Hamilton East (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 Canadian House of Commons 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. The riding elected Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Humphrey Mitchell from 1931 until 1935.

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, easte 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		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	George Rennie
17th	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	Quinto Martini	Progressive Conservative
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
35th	1996–1997
35th	1997–2000
36th	2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Hamilton East—Stoney Creek and Hamilton Centre

Election results

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

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	BARKER, Samuel	2,968
	Liberal	EASTWOOD, John Morrison	1,876
	Labour	LANDERS, Samuel	1,320

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

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	MEWBURN, Hon. Sydney Chilton	11,340
	Laurier Liberals-Labour	HALCROW, George Grant

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	MEWBURN, Hon. Sydney Chilton
	Progressive	ETHERINGTON, Edward James	4,824
	Labour	BOOKER, Charles Goodenough	2,274
	Liberal	NEWLANDS, John	1,667

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	MEWBURN, Hon. Sydney Chilton	15,669
	Labour	LAWRENCE, Samuel	2,286
	Liberal	NEWLANDS, John	2,205

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	RENNIE, George Septimus	13,444
	Liberal	O'REILLY, Michael Joseph	4,477

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	RENNIE, George Septimus	12,893
	Liberal	TRELEAVEN, Freeman Ferrier	8,142
	Communist	COHEN, Saul	343

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

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 10 August 1931
	Labour	MITCHELL, Humphrey	10,919
	Conservative	ROBINSON, Melville	7,263
	Independent	CONNOR, William Herbert	507

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

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	ROSS, Thomas H.	14,053
	National Government	BROWN, Albert A.	11,716
	Co-operative Commonwealth	AINDOW, Roy	3,190
	Communist	BUCK, Timothy	695

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	ROSS, Thomas Hambly	13,176
	Progressive Conservative	HUGHTON, Bessie Howard	11,501
	Co-operative Commonwealth	AINDOW, Roy	8,705
	Labor–Progressive	DUNLOP, Peter	1,480
	IndependentLabour	PARKER, Robert	241

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	ROSS, Tom	14,035
	Progressive Conservative	BANTING, Digby	11,155
	Co-operative Commonwealth	SEFTON, Larry	8,302
	Labor–Progressive	DUNLOP, Peter	1,413
	Labour	PARKER, Robert	307

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	ROSS, Tom	11,622
	Progressive Conservative	MARTINI, Quinto	7,710
	Co-operative Commonwealth	LAWRENCE, David T.	5,648
	Labor–Progressive	DEVINE, William	721

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MARTINI, Quinto	10,528
	Liberal	LANZA, Joe	8,511
	Co-operative Commonwealth	DAVISON, Norm	7,367
	Social Credit	FAGAN, Ethel Bertha	916

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MARTINI, Quinto	15,046
	Liberal	MOMOTIUK, William	7,427
	Co-operative Commonwealth	POWELL, William	6,315
	Labor–Progressive	DEWHURST, Alfred	537

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MUNRO, John Carr	12,027
	Progressive Conservative	MARTINI, Quinto	8,437
	New Democratic	POWELL, Bill	7,353

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MUNRO, John Carr	13,167
	Progressive Conservative	MARTINI, Quinto	7,644
	New Democratic	O'DONNELL, Brian	7,015
	Social Credit	VOSTREZ, Vaclav George	240

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MUNRO, John Carr	12,692
	New Democratic	O'DONNELL, Brian	7,314
	Progressive Conservative	DINGWALL, Malcolm	5,725
	Social Credit	VOSTREZ, Vaclav George	103

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MUNRO, John C.	15,273
	New Democratic	RAMACIERI, Nick	9,210
	Progressive Conservative	STEINBERG, David	5,633
	Communist	BRIDGEWOOD, James R.	297

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MUNRO, John Carr	13,053
	Progressive Conservative	BREWER, Ron	8,601
	New Democratic	BOTHEN, Joe	8,351
	Not affiliated	STEWART, Donald A.	151
	Social Credit	HAMELIN, Charles	108
	Not affiliated	WALKER, Ian G.	39

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MUNRO, John Carr	15,298
	New Democratic	WOODRUFF, Bruce	6,532
	Progressive Conservative	BREWER, Ron	6,004
	Communist	BRIDGEWOOD, Jim	157
	Social Credit	HAMELIN, A.J. Sid	62
	Marxist–Leninist	LANE, Paul G.	52

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MUNRO, John Carr	14,579
	New Democratic	GRAY, Don	11,783
	Progressive Conservative	WEST, Bill	11,642
	Libertarian	OBERSKI, Bruno S.	172
	Marxist–Leninist	GERSTENBERGER, Rolf V.	71

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MUNRO, John Carr	15,430
	New Democratic	GRAY, Don	12,627
	Progressive Conservative	WEST, Bill	8,587
	Communist	MANN, Robert	159
	Not affiliated	WATSON, Chris	58
	Marxist–Leninist	GERSTENBERGER, Rolf	47

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	COPPS, Sheila	14,533
	New Democratic	CHRISTOPHERSON, David	11,872
	Progressive Conservative	MACDONALD, Jack	11,711
	Social Credit	VOSTREZ, Vince G.	102
	Communist	ROWLEY, Elizabeth	87
	Commonwealth of Canada	PERRY, Ken	59

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	COPPS, Sheila	18,632
	New Democratic	WILSON, Dave	10,492
	Progressive Conservative	WEST, Bill	8,015
	Not affiliated	RUTCHINSKI, Steve	141
	Communist	ROWLEY, Liz	133

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	COPPS, Sheila	23,113
	Reform	STEWART, John	5,703
	Progressive Conservative	BOBOLO, Brian Joseph	2,320
	New Democratic	MARSTON, Wayne	2,216
	National	SOMMER, Bill	470
	Independent	JAGGARD, Robert	135
	Independent	BRINK, James	117
	Marxist–Leninist	GERSTENBERGER, Rolf	73
	Commonwealth of Canada	TREMBLAY, Jean-Sebastien	53

Resignation of Sheila Copps, 1 May 1996:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 17 June 1996
	Liberal	COPPS, Sheila	12,268
	New Democratic	MARSTON, Wayne	6,941
	Progressive Conservative	TOMASIC, Angie	3,662
	Reform	SWECK, Andy	2,750
	Independent	CAMPBELL, Ken	287
	Independent	AMBAS, George	160
	Green	PRIESNITZ, Wendy	152
	Independent	MALCOLM, Glenn	113
	Christian Heritage	EMMANUEL, Tristan Alexander	78
	Independent	KNIGHT, Victor	70
	Natural Law	AMOS, Bill	64
	Canada Party	OLITO, Charles	52
	Abolitionist	TURMEL, John C.	21

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	COPPS, Sheila	16,991
	New Democratic	MARSTON, Wayne	6,870
	Reform	BARBER, Kevin Samuel	5,716
	Progressive Conservative	HILSON, Michael	3,913
	Christian Heritage	PURCELL, Monica	376
	Independent	MANN, Bob	312
	Marxist–Leninist	GERSTENBERGER, Rolf	160

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	COPPS, Sheila	16,477
	Alliance	CONROY, Joshua	6,064
	New Democratic	STEVENSON, Jim	4,123
	Progressive Conservative	KNIGHT, Steven	3,359
	Marijuana	BALDASARO, Michael	573
	Independent	CINO, Salvatore Sam	290
	Communist	MANN, Bob	144
	Marxist–Leninist	GORDON, Julie	116
	Natural Law	DARISSE-YILDIRIM, Helene	97

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Federal election results for Hamilton East

Federal ridings in Ontario

Central Ontario

Eastern Ontario

S Durham & York

Southwestern Durham	Ajax Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Whitby

Southern York	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge

City of Toronto
(Suburbs & Downtown)

Scarborough	Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest

Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston

Etobicoke	Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North

Cities of Brampton & Mississauga

Brampton	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West

Mississauga	Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville

Southern Halton,
Hamilton and Niagara

Southwestern Halton	Burlington Milton Oakville Oakville North—Burlington

City of Hamilton	Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

Niagara	Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West St. Catharines

See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario

Historical federal ridings in Ontario

Until 2015	Ajax—Pickering Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Barrie Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brant Carleton—Mississippi Mills Chatham-Kent—Essex Halton Kitchener—Waterloo Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Nepean—Carleton Niagara West—Glanbrook Northumberland—Quinte West Oak Ridges—Markham Ottawa—Orléans Peterborough Pickering—Scarborough East Prince Edward—Hastings St. Paul's Scarborough—Rouge River Trinity—Spadina Vaughan Welland Whitby—Oshawa York West

Until 2006	Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound Middlesex—Kent—Lambton

Until 2004	Algoma—Manitoulin Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale Brampton Centre Brampton West—Mississauga Bruce—Grey Carleton—Lanark Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey Durham Erie—Lincoln Guelph—Wellington Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Haliburton—Victoria—Brock Hamilton East Hamilton West Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Kenora—Rainy River Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Markham Mississauga Centre Mississauga East Mississauga West Niagara Centre Nipissing Northumberland Oak Ridges Perth—Middlesex Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge Scarborough East Stoney Creek Stormont—Dundas—Charlotenburgh Thunder Bay—Atikokan Timiskaming—Cochrane Toronto Centre—Rosedale Vaughan—King—Aurora Waterloo—Wellington Whitby—Ajax Windsor—St. Clair York North

Until 2000	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Broadview—Greenwood Carleton—Gloucester Kent—Essex London—Adelaide Stormont—Dundas Victoria—Haliburton Wentworth—Burlington

Until 1997	Algoma Beaches—Woodbine Brampton Cochrane—Superior Don Valley North Elgin—Norfolk Erie Essex—Kent Essex—Windsor Haldimand—Norfolk Halton—Peel Hamilton—Wentworth Kent Kitchener Lambton—Middlesex Lincoln London East London—Middlesex Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville Nepean Oakville—Milton Ontario Ottawa West Perth—Wellington—Waterloo Rosedale Scarborough West Simcoe Centre Thunder Bay—Nipigon Timiskaming—French River Timmins—Chapleau Waterloo Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe York—Simcoe

Until 1993	Brampton—Malton Elgin Markham Renfrew Timiskaming Windsor—Lake St. Clair

Until 1988	Beaches Brampton—Georgetown Durham—Northumberland Grey—Simcoe Guelph Halton Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton Mississauga North Nepean—Carleton Ottawa—Carleton Perth Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Simcoe South Spadina Trinity Welland Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe Windsor—Walkerville York East York—Peel York—Scarborough

Until 1984	Cochrane Hastings—Frontenac Sarnia

Until 1979	Broadview Bruce Don Valley Eglinton Etobicoke Fort William Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Greenwood Grenville—Carleton Halton—Wentworth Hastings High Park—Humber Valley Huron—Middlesex Kent—Essex Lambton—Kent Leeds Middlesex—London—Lambton Mississauga Norfolk—Haldimand Northumberland—Durham Oshawa—Whitby Parkdale Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe Perth—Wilmot Port Arthur Renfrew North—Nipissing East Sarnia—Lambton Thunder Bay Timmins Toronto—Lakeshore Waterloo—Cambridge Wellington Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo York—Simcoe York South

Until 1974	Huron Middlesex Ottawa East Peel South Waterloo

Until 1972	Essex Glengarry—Prescott High Park Lakeshore Lanark and Renfrew Perth Renfrew North Sarnia Wellington—Grey

Until 1968	Algoma East Algoma West Brant—Haldimand Brantford Carleton Danforth Dufferin—Simcoe Durham Essex East Essex South Essex West Grenville—Dundas Grey—Bruce Grey North Hamilton South Hastings—Frontenac Hastings South Kent Kingston Lambton West Lanark London Middlesex East Middlesex West Norfolk Northumberland Peel Prince Edward—Lennox Renfrew South Russell Simcoe East Stormont Victoria Waterloo North Waterloo South Wellington—Huron Wellington South Wentworth York—Humber

Until 1953	Brant—Wentworth Frontenac—Addington Glengarry Haldimand Hastings—Peterborough Huron North Huron—Perth Kingston City Peterborough West Prescott Wellington North

Until 1949	Brant Brantford City Muskoka—Ontario Parry Sound

Until 1935	Bruce North Bruce South Elgin West Grey Southeast Huron South Lambton East Norfolk—Elgin City of Ottawa Oxford North Oxford South Perth North Perth South Port Arthur—Thunder Bay Timiskaming North Timiskaming South Toronto East Toronto East Centre Toronto—High Park Toronto Northeast Toronto Northwest Toronto—Scarborough Toronto South Toronto West Centre

Until 1925	Brantford Dufferin Dundas Elgin East Essex North Fort William and Rainy River Frontenac Glengarry and Stormont Grenville Hastings East Hastings West Kingston Lennox and Addington Muskoka Norfolk North Oxford Ontario North Ontario South Peterborough East Port Arthur and Kenora Prince Edward Simcoe South South Oxford Timiskaming Toronto Centre Toronto North Toronto West York East

Until 1917	Brockville Glengarry Grey East Grey South Huron East Huron West Kent East Kent West Lanark North Lanark South Middlesex North Northumberland East Northumberland West Stormont Thunder Bay and Rainy River York Centre

Until 1904	Addington Algoma Bothwell Brant South Bruce East Bruce West Cardwell Centre Toronto Cornwall and Stormont Durham East Durham West East York Grenville South Haldimand and Monck Hamilton Hastings North Kent Leeds North and Grenville North Leeds South Lennox Lincoln and Niagara Middlesex South Muskoka and Parry Sound Norfolk North Norfolk South Ontario West Victoria North Victoria South Wellington Centre Wentworth North and Brant Wentworth South West Toronto York West

Until 1896	Brant North Haldimand Monck Wentworth North

Until 1882	Bruce South Cornwall Essex Huron Centre Huron North Lambton Lincoln Muskoka Niagara Stormont

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