Hamilton East—Stoney Creek

For the provincial electoral district, see Hamilton East—Stoney Creek (provincial electoral district).

Hamilton East—Stoney Creek

Ontario electoral district
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek in relation to the other Hamilton area ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Bob Bratina Liberal
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	107,786
Electors (2015)	80,042
Area (km²)	72
Pop. density (per km²)	1,497
Census divisions	Hamilton
Census subdivisions	Hamilton

Hamilton East—Stoney Creek (French: Hamilton-Est—Stoney Creek) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

The riding was formed in 2003 from parts of the former ridings of Hamilton East and Stoney Creek.

Of the 115,709 constituents of the riding, a slight majority were previously constituents in the former riding of Stoney Creek. 58,462 constituents were part of the Stoney Creek riding while 57,247 constituents originated from Hamilton East.

This riding lost territory to Hamilton Centre during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Geography

It consists of the part of the City of Hamilton lying north of the Niagara Escarpment and east of Ottawa Street.

The riding consists of the neighbourhoods of, Cherry Heights, Homeside, Normanhurst, McQuesten, Glenview, Rosedale, Red Hill, Vincent, Gershome, Greenford, Corman, Kentley, Riverdale, Parkview West, Parkview East, Nashdale, Lake Grayside and the eastern half of The Delta in the former City of Hamilton plus the part of the former City of Stoney Creek north of the Niagara Escarpment including the "Old Town", Fruitland and Winona.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Riding created from Stoney Creek and Hamilton East
38th	2004–2006		Tony Valeri	Liberal
39th	2006–2008		Wayne Marston	New Democratic
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–Present		Bob Bratina	Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bob Bratina	19,622	38.99	+25.41	–
	New Democratic	Wayne Marston	16,465	32.71	-11.54	–
	Conservative	Diane Bubanko	12,715	25.26	-11.66	–
	Green	Erin Davis	1,305	2.59	-0.26	–
	Communist	Bob Mann	170	0.34		–
	Marxist–Leninist	Wendell Fields	55	0.11		–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,332	100.00		$215,066.83
Total rejected ballots			293	0.58
Turnout			50,625	63.25
Eligible voters			80,042
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+18.48
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	19,848	44.26
	Conservative	16,557	36.92
	Liberal	6,089	13.58
	Green	1,278	2.85
	Others	1,075	2.40

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Wayne Marston	21,931	45.18	+3.90
	Conservative	Brad Clark	17,567	36.19	+12.24
	Liberal	Michelle Stockwell	6,411	13.21	-14.67
	Green	Dave William Hart Dyke	1,450	2.99	-1.44
	Progressive Canadian	Gord Hill	486	1.00	-0.76
	Libertarian	Greg Pattinson	385	0.79	–
	Communist	Bob Mann	138	0.28	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Wendell Fields	95	0.20	–
	Canadian Action	Bob Green Innes	92	0.19	–
Total valid votes			48,537	100.00
Total rejected ballots			368	0.75	+0.11
Turnout			48,905	57.64	+1.05
Eligible voters			84,848	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Wayne Marston	19,919	41.28	+5.25	$86,339
	Liberal	Larry Di Ianni	13,455	27.88	-7.28	$65,307
	Conservative	Frank Rukavina	11,556	23.95	-1.34	$89,165
	Green	David William Hart Dyke	2,142	4.43	+1.50	$500
	Progressive Canadian	Gord Hill	853	1.76	–	$1,917
	Independent	Sam Cino	323	0.66	–	$364
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,143	100.00	$89,236
Total rejected ballots			311	0.64
Turnout			48,559	56.59

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Wayne Marston	19,346	36.03	+0.19
	Liberal	Tony Valeri	18,880	35.16	-2.58
	Conservative	Frank Rukavina	13,581	25.29	+2.98
	Green	Jo Pavlov	1,573	2.93	-0.03
	Communist	Bob Mann	316	0.59	+0.25
Total valid votes			53,696	100.00
	New Democratic Party gain from Liberal		Swing	-1.4

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Tony Valeri	18,417	37.74
	New Democratic	Tony Depaulo	17,490	35.84
	Conservative	Fred Eisenberger	10,888	22.31
	Green	Richard Safka	1,446	2.96
	Independent	Sam Cino	393	0.81
	Communist	Bob Mann	166	0.34
Total valid votes			48,800	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada