Hamilton East (federal electoral district)

For the former provincial electoral district, see Hamilton East (provincial electoral district). For other uses, see Hamilton East (disambiguation).

Hamilton East

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1903
District abolished	2003
First contested	1904
Last contested	2000

Hamilton East was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 2004. It consisted of the eastern part of the city of Hamilton, Ontario. It is considered a working class district.

History

The riding was created in 1903 from parts of Hamilton riding.

Hamilton East initially shall consist of wards 1, 6 and 7 of the City of Hamilton. In 1914, it was redefined as consisting of the part of the city of Hamilton described by a line beginning where Ottawa street meets Burlington Bay, south along Ottawa street, west along Burlington street, south along the division line between lots number five and six of the township of Barton, west along Barton Street, south along Sherman Avenue, west along the brow of the mountain, south along Wentworth Street, west along Aberdeen Avenue, north along Ferguson Avenue, west along King street, north along Hughson street to Burlington Bay.

In 1924, it was redefined as consisting the part of the city of Hamilton lying east of Wellington Street and west of Ottawa Street. In 1933, it was redefined to exclude the part of the city lying south of a line from Wellington Street east along Concession Street, north along Sherman Avenue, east along the brow of the mountain to the city limit. In 1952, it was redefined to consist of the part of the city of Hamilton bounded on the east by Ottawa Street, on the south by the brow of the mountain, on the west by Wellington Street.

In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton bounded on the south by the brow of the Mountain, on the west by a line from Hamilton Harbour south on Wellington Street, east along Robert Street, south along East Avenue, east along Main Street, south along Wentworth Street to the brow of the Mountain; and bounded on the east by a line from Hamilton Harbour south along Parkdale Avenue, west along the C.N.R. line, south along Strathearne Avenue, west along Roxborough Avenue and Kenilworth Avenue to the brow of the Mountain.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton bounded on the east by Red Hill Creek, on the south by the brow of the Mountain, and on the west by a line drawn north along Sherman Avenue, west along Main Street East, and north along Wentworth Avenue.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton lying within the following limits: commencing at the intersection of the easterly limit of the said city with Queenston Road; thence westerly along Queenston Road to Redhill Creek; thence southwesterly along Redhill Creek to the brow of the Niagara Escarpment; thence northerly and westerly along said brow to the southerly production of Sherman Avenue; thence northerly along said production to and along Sherman Avenue to Cannon Street; thence westerly along Cannon Street to Wentworth Street; thence northerly along Wentworth Street and its northerly production to the northerly limit of the City of Hamilton; thence easterly and southerly along the northerly and easterly limits of said city to the point of commencement.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton bounded by a line drawn from the eastern limit of the city along Queenston Road, south along Redhill Creek, north and west along the brow of the Niagara Escarpment, north along Wentworth Street, west along Main Street, north along Wellington Street, east along Burlington Street, 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 Hamilton Centre and Hamilton East—Stoney Creek ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Hamilton East Riding created from Hamilton
10th	1904–1908		Samuel Barker	Conservative
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921		Sydney Chilton Mewburn	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925			Conservative
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930		George Rennie
17th	1930–1931
	1931–1935		Humphrey Mitchell	Labour
18th	1935–1940		Albert A. Brown	Conservative
19th	1940–1945		Thomas Hambly Ross	Liberal
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958		Quinto Martini	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963		John Munro	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Sheila Copps
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1996
	1996–1997
35th	1997–2000
36th	2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Hamilton East—Stoney Creek and Hamilton Centre

Election results

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Samuel Barker	2,786
	Liberal	John M. Eastwood	2,580

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Samuel Barker	2,968
	Liberal	John Morrison Eastwood	1,876
	Labour	Samuel Landers	1,320

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Samuel Barker	4,981
	Liberal	John Peebles	2,406

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Sydney Chilton Mewburn	11,340
	Opposition—Labour	George Grant Halcrow	0

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Sydney Chilton Mewburn	6,320
	Progressive	Edward James Etherington	4,824
	Labour	Charles Goodenough Booker	2,274
	Liberal	John Newlands	1,667

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Sydney Chilton Mewburn	15,669
	Labour	Samuel Lawrence	2,286
	Liberal	John Newlands	2,205

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Rennie	13,444
	Liberal	Michael Joseph O'Reilly	4,477

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Rennie	12,893
	Liberal	Freeman Ferrier Treleaven	8,142
	Communist	Saul Cohen	343

On Mr. Rennie's death, 13 October 1930:

By-election on 10 August 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Humphrey Mitchell	10,919
	Conservative	Melville Robinson	7,263
	Independent	William Herbert Connor	507

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Albert A. Brown	10,078
	Labour	Humphrey Mitchell	7,288
	Reconstruction	Donald A. Clarke	6,197
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Mitchell	4,506

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Hambly Ross	13,176
	Progressive Conservative	Bessie Howard Hughton	11,501
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Roy Aindow	8,705
	Labor–Progressive	Peter Dunlop	1,480
	Independent Labour	Robert Parker	241

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Hambly Ross	14,035
	Progressive Conservative	Digby Banting	11,155
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Larry Sefton	8,302
	Labor–Progressive	Peter Dunlop	1,413
	Labour	Robert Parker	307

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Hambly Ross	11,622
	Progressive Conservative	Quinto Martini	7,710
	Co-operative Commonwealth	David T. Lawrence	5,648
	Labor–Progressive	William Devine	721

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Quinto Martini	10,528
	Liberal	Joe Lanza	8,511
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Norm Davison	7,367
	Social Credit	Ethel Bertha Fagan	916

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Quinto Martini	15,046
	Liberal	William Momotiuk	7,427
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Powell	6,315
	Labor–Progressive	Alfred Dewhurst	537

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Munro	12,027
	Progressive Conservative	Quinto Martini	8,437
	New Democratic	Bill Powell	7,353

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Munro	13,167
	Progressive Conservative	Quinto Martini	7,644
	New Democratic	Brian O'Donnell	7,015
	Social Credit	Vaclav George Vostrez	240

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Munro	12,692
	New Democratic	Brian O'Donnell	7,314
	Progressive Conservative	Malcolm Dingwall	5,725
	Social Credit	Vaclav George Vostrez	103

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Munro	15,273
	New Democratic	Nick Ramaciert	9,210
	Progressive Conservative	David Steinberg	5,633
	Communist	James R. Bridgewood	297

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Munro	13,053
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Brewer	8,601
	New Democratic	Joe Bothen	8,351
	Not affiliated	Donald A. Stewart	151
	Social Credit	Charles Hamelin	108
	Not affiliated	Ian G. Walker	39

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Munro	15,298
	New Democratic	Bruce Woodruff	6,532
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Brewer	6,004
	Communist	Jim Bridgewood	157
	Social Credit	A. J. Sid Hamelin	62
	Marxist–Leninist	Paul G. Lane	52

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Munro	14,579
	New Democratic	Don Gray	11,783
	Progressive Conservative	Bill West	11,642
	Libertarian	Bruno S. Oberski	172
	Marxist–Leninist	Rolf V. Gerstenberger	71

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Munro	15,430
	New Democratic	Don Gray	12,627
	Progressive Conservative	Bill West	8,587
	Communist	Robert Mann	159
	Not affiliated	Chris Watson	58
	Marxist–Leninist	Rolf Gerstenberger	47

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sheila Copps	14,533
	New Democratic	David Christopherson	11,872
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Macdonald	11,711
	Social Credit	Vince G. Vostrez	102
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	87
	Commonwealth of Canada	Ken Perry	59

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sheila Copps	18,632
	New Democratic	Dave Wilson	10,492
	Progressive Conservative	Bill West	8,015
	Not affiliated	Steve Rutchinski	141
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	133

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sheila Copps	23,113
	Reform	John Stewart	5,703
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Joseph Bobolo	2,320
	New Democratic	Wayne Marston	2,216
	National	Bill Sommer	470
	Independent	Robert Jaggard	135
	Independent	James Brink	117
	Marxist–Leninist	Rolf Gerstenberger	73
	Commonwealth of Canada	Jean-Sebastien Tremblay	53

Resignation of Sheila Copps, 1 May 1996:

By-election on 17 June 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sheila Copps	12,268
	New Democratic	Wayne Marston	6,941
	Progressive Conservative	Angie Tomasic	3,662
	Reform	Andy Sweck	2,750
	Independent	Ken Campbell	287
	Independent	George Ambas	160
	Green	Wendy Priesnitz	152
	Independent	Glenn Malcolm	113
	Christian Heritage	Tristan Emmanuel	78
	Independent	Victor Knight	70
	Natural Law	Bill Amos	64
	Canada Party	Charles Olito	52
	Abolitionist	John Turmel	21

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sheila Copps	16,991
	New Democratic	Wayne Marston	6,870
	Reform	Kevin Samuel Barber	5,716
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Hilson	3,913
	Christian Heritage	Monica Purcell	376
	Independent	Bob Mann	312
	Marxist–Leninist	Rolf Gerstenberger	160

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sheila Copps	16,477
	Alliance	Joshua Conroy	6,064
	New Democratic	Jim Stevenson	4,123
	Progressive Conservative	Steven Knight	3,359
	Marijuana	Michael Baldasaro	573
	Independent	Salvatore Sam Cino	290
	Communist	Bob Mann	144
	Marxist–Leninist	Julie Gordon	116
	Natural Law	Helene Darisse-Yildirim	97

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Federal election results for Hamilton East