Hamilton Centre (provincial electoral district)

Hamilton Centre
Ontario electoral district
	Hamilton Centre in relation to the other Hamilton area ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Andrea Horwath; New Democratic
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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 division(s)	Hamilton
Census subdivision(s)	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		Thomas William Jutten	Conservative
19th	1934–1937		William Frederick Schwenger	Liberal
20th	1937–1938		William Frederick Schwenger
20th	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		Norman Davison
30th	1975–1977		Mike Davison
31st	1977–1981		Mike Davison
32nd	1981–1984		Sheila Copps	Liberal
32nd	1984–1985		Mike Davison	New Democratic
33rd	1985–1987		Lily Oddie Munro	Liberal
34th	1987–1990		Lily Oddie Munro	Liberal
35th	1990–1995		David Christopherson	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		David Christopherson	New Democratic
*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

2014 Ontario general election
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]

2011 Ontario general election
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]

2007 Ontario general election
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

1995 Ontario general election
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

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

^ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 031 Hamilton Centre" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.
^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Hamilton Centre" (PDF). Retrieved 3 June 2014.
^ "Declared Candidates" (PDF). The Hamilton Spectator. July 23, 2011. p. A6.
^ Pecoskie, Teri (August 22, 2011). "Liberals give lawyer Hamilton Centre nod". The Hamilton Spectator.

External links

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

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[1] Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 031 Hamilton Centre" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.

[2] Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Hamilton Centre" (PDF). Retrieved 3 June 2014.

[3] "Declared Candidates" (PDF). The Hamilton Spectator. July 23, 2011. p. A6.

[4] Pecoskie, Teri (August 22, 2011). "Liberals give lawyer Hamilton Centre nod". The Hamilton Spectator.

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