Hamilton East—Stoney Creek (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Hamilton East—Stoney Creek.

Hamilton East—Stoney Creek

Ontario electoral district
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek in relation to the other Hamilton area ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Paul Miller New Democratic
District created	2006
First contested	2007
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2006)	116,434
Electors (2011)	85,802
Area (km²)	74
Pop. density (per km²)	1,573.4
Census divisions	Hamilton
Census subdivisions	Hamilton

Hamilton East—Stoney Creek is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election.

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.

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 Bartonville, 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.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Hamilton East—Stoney Creek
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Hamilton East and Stoney Creek
39th	2007–2011		Paul Miller	New Democratic
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–Present

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Paul Miller	19,958	46.81	-4.91
	Liberal	Ivan Luksic	12,433	29.16	+2.86
	Progressive Conservative	David Brown	7,574	17.76	-0.95
	Green	Greg Zink	1,742	4.09	+2.34
	Libertarian	Mark Burnison	676	1.59	+0.84
	Freedom	Britney Anne Johnston	254	0.60	+0.26
Total valid votes			42,637	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-3.88
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Paul Miller	20,442	51.72	+14.09
	Liberal	Mark Cripps	10,397	26.30	-8.82
	Progressive Conservative	Nancy Fiorintino	7,395	18.71	-2.57
	Green	W. Peter Randall	692	1.75	-3.19
	Libertarian	Greg Pattinson	295	0.75
	Family Coalition	Bob Green Innes	173	0.44	-0.6
	Freedom	Philip Doucette	133	0.34
Total valid votes			39,527	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			216	0.54
Turnout			39,743	46.26
Eligible voters			85,908
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+11.46
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Paul Miller	16,256	37.63
	Liberal	Nerene Virgin	15,171	35.12
	Progressive Conservative	Tara Crugnale	9,195	21.28
	Green	Raymond Dartsch	2,122	4.91
	Family Coalition	Robert Innes	451	1.04
Total valid votes			43,195	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	23,342	63.7
	Mixed member proportional	13,310	36.3
	Total valid votes	36,652	100.0

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results