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Article about a smalltown (pop. 6K) municipal councillor, not properly sourced as having any strong claim to passing WP:NPOL #2. As always, politicians at the local/municipal level of office are not inherently notable just for existing, and have to show a substantial volume and depth of reliable source coverage and analysis about their work to demonstrate a reason why they should be considered special cases of more nationalized significance than most other municipal councillors -- but this essentially just states that he exists, and is referenced almost entirely to sources that are not support for notability, such as the self-published websites of the town council and his own campaign, and a single glancing namecheck of his existence in an article about the municipal budget vote.
The only source that's actually both independent and about Mike Hanly is a single profile in a minor community newspaper, which isn't enough coverage to get him over WP:GNG all by itself if it's the only substantive source he's got.
Nothing here is "inherently" notable enough to exempt him from having to pass NPOL #2 on a lot more substance and better sourcing than this. Bearcat (talk) 17:38, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians and Canada. Bearcat (talk) 17:38, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. I am in agreement with the nomination and will note that I checked the newspapers in Category:Newspapers published in Edmonton and found no coverage that would meet WP:GNG.--Mpen320 (talk) 02:59, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, a councillor in a small town is not notable, certainly not as a politician. PKT(alk) 16:45, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]