Hamilton Centre (provincial electoral district)

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For the federal electoral district, see Hamilton Centre.
Hamilton Centre
Ontario electoral district
File:Hamilton Centre.png
Hamilton Centre in relation to the other Hamilton area ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 		  
Andrea Horwath
New Democratic
First contested 2007
Last contested 2014
Demographics
Population (2006) 117,509
Electors (2011) 81,170
Area (km²) 38
Pop. density (per km²) 3,092.3
Census divisions Hamilton
Census subdivisions Hamilton

Hamilton Centre is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that is represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

It was created for the 1926 provincial election but abolished with the 1999 provincial election when the number of constituencies represented in the legislature was reduced. It was re-created for the 2007 election from parts of Hamilton East, Hamilton West and Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot ridings.

It consists of the part of the City of Hamilton bounded by a line drawn south from the city limit along Ottawa Street, west along the Niagara Escarpment, southwest along James Mountain Road, south along West 5th Street, west along Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway, north along the hydroelectric transmission line situated west of Upper Horning Road, northeast along Highway No. 403, east along the Desjardins Canal to Hamilton Harbour.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Hamilton Centre
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created
17th  1926–1929     Thomas William Jutten Conservative
18th  1929–1934
19th  1934–1937     William Frederick Schwenger Liberal
20th  1937–1938
 1938–1943 John Newlands
21st  1943–1945     Robert Desmond Thornberry Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd  1945–1948     Vernon Charles Knowles Progressive Conservative
23rd  1948–1951     Robert Desmond Thornberry Co-operative Commonwealth
24th  1951–1955     Bill Warrender Progressive Conservative
25th  1955–1959
26th  1959–1963
27th  1963–1967 Ada Pritchard
28th  1967–1971     Norman Davison New Democratic
29th  1971–1975
30th  1975–1977 Mike Davison
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1984     Sheila Copps Liberal
 1984–1985     Mike Davison New Democratic
33rd  1985–1987     Lily Oddie Munro Liberal
34th  1987–1990
35th  1990–1995     David Christopherson New Democratic
36th  1995–1999
Riding dissolved
Riding re-created from Hamilton East, Hamilton West and
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot
39th  2007–2011     Andrea Horwath New Democratic
40th  2011–2014
41st  2014–Present

Election results

Hamilton Centre, 2007–present

Ontario general election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
New Democratic Andrea Horwath 18,697 52.01 -9.32
Liberal Donna Tiqui-Shebib 8,450 23.50 +6.04
Progressive Conservative John Vail 5,173 14.39 +1.22
Green Peter Ormond 3,067 8.53 +4.81
Freedom Peter Melanson 334 0.93 +0.54
Communist Bob Mann 229 0.64 +0.28
Total valid votes 35,950 100.0  
New Democratic hold Swing -7.68
Source: Elections Ontario[1]
Ontario general election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
New Democratic Andrea Horwath 20,586 61.33 +16.74
Liberal Donna Tiqui-Shebib 5,861 17.46 -11.12
Progressive Conservative Don Sheppard 4,421 13.17 -1.60
Green Peter Ormond 1,249 3.72 -5.90
Libertarian Robert Kuhlmann 634 1.89
Independent Micheal Baldasaro 268 0.80
Family Coalition Steve Passmore 229 0.68 -0.94
Freedom Chris Lawson 130 0.39
Communist Anthony Gracey 122 0.36 -0.46
Reform Robert Szajkowski 67 0.20
Total valid votes 33,567 100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 177 0.52
Turnout 33,744 42.43
Eligible voters 79,524
New Democratic hold Swing +13.93
Sources: Elections Ontario[2] The Hamilton Spectator[3] The Hamilton Spectator[4]
Ontario general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Andrea Horwath 17,138 44.59
Liberal Steve Ruddick 10,985 28.58
Progressive Conservative Chris Robertson 5,678 14.77
Green Peter Ormond 3,698 9.62
Family Coalition Lynne Scime 623 1.62
Communist Bob Mann 314 0.82
Total valid votes 38,436 100.0

Hamilton Centre, 1926–1999

Ontario general election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
New Democratic David Christopherson 8,012 36.81 -18.49
Liberal Filomena Tassi 7,322 33.64 +2.84
Progressive Conservative Angie Tomasic 5,723 26.29 +17.99
Family Coalition Tom Wigglesworth 376 1.72 +0.32
Natural Law Monique Poudrette 331 1.53 –
Total valid votes 21,764 100.0
New Democratic hold Swing -10.66


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2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 20,969 56.7
Mixed member proportional 16,027 43.3
Total valid votes 36,996 100.0

References

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External links

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