-Sheyha hill and advanced in Bateesh, Arzeh and Khitab. The rebels used the hill to bombard the airport in previous days. Later in the day, the "Btesh" checkpoint was once again reported to be government-held but coming under rebel fire. By this point, the rebel attack on Mhardeh was seen as to have failed following the military counterattack during which government troops recaptured checkpoints along the road leading to Halfaya.


2014 Hama offensive, New Army counter-attack
Two days later, the pro-government Al-Masdar News site reported the NDF forces, supported by the reinforcements, repelled a rebel infiltration attempt near the Mhardeh power plant.


2014 Hama offensive, New Army counter-attack
On 7 September, the Army recaptured Arzeh, while 17 rebels (including a commander) were killed in fighting along the frontline. Al-Masdar News also claimed the Army recaptured Deir Hamra, near the airport. The next day, rebels captured the Seher Hill checkpoint, while Army units advanced in the Sen Seher - Zor al Qse’eyyi area and the village of Zor Bel Hsein.


2014 Hama offensive, New Army counter-attack
On 9 September, the Army recaptured Khitab, Zor Bel Hsein, Zor al Masaleq, Zor al Jdid and Kherbet al Hjame, and the Rahbat Khitab military base, while according to Al-Masdar News, Army and NDF units also seized the villages of Al-Samama and Qamaha and two neighborhoods in Halfaya. An al-Nusra Front commander was killed near Halfaya during the day's fighting. With government troops regaining control of these villages and the rebels pushed back, Hama military airport was no longer threatened.


2014 Hama offensive, New Army counter-attack
The next day, Syrian and Iranian forces recaptured the southern part of Halfaya city, the "Btesh" checkpoint and the farmlands of Btesh. On 11 September, the military made further advances in Halfaya leaving a large part of the area under government control. In the evening, the Army secured Halfaya.


2014 Hama offensive, New Army counter-attack
On 13 September, government troops captured a further three towns in Hama province, including Taibet al-Imam, Lweibdah and Zour Abo Zaid, and inflicted "gross losses" among opposition fighters, just two days after they fully recaptured Halfaya. In addition, on 15 September, the Army seized captured Zalaqiyat, and the next day, seized Jadidah, Jalma, Tall Melh, Kafr Hawad and Tremseh. Thus, government forces reached the outskirts of the rebel stronghold of Al-Lataminah.


2014 Hama offensive, New Army counter-attack
On 17 September, the rebels recaptured Tall Melh, Zalaqiyat Tremseh and Jalma after they infiltrated the villages. During the fighting, 28 soldiers were killed. The military also reportedly managed to seize the southwest entrance of Al-Lataminah. Over the next two days, government troops regained control of Tall Melh, Tremseh and Jalma after killing at least 29 rebel fighters. They then proceeded to fortify Tall Melh, Jadidah and Abu Zaher against any further infiltration.


2014 Hama offensive, New Army counter-attack
On 19 September, the Army also captured the villages of Abu Redeh and Hasraya. The day before, a rebel media activist declared the rebel offensive that started in late July to be over.


2014 Hama offensive, Aftermath – Army capture of Mork
On 30 September, the Army captured the villages of al-Buwaydah and al-Masasnah. According to a military source, over 25 Al-Nusra militants were killed in the fighting, including an aide of Abu Mohammad Al-Jolani.


2014 Hama offensive, Aftermath – Army capture of Mork
On 6 October, the Army captured Al-Jabin, as well as two other towns.


2014 Hama offensive, Aftermath – Army capture of Mork
On 23 October, government forces took back total control of the strategically important city Mork, nine months after it was seized by rebels and their al-Qaeda allies. The same day, the Syrian army captured Tal Itmeen after clashes with rebels who were retreating from Mork. One week later, the SAA also captured Tall Sayid, northeast of Kafr Zita.


2014 Hama offensive, Aftermath – Army capture of Mork
On 4 November, SAA took control of Qabr Farat and Al-Kareem near the border of Idlib.


2014 Hama offensive, Strategic analysis
The rebel offensive forced government forces to step up their troop presence in the area, which would limit the Army's capabilities in other areas, such as Aleppo, according to a rebel commander. The aim of the rebel offensive was to capture the military airport and stop the Air force from manufacturing barrel bombs, which were being manufactured at the base and used for many months to strike opposition-controlled areas across Syria.


2014 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
The 2014 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 57th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 65th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in 1st place in the East Division for the first time since 1998 and finished with a 9–9 record. The Tiger-Cats advanced to and lost the Grey Cup game for the second year in a row, this time to the Calgary Stampeders by a score of 20–16.


2014 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
The team returned to Hamilton after playing one season in Guelph; the team split its games between Ron Joyce Stadium and the new Tim Hortons Field. There were significant delays in the construction of Tim Horton's Field, resulting in delays using the stadium and, subsequently, portions of the venue when it did open, resulting in a reduced seating capacity for the inaugural game against the Toronto Argonauts on Labor Day weekend. The aforementioned delays resulted in a lawsuit that was unresolved for several years thereafter, resulting in missed opportunities to host the Grey Cup Championship.


2014 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season, Offseason, Stadium
The Tiger-Cats played in a brand new stadium for the first time in franchise history, playing at the newly constructed Tim Hortons Field at the site of their old stadium, Ivor Wynne Stadium. Tim Hortons Field was due to be completed by June 30, 2014, and, consequently, the team played their preseason home game at McMaster University's Ron Joyce Stadium. The Tiger-Cats will play their first three regular season games on the road and were scheduled to open Tim Hortons Field in week 5 on July 26, 2014 against the expansion Ottawa Redblacks.


2014 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season, Offseason, Stadium
However, on July 7, 2014, the Tiger-Cats announced that the construction of Tim Hortons Field was behind schedule and that the team's first two regular-season home games (later extended to three) would, as a matter of necessity, also be moved to Ron Joyce Stadium. The new stadium, still not yet complete with only 18,000 seats ready for use, opened in time for the Labour Day Classic (again as a matter of necessity because of Ontario University Athletics' tradition that also plays games on Labour Day). The stadium was fully complete by October.


2014 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season, Offseason, CFL Draft
The 2014 CFL Draft took place on May 13, 2014. The Tiger-Cats had six selections in the seven-round draft, but moved up and down in positions due to trades with other clubs. The club acquired an additional second round selection and moved down one spot in the first round after completing a trade with Saskatchewan for Shomari Williams and Josh Bartel. The team then traded both second round selections during the draft for the first round selection they had traded to Saskatchewan. The team also gave up a third round selection for Geoff Tisdale and another sixth round selection. Finally, the Tiger-Cats traded their fourth round selection for fullback Dahrran Diedrick.


2014 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season, Team, Roster
Italics indicate Import player updated 2014-11-30 • 46 Active, 12 Injured, 6 Six-Game,9 Practice Roster, 1 Suspended


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election
The 2014 Hamilton municipal election occurred on October 27, 2014 to select one Mayor, fifteen members of the Hamilton, Ontario City Council and members of both English and French Public and Catholic School Boards. As per the Ontario Municipal Elections Act, nominations opened on January 2, 2014 and closed on September 12, 2014. Four new councillors were elected in open seats across Hamilton while all incumbents who stood for reelection were returned to office. Though marked by a steep decline in voter turnout, this election was historic, as it saw the election of Hamiton's first openly gay and first racialized members of city council.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Issues, Ward boundary reform
Following a decision by the 2006–2010 council to put off examining electoral reform in Hamilton until after the 2010 election, the 2010–2014 council heard a staff recommendation for moving forward on redrawing ward boundaries. They moved to defer the issue to a later date, which would see the city miss the deadline of December 31, 2013 set by the Ontario Municipal Board for having district changes implemented before the municipal election in 2014.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Issues, Ward boundary reform
Councillors provided a number of arguments for and against the plan to redraw ward boundaries, most notably highlighting the discrepancies between councillors in terms of the number of constituents represented, with Ward 7's councillor representing 64,000 constituents and Ward 11's councillor representing 14,000, and the $340,000 cost to taxpayers for maintaining a new council seat.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Issues, Ward boundary reform
In April 2012, a number of community activists began circulating a petition that aimed to force councillors to act on the issue of ward boundaries. A provision in the Ontario Municipal Act states that residents of a municipality can actively seek to change ward boundaries by collecting 500 signatures of registered voters and submitting them to their respective city council. Municipal officials then have 90 days to act on the matter, following which, the petitioners can appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board if the decision rendered by their council is unsatisfactory. That same month, the Spectator published an editorial stating their position on the issue, calling for a public debate on the matter of ward boundaries and Hamilton's 'democratic inequality'. The petition was officially submitted to the city on April 23, 2012.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Issues, Ward boundary reform
In response to the growing pressure from the community on the issue, councillors Terry Whitehead (Ward 8) and Scott Duvall (Ward 7) co -authored a piece outlining their reasoning for not supporting redrawing Hamilton's ward boundaries, noting that the costs associated with doing so would be prohibitive and that, with the area's projected growth for the coming years being considerable, it would be irresponsible for them to engage in a discussion about ward boundary revisions before the 2014 vote.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Issues, Ward boundary reform
By June 2012, councillors had decided to commit $260,000 to a study that would examine boundary reform in 2015, with a proposal to come forward regarding changes for the 2018 Municipal Election.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Issues, Ward boundary reform
The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board attempted to reallocate the ward boundaries for trustees in 2013, suggesting a number of alterations that would have alleviated some of the pressures on representatives. Bound to 11 trustees divided across Hamilton's 15 wards, the necessity to combine wards caused controversy among sitting trustees. The proposals suggested would have created two large wards each represented by two trustees and merged Wards Two and Three, which drew criticism from community groups. Trustees eventually decided to task the 2014–2018 Board with examining ward boundary reform after city council redraws boundaries.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Issues, Proposed Casino
In 2012, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation sought to consult local governments on the location of new casinos across the province. At the city's lottery and gaming subcommittee, Councillor Sam Merulla (Ward 4) called for a referendum to be held concurrent with the 2014 election to determine whether citizens were supportive of a casino being located in the downtown core. The call for a public vote was supported by leader of the Ontario New Democrats Andrea Horwath and opposed by Ancaster—Dundas—Flambrough—Westdale MPP Ted McMeekin.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Issues, Proposed Casino
A poll commissioned by the Hamilton Spectator indicated that 56% of Hamiltonians opposed a casino opening in the city, with a majority of disapproval coming from residents in the city's west end and more support coming from residents of the mountain. The OLG rejected the idea for a referendum due to time constraints, leading the city's lottery and gaming commission to opt for telephone polls and public meetings to decide on the issue.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Issues, Light Rail Transit
Since 2008, city council and Metrolinx, the transit agency responsible for projects across the Toronto and Hamilton areas, have been developing plans for a new rapid transit system in Hamilton to ease congestion on the city's Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) system. Early discussions resulted in a rapid transit feasibility study that pointed toward light rail transit (LRT) as the preferred system. In September, 2008, a city-commissioned survey found that 94% of Hamiltonians surveyed supported investment in rapid transit with 66% supporting LRT, 8% favouring bus rapid transit (BRT), and 20% endorsing either option.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Issues, Light Rail Transit
Plans for an LRT system moved ahead in 2008 when Hamilton City Council endorsed what became known as the BLAST Network, an acronym for the 5 lines that would comprise Hamilton's rapid transit system. Despite original hopes that the provincial government would cover the entire cost of the project, research began to show that the city would be responsible for approximately 15% of the costs. Consultations began across the city and included McMaster students and community groups to poll locations for stations and train frequency.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Issues, Light Rail Transit
Community groups quickly established positions on the issue. Both the Downtown Hamilton Business Improvement Area and the International Village BIA stated their support for the project, though they expressed concerns about the possibility of closing part of King Street East to automobile traffic. Gord Thompson, a local pawn shop owner was quoted as saying, "When you talk about closing down the street from Wellington, that's the entrance to the business area and that scares the hell out of us." At the same time, a poll of McMaster students found the campus to be extremely supportive of the project, with 85% of students who did not use transit regularly indicating they would begin using the HSR more frequently if an LRT line was available.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Issues, Light Rail Transit
In August 2010, BRT advocates began pushing of the city to reconsider their commitment to LRT, citing lower costs and case studies from other municipalities. These claims were challenged by urban planners, economists, and some local business owners who believed the long-term economic benefits of LRT far outweighed the initial costs and infrastructure expenditures.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Issues, Light Rail Transit
During the 2010 election campaign, then-candidate Bratina announced his support for the city to push for construction of the A-Line route from LIUNA Station on James Street North to the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport in Mount Hope. Then-mayor Eisenberger and former mayor DiIanni endorsed the existing plan.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Issues, Light Rail Transit
After the election, the city updated their BLAST plan to reflect the concerns made by the community, which brought more business leaders on-side with the plan. In 2011, though, all non-essential work on LRT was halted, prompting Ward 2 councillor Jason Farr to submit a motion requesting council reaffirm its support for LRT. In September, Bratina told CHML host Bill Kelly that LRT was not a priority, though the city was not abandoning plans to implement rapid transit. During the 2011 provincial election, then-Premier Dalton McGuinty told the Hamilton Spectator that he and Bratina had been corresponding about the mayor's preference for increased funding for GO Transit service into the city.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Issues, Light Rail Transit
Despite this, in 2012, Metrolinx announced that Hamilton's LRT plan was one of the agency's top priorities. In 2013, debate over LRT became heated when Councillor Farr accused Bratina of intimidating city staff. The accusation was followed by the councillor shouting at the mayor, which led to Ward Four Councillor Sam Merulla to request an in-camera discussion regarding the mayor's behaviour. After the incident, council re-affirmed support for LRT and requested that the province support 100% funding for the project.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral Election, Campaign
Ward One councillor Brian McHattie was the first candidate to officially announce his interest in running for mayor, telling the Spectator's Andrew Dreschel in August 2013 that he was forming an exploratory committee and would know whether a campaign was possible in October 2013. On September 30, 2013, McHattie announced he would be running for mayor on the Laircast, a local podcast. He was the first candidate to file for election on January 2, 2014, saying "It's time for a different kind of Hamilton."


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral Election, Campaign
Despite initially announcing his intention to run for Ward 3 councillor, Michael Baldasaro posted a picture to the social networking site Facebook indicating he will be seeking the office of mayor. He filed to run for Mayor on January 2, 2014.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral Election, Campaign
On March 13, Hamilton Spectator columnist Andrew Dreschel reported that senior Liberal Party insiders confirmed Bob Bratina would not seek another term as mayor, opting to contest the party's federal nomination in Hamilton Centre. The following day, Bratina officially announced that he would not seek re-election on AM 900 CHML.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral Election, Campaign
The following Monday, March 17, Ward Nine councillor Brad Clark filed to run for the mayoralty. Discussing his decision to run with local media, Clark said he would focus his campaign on creating jobs, attracting new businesses, and ensuring no municipal tax dollars are spent on light rail transit.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral Election, Campaign
After months of stating he was interested in another bid for the city's mayoralty, former mayor Fred Eisenberger told the media on March 27 that he would file nomination papers the following day. Flanked by supporters and family, he registered on March 28, telling reporters "We have a need to fix our commercial and industrial tax base... The tax base is declining and continues to. We need to turn that around."


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral Election, Campaign
On March 31, embattled Ontario Taxi Workers Union present Ejaz Butt registered to run for mayor, months after a year-long battle over the direction of his union ended with his reinstatement at its head. The same day, 2003 mayoral candidate and 2010 Ward Two council race runner-up Matt Jelly announced he would be running for mayor again. Spectator reporter Dan Nolan later wrote on Twitter that Jelly's announcement was revealed to be an elaborate April Fools' Day prank.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral Election, Campaign
On Thursday, April 3, American late night television host Jimmy Kimmel discussed the Hamilton mayoral race, particularly Butt's recently announced candidacy. Poking fun at Butt's name, Kimmel asked his audience: "Will someone please steal me one of his lawn signs?". Butt later said that the joke was very funny. "It makes me laugh", Butt told the Spectator, "I am not offended. I love my Butt – it will always be behind me.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral Election, Campaign
On April 14, former Ward 8 councillor Don Ross announced he would be dropping out of the mayoral race. In his statement to the press, Ross indicated that he did not want to draw support away from any candidate who could change the direction of council.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral Election, Campaign
On July 2, McHattie announced that he would be visiting all of the city's nearly 200 neighbourhoods in 100 days, commenting that he wanted, "to understand each neighbourhood – what's it's like to live there, what it's like to raise a family." His announcement was criticized sharply by Eisenberger's campaign manager, Chris Cutler, who tweeted "Welcome to the campaign Brian. We were wondering where you were. Campaigning for mayor means leaving your ward." This incident sparked a series of aggressive tweets on both sides and was covered in the Spectator by columnist Andrew Dreschel.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral Election, Campaign
In September, local affairs website raisethehammer.org contacted candidates seeking feedback on Clark's stance against LRT. Ricky Tavares, who had registered on August 8, responded by demanding Ryan McGreal, the site's editor, purchase marijuana seeds from him and demanded proof of purchase before he would interact with the media.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral Election, Campaign
Following Tavares' unconventional request and the decision on the part of a business coalition to invite only McHattie, Eisenberger, and Clark to a mayoral forum on September 18, local media began discussing the seriousness of many candidates, with Spectator columnist Andrew Dreschel writing that contender Nick Iamonico had called inquiring as to why he was not being considered a frontrunner. At the forum, the three contenders debated a host of issues. Eisenberger and McHattie both expressing their support for LRT while Clark favoured a referendum on LRT and a bus rapid transit plan.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral Election, Campaign
All candidates indicated their support for redrawing ward boundaries for the 2018 Municipal Election and attempted to highlight their opponent's controversial positions and values, including McHattie's opposition to a proposed suburban business park around the Hamilton International Airport, Eisenberger's past difficulties in managing council, and Clark's ties to the Ontario Progressive Conservatives and government of Mike Harris.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral Election, Campaign
As the election drew closer, the campaigns between the three frontrunners became heated. In late September, the Clark campaign began attacking the record of Eisenberger while he served as mayor, claiming he misled the public on LRT and withholding information during negotiations with Metrolinx, Ontario's regional transit agency. The Eisenberger camp returned with endorsements from former mayors Larry Di Ianni and Bob Morrow, who had been serving as Ward Three councillor since the death of sitting councillor Bernie Morelli. Outgoing Mayor Bob Bratina announced he would be supporting Clark.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral Election, Campaign
In their interviews with the Spectator editorial board, the top three contenders outlined their platforms and highlighted key policies and positions they would take as mayor. Clark reiterated his opposition to LRT, saying a Clark mayoralty would focus on jobs and taxes. Eisenberger expressed a need to further study LRT, but ultimately gave the system his support, while also highlighting that he chose not to take firm positions on many issues to prevent losing a "potentially good project for our city." McHattie reiterated his support for LRT as an economic catalyst and creating jobs by reaching out directly to businesses A poll released a week before the vote indicated that Eisenberger had the support of 37% of voters, with Clark and McHattie sitting at a distant 25% and 22% respectively.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral Election, Declined
Individuals listed in this section were the focus of media speculation as being possible mayoral candidates but ruled out seeking the position or did not register before the September 12 deadline.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward One (Chedoke-Cootes)
The race for Ward One was underscored by the decision by incumbent Councillor Brian McHattie to seek the mayoralty. In October 2013, Spectator columnist Andrew Dreschel wrote about candidates considering bids, including past candidate and Locke Street Business Improvement Area member Tony Greco and Deirdre Pike, senior social planner at Hamilton's Social Planning and Research Council (SPRC).


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward One (Chedoke-Cootes)
Kirkendall neighbourhood resident Jason Allen was the first to announce his intention to seeking the vacant seat on September 4, 2013. He officially registered on January 2, 2014. Ira Rosen, vice-president of the Ainslie Wood-Westdale Community Association of Resident Homeowners, had indicated to Dreschel in late 2013 that he would be a candidate for councillor in Ward One and registered on January 7. In February, executive with the FirstOntario Credit Union, Sandy Shaw, announced her candidacy. Shaw, a former Woman of Distinction award winner, had worked closely with the SPRC in the past and was supported in her bid by Pike.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward One (Chedoke-Cootes)
Aidan Johnson, staff lawyer with Hamilton Legal Aid announced his decision to run in Ward 1 in May, 2014. Formerly an employee of Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General and Fulbright scholar at New York University (NYU), Johnson's bid was supported by the local Liberal Party establishment and featured endorsements from figures such as Sheila Copps and Bob Rae. The candidates were joined by Greco and former-Hamilton Bulldogs executive Brian Lewis prior to the close of nominations in September.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward One (Chedoke-Cootes)
In late September, the Ainslie Wood/Westdale Community Association, a local group noted for its opposition to student housing around McMaster University, hosted a debate at St. Mary's Catholic High School in Ainslie Wood, during which the candidates outlined their platforms while speaking very highly of the accomplishments outgoing councillor McHattie had achieved during his time in office.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward One (Chedoke-Cootes)
On election night, Johnson took 34.69% of the popular vote and became Hamilton's first openly gay city councillor.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Two (Downtown)
The Ward Two race was the focus of early speculation when local business owner Cameron Bailey announced he would be running for the seat in 2013. Notable for causing a public uproar over his displaying of the Confederate flag, Bailey launched a campaign website and began holding meetings well before the opening of nominations in 2014. His announcement came after a public battle with city officials over the payment of a $2000 licensing fee for his restaurant, Hillbilly Heaven.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Two (Downtown)
Bailey had, in the past, caused some controversy over his use of the Confederate flag above his King Street East storefront and his signs declaring his store refused to serve Halal meat. Bailey's website says his campaign will be pro-business, and seek to reduce crime in the downtown core. In late 2013, Bailey's King Street restaurant shut down. Bailey failed to register for the election in 2014 and did not campaign on behalf of any other candidate during the election.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Two (Downtown)
The first person to register for the race was local singer Ivana Nosic. Nosic remained in the election until April 10 when she withdrew for unknown reasons. Lynda Hykin, also an early entrant, withdrew on May 1. Hess Street resident Ed Dallas registered on April 14 and, after Nosic and Hykin withdrew, was the sole contender for the seat until June 3 when incumbent councillor Jason Farr registered to run for a second term. Dallas' campaign focused on improving the area around Pier 4, better maintaining municipal golf courses, and supporting a downtown casino.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Two (Downtown)
Farr's campaign focused on continuing his work from the 2010-2014 term of office, promoting further waterfront redevelopment, and supporting the area's arts community.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Two (Downtown)
On July 17, Terri Wallis, a citizen member of Hamilton's municipal Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities, registered to run for city council. Wallis' candidacy sparked a discussion about accessibility in Hamilton, as she would not be able to access many of Hamilton City Hall's rooms and offices without assistance due to design issues. Wallis campaigned on a platform of supporting accessibility concerns, better supporting affordable housing, and being more attentive to constituent concerns. Though initially in favour of LRT, Wallis support for the project wavered and her campaign was unsupportive of the King Street bus only lane, advocating her own transit plan, a "C-Line" express bus service along Barton Street.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Two (Downtown)
Perennial candidate Kristina Heaton, local resident Ryan Henry, and 2014 Progressive Conservative candidate for Hamilton Centre, John Vail, also sought the downtown seat. Heaton's campaign focused on opposing LRT, the downtown bus lane, and traffic calming measures, which she claimed were dangerous and anti-business. Heaton also campaigned on expropriating derelict buildings and using them as training centres for marginalized populations. Vail's campaign focused on reducing densities downtown, stopping local subsidies for high-density development, and lowering taxes as a way to help bring people out of poverty.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Two (Downtown)
On election night, despite a steep decline in voter turnout, Farr was reelected with nearly 2/3 of the popular vote and over 3,200 votes above his nearest challenger, Wallis.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Three (Hamilton Centre)
The early days of the Ward Three race were marked by the prolonged illness of incumbent Councillor Bernie Morelli. 33-year-old entrepreneur Matthew Green was the first to indicate he would be seeking election, telling CBC Hamilton he would be running for council in Ward Three on October 26, 2013. Green's announcement was confirmed in a later CHML interview with Ted Michaels. Indicating that he wanted to make the announcement well before incumbent councillor Bernie Morelli decided if he would seek re-election, Green became the first candidate to file for the election on January 2, 2014. Green's campaign focused on safe streets, improving park infrastructure in the area, and conducting a comprehensive study of the city's transportation network.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Three (Hamilton Centre)
In November 2013, Dreschel tweeted that Ward Three Catholic school board trustee Ralph Agostino would run for council if incumbent councillor Bernie Morelli was unable to stand for election. Agostino registered on February 13 after announcing his decision to run a day earlier. Agostino campaigned on a platform of rejuvenating Barton Street, holding more community meetings, and uploading service costs to the provincial government.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Three (Hamilton Centre)
Near the end of November, 2013, Ward Three Public School Board trustee Tim Simmons announced he would be standing down as chair of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board to consider a run for Ward Three councillor. Simmons registered to run for council on January 6, 2014. In his campaign, Simmons spoke of wanting to create a municipal 'Housing Officer' and supporting more investment in express bus service prior to the completion of LRT.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Three (Hamilton Centre)
Green and Simmons were among the announced candidates when Morelli died on January 14, 2014. Writing about his life, Spectator columnist Andrew Dreschel noted his illness, his successes, and controversies, while making note of the void that would be left by his passing. Following Morelli's passing, the number of candidates for the vacant seat increased substantially, with 15 candidates registering by the September 12 deadline.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Three (Hamilton Centre)
The campaign for council in Ward Three proved to be one of the most tense in the city, with a series of incidents marking the race to replace Morelli. In February 2014, candidate Bob Assadourian illegally used City of Hamilton logos and imagery on campaign advertisements that implied he was already the Ward Three councillor. During a mayoral debate in early October, a question was posed to candidates about gender equality and, when a number of candidates responded with misogynistic language, a community activist tried to interrupt the proceedings.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Three (Hamilton Centre)
Catholic school trustee candidate Anthony Perri shouted the activist down and Green live-tweeted the incident. Perri subsequently threatened Green with legal action over his tweets. Candidate Mark DiMillo's office was twice the target of burglary, which he attributed to the social issues at play in the community, rather than to sabotage from another campaign. In late October, Agostino issued a statement claiming candidate Drina Omazic's campaign literature plagiarized a flyer from his late brother Dominic Agostino and distributed it in the community on the former MPP's birthday.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Three (Hamilton Centre)
A YouTube video claimed to be linked to the hacktivist group Anonymous surfaced in October, claiming Green was running for office in a Freemason-inspired plot to dominate the city. Days before the election, Assadourian again came under fire for releasing an advertisement that claimed he was already the Ward Three councillor.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Three (Hamilton Centre)
At advance polls in the area, a number of complaints were filed by multiple candidates about perceived irregularities, including campaign signs and vehicles located too close to polling stations and campaign supporters intimidating voters prior to their casting ballots. At an advance poll in Pinky Lewis Community Centre, a physical altercation erupted after a voter claimed another elector was displaying Green campaign material inside the polling station. Green expressed concern that one of his supporters was attacked while Assadourian claimed the woman did not intend to vote, but rather wanted to intimidate voters at the polling station. An investigation by the city's Elections Manager found no irregularities.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Three (Hamilton Centre)
The campaigns of candidates across Ward Three were varied, with contenders running on diverse platforms focusing on distinct issues. Candidate Eva John focused on reducing chlorine in the city's water supply, Victor Mejia advocated a seniors' centre and express bus along Barton Street, Carlos Pinho called on business owners to donate 10% of their earnings to the community, Byron Wayne Millette campaigned on the idea of a 5,000-seat hockey arena in Ward Three, and Brian Kelly proposed a McMaster-to-south Mountain LRT line. Assadourian campaigned on a platform of BRT, donating 1/4 of his salary to the runner-up in the council election, removing what he called the "toxic substance" of fluoride from Hamilton's water, and not having any educational experience, which he cited as the reason "City Hall is in a mess!"


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Three (Hamilton Centre)
On election night, Green won the ward easily, earning over 40% of the popular vote and over 1,600 more votes than the runner-up, Agostino. Despite the interest in the race and the number of candidates, voter turnout still dropped below 30%.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Four (East Hamilton)
Incumbent councillor Sam Merulla told CBC Hamilton that he would be seeking election in 2014, hoping to file his nomination papers on January 2. Due to extreme weather, Merulla filed on January 3.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Four (East Hamilton)
Activist Lorna Moreau registered to run against Merulla on July 11. In a Spectator editorial on July 28, Moreau outlined her reasons for running and the platform she would be standing on. Indicating that she was "disillusioned with [her] city councillor and city hall on the whole", Moreau said she would be campaigning on a platform of addressing capital spending deficits, opposing LRT, starting resident-led committees, helping seniors stay in their homes, tackling air quality issues, and hiring student veterinarians to spay and neuter the stray animals in the ward. Moreau also waded into the school board election by noting that she wanted to see more equality in education and school spaces used for job retraining and community events.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Six (East Mountain)
26-year council veteran Tom Jackson told Mark Newman of Hamilton Community News in January, 2014 that he intended to seek re-election. Jackson registered to run for a ninth term on July 3, 2014.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Six (East Mountain)
Brad Olynchuk, the first candidate to register in the ward, withdrew from the race on March 24. Then, on September 11, he again filed to run in Ward Six. The reasoning for his withdrawal and renomination were not made public.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Eight (West Mountain)
The first candidate to register in the West Mountain race was Jimmy Dean, who filed his nomination papers on March 21. Speaking with the Mountain News, Dean indicated that he opposed the city's proposed LRT, wanted to see better road maintenance, and expressed a desire to examine community snow-removal for seniors.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Nine (Upper Stoney Creek)
The Ward Nine council race opened in earnest when sitting councillor and former MPP Brad Clark surprised observers by quietly registering to contest the mayoralty following Bob Bratina's announcement that he would not seek a second term in office. The first candidate to register was Marie Robbins, a local resident, former owner of Smith-McKay Florists, and founder of the Jamesville Business Improvement Area on March 31. On May 8, 19-year-old McMaster University student Cam Galindo registered to run in Stoney Creek. Doug Conley, a former councillor in the now defunct City of Stoney Creek, registered the next day. Also of note was the registration of former mayoral candidate and actor, Tone Morrone on July 28.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Thirteen (Dundas)
Danya Scime, runner up to Incumbent Russ Powers in the 2010 Election, was first to file on January 20, 2014.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Thirteen (Dundas)
On June 26, 2014, incumbent councillor Russ Powers announced he would be retiring from municipal politics after serving for 27 years as a town councillor in Dundas, regional councillor in the former region of Hamilton-Wentworth, and as Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale MP from 2004 to 2006. Cited as a potential Liberal nominee for the newly created riding of Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas, Powers told the Spectator that he was keeping his mind open on running for office in 2015, but was looking forward to enjoying retirement when his term ended in December, 2014.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council election, Ward Thirteen (Dundas)
Immediately after his announcement, a number of Dundas residents announced their intentions to stand for council. Local businesswoman Toby Yull and Powers' executive assistant and former federal Liberal candidate in Ancaster-Dundas-Flambrough-Westdale Arlene Vanderbeek both announced their intention to stand on July 2, 2014. Yull filed to run the following day along with local resident and automotive engineer Marc Risdale.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections
The 2014 HWDSB trustee elections were marked by the high number of incumbents who declined to seek reelection. Judith Bishop (Wards 1&2), Laura Peddle (Ward 6), Lillian Orban (Ward 7), interim trustee Shirley Glauser (Wards 9&10), and Karen Turkstra (Wards 14&15) all chose to leave politics while Tim Simmons (Ward 3) registered to run for city council. With six departures, only five trustees from the 2010–2014 term attempted a return to the board.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Wards One and Two (West Lower City)
Chris Erl, a candidate for the Public School Board trustee vacancy in August 2013 announced on October 27, 2013 that he would be seeking election in Wards One and Two. He filed on January 8, 2014. On March 28, Grant Thomas, who had registered on January 9, withdrew from the race. This coincided with the nomination of Christine Bingham, the chair of the parent council at Parkview High School, a local special needs school. On July 9, Ed Sculthorpe, a local small business owner and veteran registered to run in Wards One and Two.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Wards One and Two (West Lower City)
Soon after, 26-year incumbent Judith Bishop announced she would not be seeking re-election. Brian Gage, who previously served as Trustee for Ward One from 1994–1997 before the number of trustees per seat was reduced to one, registered on August 28. Simon Granat, a staffer with Hamilton Centre MP David Christopherson, was the last to enter the race on August 29.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Ward Three (Lower City)
The Ward Three trustee race was marked by the decision of the incumbent, Tim Simmons, to seek election to city council. The first candidate to register in the ward was Larry Pattison, a local father. Speaking with The Hamiltonian, Pattison indicated he opposed school closures, wanted to strengthen the relationship between the school board and city council, and saw schools as community hubs.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Ward Three (Lower City)
The second contender in the race was Michael Adkins, a member of the City of Hamilton's Municipal Heritage Committee and retired family counsellor who finished second in the Ward Three trustee race in 2006. In an early interview with The Hamiltonian, Adkins did not provide details about his platform, but was quoted as saying, "I am well aware of the complications and difficulties in pleasing all of the people all of the time but will endeavor to be the voice for as many families as I possibly can."


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Ward Six (East Mountain)
In late 2013, incumbent trustee Laura Peddle announced she would not be seeking re-election. Allan Miles, a youth worker living in Stoney Creek, was the first candidate to register on January 21. Speaking with the Mountain News in February, Miles said he was running to "be transparent with the parents and voters."


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Ward Six (East Mountain)
In April, Eamon O’Donnell, a licensed air conditioning technician and Highview Elementary School parent registered to run in the ward. Speaking with the Mountain News after his nomination, O'Donnell questioned the figures board staff had presented when discussing the needed repairs at Sherwood Secondary School and said that, as a trustee, he "would ask a lot more questions with regard to how the money's being spent."


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Ward Seven (Central Mountain)
Marlon Picken, an environmental aide at the Juravinski Hospital and runner up in the 2010 race, filed to run again on January 20. Speaking with The Hamilton Mountain News, Picken noted that he hopes to oppose school closures and work on building a consensus among trustees on the best way to save community schools. The next entrant into the race was Michael Patchett, a 35-year-old carpenter, indicated that he wanted to minimize bussing and keep schools open. Patchett withdrew on September 5.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Ward Seven (Central Mountain)
Sarah Warry-Poljanski was the third candidate to register, opposing the school closures in her community, telling the Mountain News, "her involvement in the closure study that could shutter up to three central Mountain elementary schools piqued her interest in taking the political plunge." Sarah also stated that she hopes to utilize her skills and knowledge from working with children and youth to bring something new to the table. Dawn Danko, a Medical Radiation Sciences professor who was involved in the accommodation review at her children's school, registered in the summer of 2014.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Ward Eight (West Mountain)
Sitting trustee Wes Hicks told the Hamilton Community News that he intended to stand for another term in 2014. Hicks filed on January 20, 2014.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Wards Nine and Ten (West Stoney Creek)
The Wards Nine and Ten trustee election was marked by the appointment of former Wards Eleven and Twelve trustee Shirley Glauser in 2013 after the sudden death of Bob Barlow. Barlow had been the area's trustee from 2000–2003 and again from 2006 until his death at the age of 47. After her appointment, Glauser confirmed that she would not seek a full term as the Stoney Creek trustee, opting to retire from the Board.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Wards Nine and Ten (West Stoney Creek)
The first candidate to register was Ken Chartrand, who was previously a candidate for Ward Eleven councillor in 2010. After Chartrand filed to run in Wards Nine and Ten in February 2014, he withdrew from the race on April 17.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Wards Nine and Ten (West Stoney Creek)
The second candidate to register was Greg Sinasac, a local contractor. In an early interview, Sinasac indicated his priorities were addressing school closures, respecting families, and providing stronger programming for students.


2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Ward Thirteen (Dundas)
Ancaster resident and former Family Coalition Party candidate Bob Maton was the first candidate to register in Wards Thirteen and Fourteen on January 24. Speaking to Hamilton Community News in February, Maton listed his priorities as investigating "single-gender classes, offering more specialty programs in the arts and construction, and welcoming 'a lot more corporate sponsorship of programs'." Copetown resident Christopher Yendt was the last person to register, on September 10. Yendt stressed his "youth and vitality, compared to the other candidates" and wanted to focus on changing "the co-op program to allow students to see real, on-the-ground applications of trades earlier in their programs."