Hamilton Centre

Hamilton Centre
Ontario electoral district
	Hamilton Centre in relation to the other Hamilton area ridings (2003 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
;
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	101,932
Electors (2015)	68,247
Area (km²)[2]	32
Pop. density (per km²)	3,185.4
Census divisions	Hamilton
Census subdivisions	Hamilton

Hamilton Centre (French: Hamilton-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

History

It was created in 2003 from parts of Hamilton East, Hamilton West and Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot ridings.

This riding lost territory to Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas and gained territory from Hamilton East—Stoney Creek during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Geography

Boundaries description http://www.elections.ca/res/cir/maps2/mapprov.asp?map=35035&lang=e#descrip

Consisting of that part of the City of Hamilton described as follows: commencing at the intersection of James Mountain Road with the Niagara Escarpment; thence generally westerly along said escarpment to the electric power transmission line situated westerly of Chateau Court; thence northerly along said transmission line to Highway No. 403; thence generally northeasterly along said highway to the Desjardins Canal; thence easterly along said canal and continuing due east in Hamilton Harbour to the northerly production of Queen Street North; thence northerly in a straight line along said production to the northerly limit of said city; thence generally northeasterly, southeasterly and northeasterly along said limit to the northerly production of Ottawa Street North; thence southerly along said production and Ottawa Street North to Burlington Street East; thence easterly along said street to Kenilworth Avenue North; thence southerly along said avenue and Kenilworth Avenue South to Lawrence Road; thence westerly along said road to the southerly production of Keswick Court; thence southerly along said production to the Niagara Escarpment; thence generally westerly along said escarpment to the point of commencement.

Members of Parliament

It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada by New Democrat David Christopherson since the 2004 federal election.

Parliament	Years		Party
Hamilton Centre Riding created from Hamilton East, Hamilton West and Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot
38th	2004–2006	David Christopherson	New Democratic
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–Present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	David Christopherson	18,719	45.56	-14.69	$52,665.42
	Liberal	Anne Tennier	13,718	33.39	+20.29	$65,231.14
	Conservative	Yonatan Rozenszajn	6,018	14.65	-8.81	$38,675.56
	Green	Ute Schmid-Jones	1,778	4.33	+3.83	$5,331.63
	Marijuana	Michael James Baldasaro	348	0.85	–	–
	Libertarian	Rob Young	316	0.77	–	$4,236.22
	Independent	Maria Anastasiou	186	0.45	–	$829.76
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,083	100.00		$201,952.89
Total rejected ballots			269	0.65
Turnout			41,352	60.73
Eligible voters			68,087
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-17.49
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	20,741	60.25
	Conservative	8,076	23.46
	Liberal	4,509	13.10
	Others	925	2.69
	Green	172	0.50

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	David Christopherson	23,849	57.0	+7.7	–
	Conservative	James Byron	11,020	26.4	+4.1	–
	Liberal	Anne Tennier	5,912	14.1	-3.5	–
	Marijuana	Michael Baldasaro	780	1.9	n/a	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Lisa Nussey	252	0.6	+0.3	–
Total valid votes			41,813	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots			320	0.8	–
Turnout			42,133	54.7	–
Eligible voters			77,077	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	David Christopherson	20,010	49.3	-2.0	$66,259
	Conservative	Leon O'Connor	9,051	22.3	+2.0	$24,629
	Liberal	Helen Wilson	7,164	17.6	-5.9	$30,226
	Green	John Livingstone	3,625	8.9	+4.2	$5,353
	Libertarian	Anthony Giles	528	1.3	n/a	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Lisa Nussey	126	0.3	n/a
	Communist	Ryan Sparrow	125	0.3	n/a	$373
Total valid votes/Expense limit			39,850	100.0	$85,900

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	David Christopherson	24,503	51.3	+5.5
	Liberal	Javid Mirza	11,224	23.5	-10.2
	Conservative	Elliot L. Hill	9,969	20.3	+5.7
	Green	John Livingstone	2,022	4.2	+1.0
	Canadian Action	Tony Des Lauriers	332	0.7	n/a
Total valid votes			47,777	100.0
Total rejected ballots			279
Turnout			48,056	59.2

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	David Christopherson	20,321	45.8
	Liberal	Stan Keyes	14,948	33.7
	Conservative	Leon O'Connor	6,714	15.1
	Green	Anne Marie Pavlov	1,422	3.2
	Christian Heritage	Stephen Downey	520	1.2
	Independent	Michael James Baldasaro	345	0.8
	Marxist–Leninist	Jamile Ghaddar	91	0.2
Total valid votes			44,361	100.0

References

"(Code 35031) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

Coordinates: 43°15′00″N 79°51′14″W / 43.250°N 79.854°W / 43.250; -79.854

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[1] Statistics Canada: 2011

[2] Statistics Canada: 2011

[3] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Hamilton Centre, 30 September 2015

[4] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

[5] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

Federal ridings in Hamilton, Halton and Niagara
Liberal	Burlington Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Niagara Centre Oakville Oakville North—Burlington St. Catharines
Conservative	Flamborough—Glanbrook Milton Niagara Falls Niagara West
New Democratic	Hamilton Centre Hamilton Mountain

Historical federal ridings in Ontario
Until 2015	Ajax—Pickering Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Barrie Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brant Carleton—Mississippi Mills Chatham-Kent—Essex Halton Kitchener—Waterloo Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Nepean—Carleton Niagara West—Glanbrook Northumberland—Quinte West Oak Ridges—Markham Ottawa—Orléans Peterborough Pickering—Scarborough East Prince Edward—Hastings St. Paul's Scarborough—Rouge River Trinity—Spadina Vaughan Welland Whitby—Oshawa York West
Until 2006	Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound Middlesex—Kent—Lambton
Until 2004	Algoma—Manitoulin Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale Brampton Centre Brampton West—Mississauga Bruce—Grey Carleton—Lanark Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey Durham Erie—Lincoln Guelph—Wellington Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Haliburton—Victoria—Brock Hamilton East Hamilton West Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Kenora—Rainy River Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Markham Mississauga Centre Mississauga East Mississauga West Niagara Centre Nipissing Northumberland Oak Ridges Perth—Middlesex Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge Scarborough East Stoney Creek Stormont—Dundas—Charlotenburgh Thunder Bay—Atikokan Timiskaming—Cochrane Toronto Centre—Rosedale Vaughan—King—Aurora Waterloo—Wellington Whitby—Ajax Windsor—St. Clair York North
Until 2000	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Broadview—Greenwood Carleton—Gloucester Kent—Essex London—Adelaide Stormont—Dundas Victoria—Haliburton Wentworth—Burlington
Until 1997	Algoma Beaches—Woodbine Brampton Cochrane—Superior Don Valley North Elgin—Norfolk Erie Essex—Kent Essex—Windsor Haldimand—Norfolk Halton—Peel Hamilton—Wentworth Kent Kitchener Lambton—Middlesex Lincoln London East London—Middlesex Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville Nepean Oakville—Milton Ontario Ottawa West Perth—Wellington—Waterloo Rosedale Scarborough West Simcoe Centre Thunder Bay—Nipigon Timiskaming—French River Timmins—Chapleau Waterloo Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe York—Simcoe
Until 1993	Brampton—Malton Elgin Markham Renfrew Timiskaming Windsor—Lake St. Clair
Until 1988	Beaches Brampton—Georgetown Durham—Northumberland Grey—Simcoe Guelph Halton Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton Mississauga North Nepean—Carleton Ottawa—Carleton Perth Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Simcoe South Spadina Trinity Welland Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe Windsor—Walkerville York East York—Peel York—Scarborough
Until 1984	Cochrane Hastings—Frontenac Sarnia
Until 1979	Broadview Bruce Don Valley Eglinton Etobicoke Fort William Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Greenwood Grenville—Carleton Halton—Wentworth Hastings High Park—Humber Valley Huron—Middlesex Kent—Essex Lambton—Kent Leeds Middlesex—London—Lambton Mississauga Norfolk—Haldimand Northumberland—Durham Oshawa—Whitby Parkdale Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe Perth—Wilmot Port Arthur Renfrew North—Nipissing East Sarnia—Lambton Thunder Bay Timmins Toronto—Lakeshore Waterloo—Cambridge Wellington Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo York—Simcoe York South
Until 1974	Huron Middlesex Ottawa East Peel South Waterloo
Until 1972	Essex Glengarry—Prescott High Park Lakeshore Lanark and Renfrew Perth Renfrew North Sarnia Wellington—Grey
Until 1968	Algoma East Algoma West Brant—Haldimand Brantford Carleton Danforth Dufferin—Simcoe Durham Essex East Essex South Essex West Grenville—Dundas Grey—Bruce Grey North Hamilton South Hastings—Frontenac Hastings South Kent Kingston Lambton West Lanark London Middlesex East Middlesex West Norfolk Northumberland Peel Prince Edward—Lennox Renfrew South Russell Simcoe East Stormont Victoria Waterloo North Waterloo South Wellington—Huron Wellington South Wentworth York—Humber
Until 1953	Brant—Wentworth Frontenac—Addington Glengarry Haldimand Hastings—Peterborough Huron North Huron—Perth Kingston City Peterborough West Prescott Wellington North
Until 1949	Brant Brantford City Muskoka—Ontario Parry Sound
Until 1935	Bruce North Bruce South Elgin West Grey Southeast Huron South Lambton East Norfolk—Elgin City of Ottawa Oxford North Oxford South Perth North Perth South Port Arthur—Thunder Bay Timiskaming North Timiskaming South Toronto East Toronto East Centre Toronto—High Park Toronto Northeast Toronto Northwest Toronto—Scarborough Toronto South Toronto West Centre
Until 1925	Brantford Dufferin Dundas Elgin East Essex North Fort William and Rainy River Frontenac Glengarry and Stormont Grenville Hastings East Hastings West Kingston Lennox and Addington Muskoka Norfolk North Oxford Ontario North Ontario South Peterborough East Port Arthur and Kenora Prince Edward Simcoe South South Oxford Timiskaming Toronto Centre Toronto North Toronto West York East
Until 1917	Brockville Glengarry Grey East Grey South Huron East Huron West Kent East Kent West Lanark North Lanark South Middlesex North Northumberland East Northumberland West Stormont Thunder Bay and Rainy River York Centre
Until 1904	Addington Algoma Bothwell Brant South Bruce East Bruce West Cardwell Centre Toronto Cornwall and Stormont Durham East Durham West East York Grenville South Haldimand and Monck Hamilton Hastings North Kent Leeds North and Grenville North Leeds South Lennox Lincoln and Niagara Middlesex South Muskoka and Parry Sound Norfolk North Norfolk South Ontario West Victoria North Victoria South Wellington Centre Wentworth North and Brant Wentworth South West Toronto York West
Until 1896	Brant North Haldimand Monck Wentworth North
Until 1882	Bruce South Cornwall Essex Huron Centre Huron North Lambton Lincoln Muskoka Niagara Stormont