Hamilton Mountain

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Hamilton Mountain Electoral district
Hamilton Mountain in relation to the other Hamilton area ridings
MP	Chris Charlton (2006-)
Party	New Democrat (2006-)
MPP	Marie Bountrogianni (1999-)
Party	Liberal (1999-)
Province	Ontario
Census division(s)	Hamilton
Census subdivision(s)	Hamilton
Federal district created	1966

For information on the Hamilton Mountain geographical feature, see the articles on the Niagara Escarpment or Hamilton, Ontario.

Hamilton Mountain is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1977. The riding is located in the Hamilton, Ontario region.

The socio-economic composition of the Hamilton Mountain is diverse, having low-income public housing residents as well as million dollar estates, highly-paid unionized workers and small-wage unskilled workers, and well-established white families and recent non-white immigrants.

This diversity makes Hamilton Mountain a swing riding with expected support for all three main Canadian political parties. Although the long tenure of the incumbent representatives tends to mask this fact, many elections are virtually two- or three-way ties. For instance, in 1988 less than a hundred votes separated the first and second place finishers and in 2004 election only three thousand votes separated the first and third place finishers.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Federal electoral district 2.1 Members of Parliament 3 Provincial electoral district 3.1 Members of Provincial Parliament 4 Federal election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Geography

In 2003, the riding was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton bounded by a line drawn west from the Niagara Escarpment along Redhill Creek, south along Mountain Brow Boulevard, Arbour Road and Glover Road, west along the hydroelectric transmission line situated south of Rymal Road East, north along Glancaster Road, east along Garner Road East, north along the hydroelectric transmission line situated west of Upper Paradise Road, east along Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway, north along West 5th Street, northeast along James Mountain Road, and east and south along the Niagara Escarpment to the point of commencement.

[edit] Federal electoral district

The federal riding was created in 1966 from parts of Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot, Hamilton South, Hamilton West, Stoney Creek, and Wentworth ridings.

It consisted initially of:

• the part of the City of Hamilton east of a line drawn west along Mud Street, north along Mountain Brow Boulevard, and northwest along the brow of the Mountain; and
• the part of the Township of Glanford in the County of Wentworth lying north of County Suburban Road No. 22.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton lying south of the brow of the Mountain bounded on the east by Red Hill Creek, on the west by the west limit of the city, and on the south by Mohawk Road, Limeridge Road, and Mountain Brow Boulevard.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton lying south of the brow of the Mountain bounded by a line drawn from Mountain Brow Boulevard, west along Limeridge Road to St. Jerome School, west to Garth Street, south along Garth Street, west along the proposed Mountain Freeway.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton south of a line drawn north from the western city limit near Lisajane Court, east along Stone Church Road, north along Garth Street, east along Redhill Creek Expressway, north along West 5 Street, then east along the brow of the Niagara Escarpment to the eastern city limit.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. Gordon J. Sullivan, Liberal (1968-1972)
2. Duncan Beattie, Progressive Conservative (1972-1974)
3. Gus MacFarlane, Liberal (1974-1979)
4. Duncan Beattie, Progressive Conservative (1979-1980)
5. Ian Deans, New Democrat (1980-1986)
6. Marion Dewar, New Democrat (1986-1988)
7. Beth Phinney, Liberal (1988-2006)
8. Chris Charlton, New Democrat (2006-present)

[edit] Provincial electoral district

Provincially, this riding has been held by every major Ontario political party having at least one time. The Current Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament, Marie Bountrogianni, won in 1999 in one of the closest races in the province.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

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

• Brian Charlton, New Democrat (1977-1995)
• Trevor Pettit, Progressive Conservative (1995-1999)
• Marie Bountrogianni, Liberal (1999-present)

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Chris Charlton	21,869
	Liberal	Bill Kelly	18,697
	Conservative	Don Graves	15,915
	Green	Susan Wadsworth	1,510
	Christian Heritage	Stephen Downey	458
	Marxist-Leninist	Paul Lane	131

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Beth Phinney	18,548
	New Democrat	Chris Charlton	17,552
	Conservative	Tom Jackson	15,590
	Green	Jo Pavlov	1,378
	Marxist-Leninist	Paul Lane	214

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Beth Phinney	22,536
	Canadian Alliance	Mike Scott	9,621
	Progressive Conservative	John Smith	7,467
	New Democrat	James Stephenson	4,387
	Marxist-Leninist	Rolf Gerstenberger	259

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Beth Phinney	21,128
	Progressive Conservative	John Smith	8,877
	Reform	Richard F. Gaasenbeek	8,154
	New Democrat	Chris Charlton	7,440
	Canadian Action	Christopher M. Patty	374
	Marxist-Leninist	Iqbal Sumbal	146

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Beth Phinney	27,218
	Reform	Craig Chandler	10,297
	Progressive Conservative	Tamra Mann	5,474
	New Democrat	Andrew MacKenzie	3,670
	National	Gunter Hinz	673
	Natural Law	Isabel Millman	331

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Beth Phinney	16,934
	New Democrat	Marion Dewar	16,861
	Progressive Conservative	Grant Darby	15,712
	Christian Heritage	Charles Eleveld	1,799
	Commonwealth	Ed Gardner	87
	Not affiliated	Rolf Gerstenberger	70

By-election on 20 July 1987 Resignation of Ian Deans, 31 August 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Marion Dewar	14,435
	Liberal	Beth Phinney	12,903
	Progressive Conservative	Dan MacDonald	5,301
	Rhino	Martin O'Hanlon	316
	Independent	John Turmel	166
	Social Credit	Andrew Varady	149

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Ian Deans	25,789
	Progressive Conservative	Duncan M. Beattie	17,004
	Liberal	Jerry McCullough	9,514
	Commonwealth	Mike McGee	133

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Ian Deans	17,700
	Progressive Conservative	Duncan M. Beattie	16,208
	Liberal	Gus MacFarlane	15,873
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	65
	Marxist-Leninist	Gerard Kimmons	57

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Duncan M. Beattie	21,348
	Liberal	Gus MacFarlane	17,334
	New Democrat	Andy Asselin	12,273
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	102
	Marxist-Leninist	Gerard Kimmons	68

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gus MacFarlane	22,253
	Progressive Conservative	Duncan M. Beattie	17,922
	New Democrat	Don Gray	10,304
	Communist	Nancy McDonald	170
	Marxist-Leninist	Dawn Carroll	69

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Duncan M. Beattie	21,713
	Liberal	Harvey Lanctot	17,477
	New Democrat	Bill Nichols	13,604
	Social Credit	Roger Hamelin	183

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gordon J. Sullivan	17,794
	New Democrat	William D. Howe	14,838
	Progressive Conservative	Duncan Beattie	10,583

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• Legislative Assembly of Ontario entry for Brian Charlton
• Legislative Assembly of Ontario entry for Marie Bountrogianni

Federal Ridings in Hamilton, Halton and Niagara
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New Democratic	Hamilton Centre | Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | Hamilton Mountain
Liberal	Oakville | Welland | Halton*
* Halton MP Garth Turner was elected as a Conservative, but has resigned from the party and is now sitting as a Liberal.

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