Hamilton Mountain (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Hamilton Mountain (provincial electoral district). For the geographical feature, see Niagara Escarpment and Hamilton, Ontario.

Hamilton Mountain

Ontario electoral district
Hamilton Mountain in relation to the other Hamilton area ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Scott Duvall New Democratic
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	103,615
Electors (2015)	76,886
Area (km²)	35
Pop. density (per km²)	2,960.4
Census division(s)	Hamilton
Census subdivision(s)	Hamilton

Hamilton Mountain is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. The riding is located in the Hamilton, Ontario region.

The socio-economic composition of the Hamilton Mountain is diverse, having low-income public housing residents as well as million dollar estates, highly paid unionized workers and small-wage unskilled workers, and well-established families and recent immigrants.

This diversity makes Hamilton Mountain a swing riding where many elections are virtually two- or three-way ties. For instance, in 1988 less than a hundred votes separated the first and second-place finishers and in the 2004 election only three thousand votes separated the first and third-place finishers. In recent years, however, the riding has become one of the most solid NDP seats in Hamilton. From the 1990s to 2006, the races were between Liberals and NDP. Following the Liberal Party's collapse in the late 2000s, the Conservatives became the main competitors in the riding.

Geography

Following the 2012 electoral redistribution, Hamilton Mountain lost territory to Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas and Flamborough—Glanbrook and had its boundaries redefined as follows: Commencing at the intersection of the Niagara Escarpment with Redhill Creek, running west along the creek to Mountain Brow Boulevard, south along said boulevard to Arbour Road and south along Arbour Road and Anchor Road to the intersection of Rymal Road East with Glover Road, west along Rymal Road East and Rymal Road West to Garth Street, north along Garth Street to the Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway, east along said parkway to West 5th Street, north along West 5th street to James Mountain Road, northeastern along said road to the Niagara Escarpment, then generally easterly and generally southerly along said escarpment to the point of commencement.

History

The riding was created in 1966 from parts of Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot, Hamilton South, Hamilton West, Stoney Creek, and Wentworth ridings.

It consisted initially of:

• the part of the City of Hamilton east of a line drawn west along Mud Street, north along Mountain Brow Boulevard, and northwest along the brow of the Mountain; and
• the part of the Township of Glanford in the County of Wentworth lying north of County Suburban Road No. 22.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton lying south of the brow of the Mountain bounded on the east by Red Hill Creek, on the west by the west limit of the city, and on the south by Mohawk Road, Limeridge Road, and Mountain Brow Boulevard.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton lying south of the brow of the Mountain bounded by a line drawn from Mountain Brow Boulevard, west along Limeridge Road to St. Jerome School, west to Garth Street, south along Garth Street, west along the proposed Mountain Freeway.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton south of a line drawn north from the western city limit near Lisajane Court, east along Stone Church Road, north along Garth Street, east along Redhill Creek Expressway, north along West 5 Street, then east along the brow of the Niagara Escarpment to the eastern city limit.

In 2003, the riding was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton bounded by a line drawn west from the Niagara Escarpment along Red Hill Valley Parkway|Red Hill Creek, south along Mountain Brow Boulevard, Arbour Road and Glover Road, west along the hydroelectric transmission line situated south of Rymal Road East, north along Glancaster Road, east along Garner Road East, north along the hydroelectric transmission line situated west of Upper Paradise Road, east along Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway, north along West 5th Street, northeast along James Mountain Road, and east and south along the Niagara Escarpment to the point of commencement.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Hamilton Mountain Riding created from Hamilton South and Hamilton West
28th	1968–1972		Gordon J. Sullivan	Liberal
29th	1972–1974		Duncan Beattie	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979		Gus MacFarlane	Liberal
31st	1979–1980		Duncan Beattie	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984		Ian Deans	New Democratic
33rd	1984–1986
	1987–1988		Marion Dewar
34th	1988–1993		Beth Phinney	Liberal
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008		Chris Charlton	New Democratic
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–present		Scott Duvall

Election results

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Scott Duvall	18,146	35.89	-12.55	$57,552.86
	Liberal	Shaun Burt	16,933	33.49	+17.85	$45,580.19
	Conservative	Al Miles	12,991	25.70	-6.59	$34,537.26
	Green	Raheem Aman	1,283	2.54	-0.29	$226.00
	Libertarian	Andrew James Caton	763	1.51	–	–
	Christian Heritage	Jim Enos	438	0.87		$5,372.31
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,554	100.00		$209,945.37
Total rejected ballots			307	0.60	–
Turnout			50,861	65.15
Eligible voters			76,886
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-15.20
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	21,806	48.45
	Conservative	14,534	32.29
	Liberal	7,040	15.64
	Green	1,271	2.82
	Others	358	0.80

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Chris Charlton	25,595	47.2	+3.5
	Conservative	Terry Anderson	17,936	33.1	+2.4
	Liberal	Marie Bountrogianni	8,787	16.2	-4.0
	Green	Stephen Brotherson	1,505	2.8	-2.7
	Christian Heritage	Jim Enos	270	0.5	–
	Independent	Henryk Adamiec	171	0.3	–
Total valid votes			54,264	100.0
Total rejected ballots			261	0.5	+0.4
Turnout			54,525	61.8	–
Eligible voters			88,196	–	–
Source: Elections Canada.

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Chris Charlton	22,796	43.7	+6.3	$79,793
	Conservative	Terry Anderson	16,010	30.7	+3.5	$58,663
	Liberal	Tyler Banham	10,531	20.2	-11.7	$78,883
	Green	Stephen Brotherston	2,884	5.5	+2.9	$7,683
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,221	100.0	$91,117
Total rejected ballots			293	0.1
Turnout			52,514
Source: Elections Canada.

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Chris Charlton	21,869	37.3	+4.4
	Liberal	Bill Kelly	18,697	31.9	-2.9
	Conservative	Don Graves	15,915	27.2	-2.1
	Green	Susan Wadsworth	1,510	2.6	0.0
	Christian Heritage	Stephen Downey	458	0.8
	Marxist–Leninist	Paul Lane	131	0.2	-0.2
Total valid votes			58,580	100.0
Source: Elections Canada.

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Beth Phinney	18,548	34.8	-16.1
	New Democratic	Chris Charlton	17,552	32.9	+23.0
	Conservative	Tom Jackson	15,590	29.3	-9.3
	Green	Jo Pavlov	1,378	2.6
	Marxist–Leninist	Paul Lane	214	0.4	-0.2
Total valid votes			53,282	100.0
Source: Elections Canada.

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Beth Phinney	22,536	50.9	+5.1
	Alliance	Mike Scott	9,621	21.7	+4.1
	Progressive Conservative	John Smith	7,467	16.9	-2.4
	New Democratic	James Stephenson	4,387	9.9	-6.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Rolf Gerstenberger	259	0.6	+0.3
Total valid votes			44,270	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Beth Phinney	21,128	45.8	-11.3
	Progressive Conservative	John Smith	8,877	19.2	+7.8
	Reform	Richard F. Gaasenbeek	8,154	17.7	-3.9
	New Democratic	Chris Charlton	7,440	16.1	8.4
	Canadian Action	Christopher M. Patty	374	0.8
	Marxist–Leninist	Iqbal Sumbal	146	0.3
Total valid votes			46,119	100.0

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Beth Phinney	27,218	57.1	+24.2
	Reform	Craig Chandler	10,297	21.6
	Progressive Conservative	Tamra Mann	5,474	11.5	-19.0
	New Democratic	Andrew MacKenzie	3,670	7.7	-25.1
	National	Gunter Hinz	673	1.4
	Natural Law	Isabel Millman	331	0.7
Total valid votes			47,663	100.0

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Beth Phinney	16,934	32.9	-5.9
	New Democratic	Marion Dewar	16,861	32.8	-10.6
	Progressive Conservative	Grant Darby	15,712	30.5	+14.6
	Christian Heritage	Charles Eleveld	1,799	3.5
	Commonwealth of Canada	Ed Gardner	87	0.2
	Independent	Rolf Gerstenberger	70	0.1
Total valid votes			51,463	100.0

Canadian federal by-election, 20 July 1987
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Resignation of Ian Deans, 31 August 1986
	New Democratic	Marion Dewar	14,435	43.4	-5.8
	Liberal	Beth Phinney	12,903	38.8	+20.6
	Progressive Conservative	Dan MacDonald	5,301	15.9	-16.5
	Rhinoceros	Martin O'Hanlon	316	0.9
	Independent	John Turmel	166	0.5
	Social Credit	Andrew Varady	149	0.4
Total valid votes			33,270	100.0

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Ian Deans	25,789	49.2	+13.7
	Progressive Conservative	Duncan M. Beattie	17,004	32.4	-0.1
	Liberal	Jerry McCullough	9,514	18.1	-13.7
	Commonwealth of Canada	Mike McGee	133	0.3
Total valid votes			52,440	100.0

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Ian Deans	17,700	35.5	+11.5
	Progressive Conservative	Duncan M. Beattie	16,208	32.5	-9.3
	Liberal	Gus MacFarlane	15,873	31.8	-2.1
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	65	0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Gerard Kimmons	57	0.1	0.0
Total valid votes			49,903	100.0

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Duncan M. Beattie	21,348	41.2	+6.4
	Liberal	Gus MacFarlane	17,334	33.9	-10.0
	New Democratic	Andy Asselin	12,273	24.0	+3.7
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	102	0.2	-0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Gerard Kimmons	68	0.1	0.0
Total valid votes			51,125	100.0

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gus MacFarlane	22,253	43.9	+10.9
	Progressive Conservative	Duncan M. Beattie	17,922	35.3	-5.6
	New Democratic	Don Gray	10,304	20.3	-5.4
	Communist	Nancy McDonald	170	0.3
	Marxist–Leninist	Dawn Carroll	69	0.1
Total valid votes			50,718	100.0

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Duncan M. Beattie	21,713	41.0	+16.5
	Liberal	Harvey Lanctot	17,477	33.0	-8.2
	New Democratic	Bill Nichols	13,604	25.7	-8.7
	Social Credit	Roger Hamelin	183	0.3
Total valid votes			52,977	100.0

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gordon J. Sullivan	17,794	41.2
	New Democratic	William D. Howe	14,838	34.3
	Progressive Conservative	Duncan Beattie	10,583	24.5
Total valid votes			43,215	100.0

See also

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

References

• "Hamilton Mountain (federal electoral district) (Code 35033) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
• Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament