Ontario electoral district | |||
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Hamilton Centre in relation to the other Hamilton area ridings | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
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District created | 2003 | ||
First contested | 2004 | ||
Last contested | 2011 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2006) | 117,509 | ||
Electors (2011) | 81,170 | ||
Area (km²) | 38 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 3,092.3 | ||
Census divisions | Hamilton | ||
Census subdivisions | Hamilton |
Hamilton Centre is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.
It was created in 2003 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.
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It has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons by New Democrat David Christopherson since the 2004 federal election.
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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38th | 2004–2006 | David Christopherson | New Democratic | |
39th | 2006–2008 | |||
40th | 2008–2011 | |||
41st | 2011–present |
Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
New Democrat | David Christopherson | 23,849 | 57.0 | +7.7 | - | |
Conservative | James Byron | 11,020 | 26.4 | +4.1 | - | |
Liberal | Anne Tennier | 5,912 | 14.1 | -3.5 | - | |
Marijuana | Michael Baldasaro | 780 | 1.9 | n/a | - | |
Marxist–Leninist | Lisa Nussey | 252 | 0.6 | +0.3 | - | |
Total valid votes | 41,813 | 100.0 | - | |||
Total rejected ballots | 320 | 0.8 | ||||
Turnout | 42,133 | 54.7 | ||||
Eligible voters | 77,077 |
Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
New Democrat | David Christopherson | 20,010 | 49.3 | -2.0 | $66,259 | |
Conservative | Leon O'Connor | 9,051 | 22.3 | +2.0 | $24,629 | |
Liberal | Helen Wilson | 7,164 | 17.6 | -5.9 | $30,226 | |
Green | John Livingstone | 3,625 | 8.9 | +4.2 | $5,353 | |
Libertarian | Anthony Giles | 528 | 1.3 | n/a | - | |
Marxist–Leninist | Lisa Nussey | 126 | 0.3 | n/a | ||
Communist | Ryan Sparrow | 125 | 0.3 | n/a | $373 | |
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 39,850 | 100.0 | $85,900 |
Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
New Democrat | David Christopherson | 24,503 | 51.3 | +5.5 | ||
Liberal | Javid Mirza | 11,224 | 23.5 | -10.2 | ||
Conservative | Elliot L. Hill | 9,969 | 20.3 | +5.7 | ||
Green | John Livingstone | 2,022 | 4.2 | +1.0 | ||
Canadian Action | Tony Des Lauriers | 332 | 0.7 | n/a | ||
Total valid votes | 47,777 | 100.0 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 279 | |||||
Turnout | 48,056 | 59.2 |
Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
New Democrat | David Christopherson | 20,321 | 45.8 | |||
Liberal | Stan Keyes | 14,948 | 33.7 | |||
Conservative | Leon O'Connor | 6,714 | 15.1 | |||
Green | Anne Marie Pavlov | 1,422 | 3.2 | |||
Christian Heritage | Stephen Downey | 520 | 1.2 | |||
Independent | Michael James Baldasaro | 345 | 0.8 | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Jamile Ghaddar | 91 | 0.2 | |||
Total valid votes | 44,361 | 100.0 |
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