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Hamilton West (provincial electoral district)

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Hamilton West
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1966
District abolished2004
First contested1967
Last contested2003

Hamilton West was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 1934 and from 1967 to 2007.

Members of Provincial Parliament

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This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Assembly Years Member Party
Hamilton West
Riding created
8th  1894–1898     John Morison Gibson Liberal
9th  1898–1902     Edward Alexander Colquhoun Conservative
10th  1902–1905 John Strathearn Hendrie
11th  1905–1908
12th  1908–1911
13th  1911–1914
14th  1914–1914
 1914–1919 John Allan
15th  1919–1923     Walter Rollo Labour
16th  1923–1926     Arthur Campbell Garden Conservative
17th  1926–1929 Frederick Thomas Smye
18th  1929–1930
 1931–1934 D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin
Riding dissolved
Riding re-created
28th  1967–1971     Ada Pritchard Progressive Conservative
29th  1971–1975 Jack McNie
30th  1975–1977     Stuart Lyon Smith Liberal
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1982
 1982–1985     Richard Allen New Democratic
33rd  1985–1987
34th  1987–1990
35th  1990–1995
36th  1995–1999     Lillian Ross Progressive Conservative
37th  1999–2003     David Christopherson New Democratic
38th  2003–2007     Judy Marsales Liberal
Riding dissolved into Hamilton Centre,
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale and Hamilton Mountain

Provincial election results

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1999 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic David Christopherson 15,625 37.84
Progressive Conservative Lillian Ross 12,261 29.70
Liberal Frank D'Amico 12,037 29.15
Green Phyllis Mccoll 495 1.20
Family Coalition Lynne Scime 403 0.98
Independent Wendell Fields 236 0.57
Natural Law Rita Rassenberg 231 0.56
Total valid votes 41,288 98.69
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 549 1.31
Turnout 41,837 57.87
Eligible voters 72,295
2003 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Judy Marsales 15,600 39.97 +10.81
New Democratic Roy Adams 13,468 34.50 -3.34
Progressive Conservative Doug Brown 8,185 20.97 -8.73
Family Coalition Lynne Scime 750 1.92 +0.95
Green Jo Pavlov 727 1.86 +0.66
Independent Jamila Ghaddar 303 0.78
Total valid votes 39,033 99.29
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 279 0.71 -0.60
Turnout 39,312 55.28 -2.59
Eligible voters 71,111
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +7.08
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