Hamilton West (electoral district)

Hamilton West (electoral district)
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1903
First contested	1904
Last contested	2000
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1966
District abolished	2004
First contested	1967
Last contested	2003

Hamilton West was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 2004, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 1934 and from 1967 to 2007.

1 History
2 Members of Parliament
3 Members of Provincial Parliament
4 Federal election results
5 Provincial election results
6 External links

History

The federal riding was created when the old riding of Hamilton was split in 1903.

In 1903, the city of Hamilton was divided into two electoral districts: Hamilton East and Hamilton West. Hamilton West consisted of wards 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the city. The boundaries expanded ever eastward as the population centre did, but it always included the neighbourhoods of Westdale and downtown Hamilton.

In 1914, it was redefined to consist of the western part of the city of Hamilton described by a line drawn from the brow of the mountain along Dundurn Street, west along Aberdeen Avenue, north along Paradise Road to Cootes Paradise, along the south and east margins of the marsh to Burlington Bay, east along the bay, south along Hughson Street, east along King Street, south along Ferguson Avenue, west along Aberdeen Avenue and the Mountain Brow.

In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the part of the city of Hamilton lying west of Wellington Street, east of Paradise Road, and north of Cootes Paradise.

In 1935, it was redefined to exclude the part lying south of Concession Street, Claremont Drive and West Fifth Street.

In 1952, it was redefined to consist of the part of the city of Hamilton lying north of the brow of the mountain and west of a line drawn from north to south along Wellington Street and its prolongation south to the brow of the mountain.

In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton bounded as follows: commencing where Wellington Street meets the shore of Hamilton Harbour, south along Wellington Street, east along Robert Street, south along East Avenue, east along Main Street, south along Wentworth Street, west along the brow of the Mountain to the west city limit.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton lying west and north of a line drawn south along Wentworth Street from Hamilton Harbour, east along Main Street East, south along Sherman Avenue, and west along the brow of the Mountain to the city limit.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton lying west and north of a line drawn from north to south from the northern city limit, south along Wentworth Street, east along Cannon Street, south along Sherman Avenue, west along the brow of the Niagara Escarpment, to the western limit of the city.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton lying west and north of a line drawn from where westerly limit of the city meets Lisajane Court to Stone Church Road, east along Stone Church Road, north along Garth Street, east along Lincoln Alexander Expressway, north along West Fifth Street, east along the brow of the Niagara Escarpment, north to and along Wentworth Street, west along Main Street, north along Wellington Street, east along Burlington Street, and north along the spur line of the Canadian National Railway to the northern city limit.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale, Hamilton Centre and Hamilton Mountain ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

Parliament	Years		Party
Hamilton prior to 1903
10th	1904–1908	Adam Zimmerman	Liberal
11th	1908–1911	Thomas Joseph Stewart	Conservative
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921
14th	1921–1925
15th	1925–1926	Charles William Bell	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1937	Herbert Earl Wilton	Conservative
18th	1937–1940	John Allmond Marsh	Conservative
19th	1940–1945	Colin Gibson	Liberal
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1950
21st	1950–1953	Ellen Fairclough	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965	Joseph Macaluso	Liberal
27th	1965–1968	Joseph Macaluso	Liberal
28th	1968–1972	Lincoln Alexander	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984	Stan Hudecki	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Peter Peterson	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Stan Keyes	Liberal
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004

Members of Provincial Parliament

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

John Morison Gibson, Liberal (1894–1898)
Andrew Alex Colquhoun, Conservative (1898–1902)
John Strathearn Hendrie, Conservative (1902–1914)
John Allan, Conservative (1914–1919)
Walter Ritchie Rollo, Labour (1919–1923)
Arthur Campbell Garden, Conservative (1923–1926)
Frederick Thomas Smye, Conservative (1926–1930)
D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin, Conservative (1931–1934)
Ada Pritchard, Progressive Conservative (1967–1971)
John McNie, Progressive Conservative (1971–1975)
Stuart Lyon Smith, Liberal (1975–1982)
Richard Alexander Allen, New Democratic Party (1982–1995)
Lillian Ross, Progressive Conservative (1995–1999)
David Christopherson, NDP (1999–2003)
Judy Marsales, Liberal (2003–2007)

Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	ZIMMERMAN, A.	3,345
	Conservative	BRUCE, Frank C.	3,108

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	STEWART, Thomas Joseph	3,363
	Liberal	ZIMMERMAN, Adam	2,969

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	STEWART, Thomas Joseph	4,390
	Liberal	MCLAREN, John Inglis	2,570
	Unknown	DICKHOUT, Hiram	522

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	STEWART, Thomas Joseph	6,451
	Labour	ROLLO, Walter Ritchie	3,678
	Opposition	MCLAREN, John Inglis	2,610

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	STEWART, Thomas Joseph	6,942
	Progressive	O'HEIR, Thomas James	4,990
	Liberal	AINSLIE, William	1,557

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	BELL, Charles William	13,875
	Liberal	GOW, George Alexander	2,651

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	BELL, Charles William	10,888
	Liberal	CARPENTER, Henry	3,665

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	BELL, Charles William	10,978
	Liberal	RISELAY, Cranmer Egerton	6,275

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	WILTON, Herbert Earl	7,857
	Reconstruction	HENDERSON, Nora Frances	5,065
	Liberal	CONNOR, Kennedy	4,817
	Liberal	AINSLIE, William	3,434
	Co-operative Commonwealth	CONNOR, William Herbert	2,203

On Mr. Wilton's death, 1 February 1937:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 22 March 1937
	Conservative	MARSH, John Allmond	8,102
	Liberal	CONNOR, Kennedy	7,295
	Labour	O'HANLEY, John	3,536

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	GIBSON, Colin Wm. Geo.	13,965
	National Government	MARSH, John Allmond	11,032

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	GIBSON, Hon. Colin William G	11,439
	Progressive Conservative	NEW, Chester William	9,260
	Co-operative Commonwealth	LEWIS, David	6,728
	Labour-Progressive	SNIDERMAN, Sam	1,063

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	GIBSON, Hon. Colin	12,324
	Progressive Conservative	FAIRCLOUGH, Ellen L.	9,252
	Co-operative Commonwealth	ALLEN, John Stanley	6,748

On Mr. Gibson's appointment as Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Ontario, 18 January 1950:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 15 May 1950
	Progressive Conservative	FAIRCLOUGH, Ellen L.	8,008
	Liberal	LAZIER, Harold F.	7,602
	Co-operative Commonwealth	COLLINGDON, Alfred Henry	3,235

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	FAIRCLOUGH, Ellen Louks	13,016
	Liberal	O'REILLY, John Prendergast	10,044
	Co-operative Commonwealth	MUIR, Alex	4,358

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	FAIRCLOUGH, Ellen Louks	16,533
	Liberal	MUNRO, John	9,964
	Co-operative Commonwealth	SCANDLAN, William	4,363

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	FAIRCLOUGH, Ellen Louks	19,863
	Liberal	CREWE, Dorothy Jane	6,094
	Co-operative Commonwealth	SCANDLAN, William	4,742

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	FAIRCLOUGH, Ellen L.	12,794
	Liberal	KRONAS, Balys Bill	11,047
	New Democrat	CHERTKOFF, Gary	5,321
	Communist	DEWHURST, Alfred	421

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MACALUSO, Joseph	13,701
	Progressive Conservative	FAIRCLOUGH, Ellen L.	10,849
	New Democrat	CHERTKOFF, Gary	5,709
	Social Credit	BUCHAN, James Ian	442
	Communist	HUNTER, Harry	283

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MACALUSO, Joseph	13,247
	Progressive Conservative	ALEXANDER, Lincoln MacCaulley	10,888
	New Democrat	DOYLE, Tom	6,297
	Social Credit	JAMES, Reynolds H.	199

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	ALEXANDER, Lincoln M.	13,580
	Liberal	BECKETT, Thomas A.	13,238
	New Democrat	BRUCE, Patricia	6,809

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	ALEXANDER, Lincoln M.	19,837
	Liberal	BURGHARDT, Jack	12,204
	New Democrat	LEPPERT, Peggy	5,420
	Not affiliated	JAGGARD, Bob	218

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	ALEXANDER, Lincoln	15,421
	Liberal	LEWIS, Milt	13,162
	New Democrat	HOLMES, Gordon	4,890
	Social Credit	DEME, Louis	363
	Communist	JAGGARD, Bob	138
	Marxist–Leninist	MOORE, Nola H.	117

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	ALEXANDER, Lincoln M.	19,661
	Liberal	HUDECKI, Stan	13,859
	New Democrat	SIMPSON, Miriam	8,512
	Communist	MCDONALD, Edward	161
	Marxist–Leninist	DALJEET, A.P.	138

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	ALEXANDER, Lincoln M.	15,500
	Liberal	HUDECKI, Stanley M.	14,929
	New Democrat	SIMPSON, Miriam	9,330
	Rhino	SABZALI, James E.S.	304
	Marxist–Leninist	DALJEET, A.P.	139

Resignation of the Hon. Lincoln M. Alexander, 27 May 1980:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 8 September 1980
	Liberal	HUDECKI, Stanley M.	12,565
	Progressive Conservative	ISBESTER, Jackie	9,882
	New Democrat	SIMPSON, Miriam	8,172
	Libertarian	SORENSON, Chris	133
	Marxist–Leninist	MCLEAN, Don	120
	Independent	TURMEL, John C.	88

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	PETERSON, Peter	16,573
	Liberal	HUDECKI, Stan	12,379
	New Democrat	NEWELL, Philip	11,508
	Libertarian	BALDASARO, Michael A.J.	300
	Communist	MANN, Bob	157
	Commonwealth	HACHÉ, Val	135

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	KEYES, Stan	16,598
	Progressive Conservative	PETERSON, Peter	14,851
	New Democrat	RUSSELL, Lesley	11,194
	Christian Heritage	MOMBOURQUETTE, Barry	935
	Independent	TUCKER, Walter A.	179
	Communist	THOMPSON, Bill	103

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	KEYES, Stan	22,575
	Reform	MILLS, George G.	5,837
	Progressive Conservative	PETERSON, Peter	5,753
	New Democrat	GIROUX, Denise	3,140
	National	MORGAN, Owen	603
	Natural Law	RASSENBERG, Rita	412
	Not affiliated	COUTO, Elaine	130

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	KEYES, Stan	20,951
	New Democrat	HORWATH, Andrea	7,648
	Progressive Conservative	FINDLAY, John	6,510
	Reform	GRIFFITH, Ken	6,285
	Natural Law	RICKARD, Brian	323
	Marxist–Leninist	FIELDS, Wendell	170

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	KEYES, Stan	21,273
	Canadian Alliance	O'CONNOR, Leon	7,293
	New Democrat	HUDSON, Catherine	5,300
	Progressive Conservative	BLACKIE, Ron	5,024
	Green	CAMPBELL, Hamish Jamie	616
	Marijuana	KEIR, Danielle	437
	Not affiliated	DOWNEY, Stephen	163
	Natural Law	RASSENBERG, Rita	94
	Communist	MIRZA, Mike	91
	Marxist–Leninist	FIELDS, Wendell	61

Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Judy Marsales	15,600	39.97	+10.82
	New Democrat	Roy Adams	13,468	34.5	-3.34
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Brown	8,185	20.97	-8.73
	Family Coalition	Lynne Scime	750	1.92	+0.94
	Green	Jo Pavlov	727	1.86
	Independent	Jamila Ghaddar	303	0.78

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democrat	David Christopherson	15,625	37.84
	Progressive Conservative	Lillian Ross	12,261	29.7
	Liberal	Frank D'amico	12,037	29.15
	Green	Phyllis Mccoll	495	1.2
	Family Coalition	Lynne Scime	403	0.98
	Independent	Wendell Fields	236	0.57
	Natural Law	Rita Rassenberg	231	0.56

External links

Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results
Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Past & Present MPPs