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Hamilton Centre (provincial electoral district)

Coordinates: 43°15′00″N 79°51′14″W / 43.250°N 79.854°W / 43.250; -79.854
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Hamilton Centre
Ontario electoral district
Hamilton Centre in relation to the other Hamilton ridings
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Sarah Jama
Independent
First contested2007
Last contested2023
Demographics
Population (2016)100,100
Electors (2018)75,672
Area (km²)47
Pop. density (per km²)2,129.8
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 ridings. It consists of the part of the City of Hamilton bounded by a line drawn south from the city limit along Kenilworth Avenue, west along the Niagara Escarpment, northeast along Highway No. 403, east along the Desjardins Canal to Hamilton Harbour.

Members of Provincial Parliament

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Hamilton Centre
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding re-created from Hamilton East, and Hamilton West
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 into Hamilton East, and Hamilton West
Riding re-created from Hamilton East, and Hamilton West
39th  2007–2011     Andrea Horwath New Democratic
40th  2011–2014
41st  2014–2018
42nd  2018–2022
43rd  2022–2022
 2023–2023 Sarah Jama
 2023–present     Independent

Election results

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Hamilton Centre, 2007–present

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Graph of election results in Hamilton Centre (minor parties that do not run consistently are omitted)
Ontario provincial by-election, Hamilton Centre
Resignation of Andrea Horwath
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Sarah Jama 9,477 54.22 -2.98
Liberal Deirdre Pike 3,542 20.26 +7.04
Progressive Conservative Pete Wiesner 2,690 15.39 -0.95
Green Lucia Iannantuono 1,206 6.90 -1.84
New Blue Lee Weiss Vassor 148 0.85 -0.82
Electoral Reform Peter House 121 0.69
Libertarian Mark Snow 109 0.62
Independent Matthew Lingard 98 0.56
Independent Nathalie Xian Yi Yan 51 0.29 -0.21
Independent John Turmel 38 0.22
Total valid votes 17,480
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 91
Turnout 17,571 21.97
Eligible voters 80,172
New Democratic hold Swing -5.01
Source: Elections Ontario[1]
2022 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Andrea Horwath 16,690 57.26 −7.99 $91,582
Progressive Conservative Sarah Bokhari 4,800 16.47 +0.80 $11,970
Liberal Ekaterini Dimakis 3,799 13.03 +2.15 $11,923
Green Sandy Crawley 2,554 8.76 +3.02 $591
New Blue John Chroust 483 1.66   $0
Ontario Party Brad Peace 451 1.55   $589
Communist Nigel Cheriyan 225 0.77 +0.41 $0
Independent Nathalie Xian Yi Yan 145 0.50   $0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 29,147 99.01 +0.19 $108,893
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 291 0.99 –0.19
Turnout 29,438 37.94 –10.97
Eligible voters 77,781
New Democratic hold Swing −4.40
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.
2018 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Andrea Horwath 23,866 65.25 +10.70
Progressive Conservative Dionne Duncan 5,730 15.67 +3.00
Liberal Deirdre Pike 3,982 10.89 −11.04
Green Jason Lopez 2,102 5.75 −3.46
None of the Above Tony Lemma 320 0.87
Libertarian Robert Young 285 0.78
Independent Maria Anastasiou 156 0.43
Communist Mary Ellen Campbell 134 0.37
Total valid votes 36,575 98.82
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 436 1.18
Turnout 37,011 48.91
Eligible voters 75,672
New Democratic hold Swing +3.85
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

^ Results are compared to redistributed results

2014 general election redistributed results[3]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 16,248 54.55
  Liberal 6,532 21.93
  Progressive Conservative 3,773 12.67
  Green 2,741 9.20
  Others 489 1.64
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 +0.27
Total valid votes 35,950 97.88 -1.59
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 778 2.12 +1.59
Turnout 36,728 44.76 +2.32
Eligible voters 82,062
New Democratic hold Swing -7.68
Source: Elections Ontario[4]
2011 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Andrea Horwath 20,586 61.33 +16.61
Liberal Donna Tiqui-Shebib 5,861 17.46 -11.43
Progressive Conservative Don Sheppard 4,421 13.17 -1.60
Green Peter Ormond 1,249 3.72 -5.68
Libertarian Robert Kuhlmann 634 1.89
Independent Micheal Baldasaro 268 0.80
Family Coalition Steve Passmore 229 0.68 -0.75
Freedom Chris Lawson 130 0.39
Communist Anthony Gracey 122 0.36 -0.42
Reform Robert Szajkowski 67 0.20
Total valid votes 33,567 99.48 +0.54
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 177 0.52 -0.54
Turnout 33,744 42.43 -6.20
Eligible voters 79,524
New Democratic hold Swing +14.02
Sources: Elections Ontario[5] The Hamilton Spectator[6] The Hamilton Spectator[7]
2007 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Andrea Horwath 17,176 44.72 +11.27
Liberal Steve Ruddick 11,096 28.89 -13.45
Progressive Conservative Chris Robertson 5,673 14.77 -3.56
Green Peter Ormond 3,610 9.40
Family Coalition Lynne Scime 550 1.43
Communist Bob Mann 302 0.79
Total valid votes 38,407 98.93
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 415 1.07
Turnout 38,822 48.63
Eligible voters 79,828
New Democratic notional gain from Liberal Swing +12.36
2003 general election redistributed results[8]
Party Vote %
  Liberal 15,116 42.34
  New Democratic 11,942 33.45
  Progressive Conservative 6,544 18.33
  Others 2,099 5.88

Hamilton Centre, 1926–1999

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1995 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic David Christopherson 8,012 36.81 -18.51
Liberal Filomena Tassi 7,322 33.64 +2.83
Progressive Conservative Angie Tomasic 5,723 26.30 +17.95
Family Coalition Tom Wigglesworth 376 1.73 +0.29
Natural Law Monique Poudrette 331 1.52
Total valid votes 21,764 98.32
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 372 1.68 -0.05
Turnout 22,136 54.71 -5.07
Eligible voters 40,459
New Democratic hold Swing -10.67
1990 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic David Christopherson 14,029 55.32 +16.43
Liberal Lily Munro 7,814 30.81 -20.51
Progressive Conservative Graham Snelgrove 2,116 8.34 -1.44
Green Brent Monkley 605 2.39
Libertarian Julien Frost 429 1.69
Family Coalition Jewell Wolgram 365 1.44
Total valid votes 25,358 98.27
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 446 1.73 +0.58
Turnout 25,804 59.78 +1.02
Eligible voters 43,166
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +18.47
1987 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lily Munro 13,636 51.32 +7.31
New Democratic Brian Hinkley 10,333 38.89 -3.28
Progressive Conservative Gerald Fruehwirth 2,600 9.79 -4.03
Total valid votes 26,569 98.85
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 310 1.15 +0.16
Turnout 26,879 58.76 +1.91
Eligible voters 45,745
Liberal hold Swing +5.30
1985 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lily Munro 9,184 44.01 +6.49
New Democratic Michael Davison 8,800 42.17 +4.25
Progressive Conservative James Ankers 2,883 13.82 -9.86
Total valid votes 20,867 99.01
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 209 0.99
Turnout 21,076 56.85
Eligible voters 37,076
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +1.12

2007 electoral reform referendum

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2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
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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  1. ^ https://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2023/results/Vote%20Totals%20Report%20from%20official%20Tabulation%20Hamilton%20Centre%20036.pdf Archived 2023-03-25 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Hamilton Centre". Archived from the original on 2022-12-24. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  4. ^ Elections Ontario (2014). "Elections Ontario Data Explorer". Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  5. ^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Data Explorer". Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Declared Candidates" (PDF). The Hamilton Spectator. July 23, 2011. p. A6. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  7. ^ Pecoskie, Teri (August 22, 2011). "Liberals give lawyer Hamilton Centre nod". The Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on November 10, 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  8. ^ "Archived copy". www.elections.on.ca. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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43°15′00″N 79°51′14″W / 43.250°N 79.854°W / 43.250; -79.854