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For the provincial electoral district, see Hamilton Centre (provincial electoral district).

Hamilton Centre (French: Hamilton-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

History

It was created in 2003 from parts of Hamilton East, Hamilton West and Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot ridings.

This riding lost territory to Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas and gained territory from Hamilton East—Stoney Creek during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Geography

Consisting of that part of the City of Hamilton described as follows: commencing at the intersection of James Mountain Road with the Niagara Escarpment; thence generally westerly along said escarpment to the electric power transmission line situated westerly of Chateau Court; thence northerly along said transmission line to Highway No. 403; thence generally northeasterly along said highway to the Desjardins Canal; thence easterly along said canal and continuing due east in Hamilton Harbour to the northerly production of Queen Street North; thence northerly in a straight line along said production to the northerly limit of said city; thence generally northeasterly, southeasterly and northeasterly along said limit to the northerly production of Ottawa Street North; thence southerly along said production and Ottawa Street North to Burlington Street East; thence easterly along said street to Kenilworth Avenue North; thence southerly along said avenue and Kenilworth Avenue South to Lawrence Road; thence westerly along said road to the southerly production of Keswick Court; thence southerly along said production to the Niagara Escarpment; thence generally westerly along said escarpment to the point of commencement.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census[2]

Languages: 77.2% English, 2.2% Spanish, 2.1% French, 2.1% Portuguese, 2.0% Arabic, 1.1% Vietnamese, 1.0% Italian
Religions: 43.9% Christian (21.8% Catholic, 3.4% Anglican, 2.1% United Church, 1.4% Christian Orthodox, 1.4% Presbyterian, 1.2% Baptist, 1.0% Pentecostal, 11.5% other Christian), 6.2% Muslim, 2.0% Hindu, 1.5% Buddhist, 44.2% none
Median income: $35,200 (2020)
Average income: $44,560 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Hamilton Centre (2011−2021)
Panethnic group 2021[3] 2016[4] 2011[5]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European[a] 72,070 69.48% 71,730 73.82% 75,985 77.65%
African 8,380 8.08% 6,390 6.58% 4,935 5.04%
Southeast Asian[b] 4,585 4.42% 3,675 3.78% 3,955 4.04%
South Asian 4,420 4.26% 2,600 2.68% 1,985 2.03%
Indigenous 4,280 4.13% 4,140 4.26% 4,030 4.12%
East Asian[c] 2,915 2.81% 2,880 2.96% 2,935 3%
Middle Eastern[d] 2,810 2.71% 2,260 2.33% 1,280 1.31%
Latin American 2,440 2.35% 2,105 2.17% 2,050 2.09%
Other/multiracial[e] 1,820 1.75% 1,380 1.42% 705 0.72%
Total responses 103,725 97.45% 97,165 97.07% 97,860 96.01%
Total population 106,439 100% 100,103 100% 101,932 100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

Hamilton Centre has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada by New Democrat Matthew Green since the 2019 federal election. Prior to that, the riding was held by David Christopherson, also of the NDP, from the 2004 federal election to 2019, after also holding the seat provincially from 1990 to 1999. The riding is considered an NDP "stronghold".[6]

Parliament Years Member Party
Hamilton Centre
Riding created from Hamilton East, Hamilton West
and Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot
38th  2004–2006     David Christopherson New Democratic
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015
42nd  2015–2019
43rd  2019–2021 Matthew Green
44th  2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Hamilton Centre (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)


2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Matthew Green 20,105 48.70 +2.54 $59,357.46
Liberal Margaret Bennett 10,941 26.50 -2.17 $33,346.62
Conservative Fabian Grenning 6,209 15.04 +0.67 none listed
People's Kevin Barber 2,637 6.39 +4.50 $0.00
Green Avra Caroline Weinstein 1,105 2.68 -4.96 $3,627.12
Communist Nigel Cheriyan 184 0.45 – $0.00
Independent Nathalie Xian Yi Yan 99 0.24 +0.05 $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 41,280 99.16 – $120,288.26
Total rejected ballots 351 0.84 –
Turnout 41,631 55.72 -3.36
Eligible voters 74,721
New Democratic hold Swing +2.35
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2021 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 23,390 46.96
  Liberal 13,315 26.73
  Conservative 8,227 16.52
  People's 3,271 6.57
  Green 1,325 2.66
  Others 283 0.57
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Matthew Green 20,368 46.16 +0.60 $71,015.33
Liberal Jasper Kujavsky 12,651 28.67 -4.72 $79,469.65
Conservative Monica Ciriello 6,341 14.37 -0.28 $13,186.90
Green Jason Lopez 3,370 7.64 +3.31 none listed
People's Melina Mamone 833 1.89 – none listed
Christian Heritage Gary Duyzer 182 0.41 – none listed
Independent Tony Lemma 158 0.36 – $2,716.24
Independent Edward Graydon 134 0.30 – none listed
Independent Nathalie Xian Yi Yan 85 0.19 – none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 44,122 99.09
Total rejected ballots 405 0.91 +0.26
Turnout 44,527 59.08 -0.34
Eligible voters 75,371
New Democratic hold Swing +2.66
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic David Christopherson 18,719 45.56 -14.69 $52,665.42
Liberal Anne Tennier 13,718 33.39 +20.29 $65,231.14
Conservative Yonatan Rozenszajn 6,018 14.65 -8.81 $38,675.56
Green Ute Schmid-Jones 1,778 4.33 +3.83 $5,331.63
Marijuana Michael James Baldasaro 348 0.85 – –
Libertarian Rob Young 316 0.77 – $4,236.22
Independent Maria Anastasiou 186 0.45 – $829.76
Total valid votes/expense limit 41,083 99.35   $201,952.89
Total rejected ballots 269 0.65
Turnout 41,352 59.42
Eligible voters 69,598
New Democratic hold Swing -17.49
Source: Elections Canada[12][13]
2011 federal election redistributed results[14]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 20,741 60.25
  Conservative 8,076 23.46
  Liberal 4,509 13.10
  Others 925 2.69
  Green 172 0.50
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic David Christopherson 23,849 57.0 +7.7 –
Conservative James Byron 11,020 26.4 +4.1 –
Liberal Anne Tennier 5,912 14.1 -3.5 –
Marijuana Michael Baldasaro 780 1.9 n/a –
Marxist–Leninist Lisa Nussey 252 0.6 +0.3 –
Total valid votes 41,813 100.0 –
Total rejected ballots 320 0.8 –
Turnout 42,133 54.7 –
Eligible voters 77,077 –
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic David Christopherson 20,010 49.3 -2.0 $66,259
Conservative Leon O'Connor 9,051 22.3 +2.0 $24,629
Liberal Helen Wilson 7,164 17.6 -5.9 $30,226
Green John Livingstone 3,625 8.9 +4.2 $5,353
Libertarian Anthony Giles 528 1.3 n/a –
Marxist–Leninist Lisa Nussey 126 0.3 n/a
Communist Ryan Sparrow 125 0.3 n/a $373
Total valid votes/expense limit 39,850 100.0 $85,900
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic David Christopherson 24,503 51.3 +5.5
Liberal Javid Mirza 11,224 23.5 -10.2
Conservative Elliot L. Hill 9,969 20.3 +5.7
Green John Livingstone 2,022 4.2 +1.0
Canadian Action Tony Des Lauriers 332 0.7 n/a
Total valid votes 47,777 100.0
Total rejected ballots 279
Turnout 48,056 59.2
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic David Christopherson 20,321 45.8
Liberal Stan Keyes 14,948 33.7
Conservative Leon O'Connor 6,714 15.1
Green Anne Marie Pavlov 1,422 3.2
Christian Heritage Stephen Downey 520 1.2
Independent Michael James Baldasaro 345 0.8
Marxist–Leninist Jamile Ghaddar 91 0.2
Total valid votes 44,361 100.0

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  3. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  4. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  5. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
  1. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. ^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table". 6 December 2022.
  3. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (26 October 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  4. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (27 October 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  5. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (27 November 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  6. ^ Mowat, Justin (14 October 2019). "Trudeau rallies support in NDP stronghold riding of Hamilton Centre". CBC Hamilton.
  7. ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  10. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  12. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Hamilton Centre, 30 September 2015
  13. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  14. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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