Hamilton East

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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.

1 History
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

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

1904 - Samuel Barker - Conservative
1908 - Samuel Barker - Conservative
1911 - Samuel Barker - Conservative
1917 - Sydney Chilton Mewburn - Unionist
1921 - Sydney Chilton Mewburn - Conservative
1925 - Sydney Chilton Mewburn - Conservative
1926 - George Septimus Rennie - Conservative
1930 - George Septimus Rennie - Conservative
1931 by-election - Humphrey Mitchell - Labour
1935 - Albert A. Brown - Conservative
1940 - Thomas Hambly Ross - Liberal
1945 - Thomas Hambly Ross - Liberal
1949 - Thomas Hambly Ross - Liberal
1953 - Thomas Hambly Ross - Liberal
1957 - Quinto Martini - Progressive Conservative
1958 - Quinto Martini - Progressive Conservative
1962 - John Carr Munro - Liberal
1963 - John Carr Munro - Liberal
1965 - John Carr Munro - Liberal
1968 - John Carr Munro - Liberal
1972 - John Carr Munro - Liberal
1974 - John Carr Munro - Liberal
1979 - John Carr Munro - Liberal
1980 - John Carr Munro - Liberal
1984 - Sheila Copps - Liberal
1988 - Sheila Copps - Liberal
1993 - Sheila Copps - Liberal
1996 by-election - Sheila Copps - Liberal
1997 - Sheila Copps - Liberal
2000 - Sheila Copps - Liberal

The riding was abolished prior to the 2004 election and replaced by Hamilton Centre and Hamilton East—Stoney Creek.

[edit] 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	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
	Labour-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
	Labour-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
	Labour-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
	Labour-Progressive	DEWHURST, Alfred	537

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

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MUNRO, John Carr	13,167
	Progressive Conservative	MARTINI, Quinto	7,644
	New Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	CHRISTOPHERSON, David	11,872
	Progressive Conservative	MACDONALD, Jack	11,711
	Social Credit	VOSTREZ, Vince G.	102
	Communist	ROWLEY, Elizabeth	87
	Commonwealth	PERRY, Ken	59

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	COPPS, Sheila	18,632
	New Democrat	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 Democrat	MARSTON, Wayne	2,216
	National	SOMMER, Bill	470
	Independent	JAGGARD, Robert	135
	Independent	BRINK, James	117
	Marxist-Leninist	GERSTENBERGER, Rolf	73
	Commonwealth	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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
	Canadian Alliance	CONROY, Joshua	6,064
	New Democrat	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