Hamilton East (electoral district)

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.

Hamilton East
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1903
District abolished2003
First contested1904
Last contested2000

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 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
ConservativeSamuel Barker2,786
LiberalJohn M. Eastwood2,580
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeSamuel Barker2,968
LiberalJohn Morrison Eastwood1,876
LabourSamuel Landers1,320
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeSamuel Barker4,981
LiberalJohn Peebles2,406
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Government (Unionist)Sydney Chilton Mewburn11,340
Opposition—LabourGeorge Grant Halcrow0
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeSydney Chilton Mewburn6,320
ProgressiveEdward James Etherington4,824
LabourCharles Goodenough Booker2,274
LiberalJohn Newlands1,667
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeSydney Chilton Mewburn15,669
LabourSamuel Lawrence2,286
LiberalJohn Newlands2,205
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeGeorge Rennie13,444
LiberalMichael Joseph O'Reilly4,477
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeGeorge Rennie12,893
LiberalFreeman Ferrier Treleaven8,142
CommunistSaul Cohen343

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

By-election on 10 August 1931
Party Candidate Votes
LabourHumphrey Mitchell10,919
ConservativeMelville Robinson7,263
IndependentWilliam Herbert Connor507
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeAlbert A. Brown10,078
LabourHumphrey Mitchell7,288
ReconstructionDonald A. Clarke6,197
Co-operative CommonwealthJohn Mitchell4,506
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalThomas Hambly Ross14,053
National GovernmentAlbert A. Brown11,716
Co-operative CommonwealthRoy Aindow3,190
CommunistTim Buck695
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalThomas Hambly Ross13,176
Progressive ConservativeBessie Howard Hughton11,501
Co-operative CommonwealthRoy Aindow8,705
Labor–ProgressivePeter Dunlop1,480
Independent LabourRobert Parker241
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalThomas Hambly Ross14,035
Progressive ConservativeDigby Banting11,155
Co-operative CommonwealthLarry Sefton8,302
Labor–ProgressivePeter Dunlop1,413
LabourRobert Parker307
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalThomas Hambly Ross11,622
Progressive ConservativeQuinto Martini7,710
Co-operative CommonwealthDavid T. Lawrence5,648
Labor–ProgressiveWilliam Devine721
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeQuinto Martini10,528
LiberalJoe Lanza8,511
Co-operative CommonwealthNorm Davison7,367
Social CreditEthel Bertha Fagan916
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeQuinto Martini15,046
LiberalWilliam Momotiuk7,427
Co-operative CommonwealthWilliam Powell6,315
Labor–ProgressiveAlfred Dewhurst537
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJohn Munro12,027
Progressive ConservativeQuinto Martini8,437
New DemocraticBill Powell7,353
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJohn Munro13,167
Progressive ConservativeQuinto Martini7,644
New DemocraticBrian O'Donnell7,015
Social CreditVaclav George Vostrez240
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJohn Munro12,692
New DemocraticBrian O'Donnell7,314
Progressive ConservativeMalcolm Dingwall5,725
Social CreditVaclav George Vostrez103
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJohn Munro15,273
New DemocraticNick Ramaciert9,210
Progressive ConservativeDavid Steinberg5,633
CommunistJames R. Bridgewood297
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJohn Munro13,053
Progressive ConservativeRon Brewer8,601
New DemocraticJoe Bothen8,351
Not affiliatedDonald A. Stewart151
Social CreditCharles Hamelin108
Not affiliatedIan G. Walker39
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJohn Munro15,298
New DemocraticBruce Woodruff6,532
Progressive ConservativeRon Brewer6,004
CommunistJim Bridgewood157
Social CreditA. J. Sid Hamelin62
Marxist–LeninistPaul G. Lane52
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJohn Munro14,579
New DemocraticDon Gray11,783
Progressive ConservativeBill West11,642
LibertarianBruno S. Oberski172
Marxist–LeninistRolf V. Gerstenberger71
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJohn Munro15,430
New DemocraticDon Gray12,627
Progressive ConservativeBill West8,587
CommunistRobert Mann159
Not affiliatedChris Watson58
Marxist–LeninistRolf Gerstenberger47
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalSheila Copps14,533
New DemocraticDavid Christopherson11,872
Progressive ConservativeJack Macdonald11,711
Social CreditVince G. Vostrez102
CommunistElizabeth Rowley87
Commonwealth of CanadaKen Perry59
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalSheila Copps18,632
New DemocraticDave Wilson10,492
Progressive ConservativeBill West8,015
Not affiliatedSteve Rutchinski141
CommunistElizabeth Rowley133
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalSheila Copps23,113
ReformJohn Stewart5,703
Progressive ConservativeBrian Joseph Bobolo2,320
New DemocraticWayne Marston2,216
NationalBill Sommer470
IndependentRobert Jaggard135
IndependentJames Brink117
Marxist–LeninistRolf Gerstenberger73
Commonwealth of CanadaJean-Sebastien Tremblay53

Resignation of Sheila Copps, 1 May 1996:

By-election on 17 June 1996
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalSheila Copps12,268
New DemocraticWayne Marston6,941
Progressive ConservativeAngie Tomasic3,662
ReformAndy Sweck2,750
IndependentKen Campbell287
IndependentGeorge Ambas160
GreenWendy Priesnitz152
IndependentGlenn Malcolm113
Christian HeritageTristan Emmanuel78
IndependentVictor Knight70
Natural LawBill Amos64
Canada PartyCharles Olito52
AbolitionistJohn Turmel21
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalSheila Copps16,991
New DemocraticWayne Marston6,870
ReformKevin Samuel Barber5,716
Progressive ConservativeMichael Hilson3,913
Christian HeritageMonica Purcell376
IndependentBob Mann312
Marxist–LeninistRolf Gerstenberger160
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalSheila Copps16,477
AllianceJoshua Conroy6,064
New DemocraticJim Stevenson4,123
Progressive ConservativeSteven Knight3,359
MarijuanaMichael Baldasaro573
IndependentSalvatore Sam Cino290
CommunistBob Mann144
Marxist–LeninistJulie Gordon116
Natural LawHelene Darisse-Yildirim97
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