Hamilton Centre

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Hamilton Centre
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Hamilton Centre 2015.svg
Hamilton Centre in relation to the other Hamilton area ridings (2003 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Matthew Green
New Democratic
District created2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2021
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) [1] 101,932
Electors (2015)68,247
Area (km²) [2] 32
Pop. density (per km²)3,185.4
Census division(s) Hamilton
Census subdivision(s) Hamilton

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.

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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 Canada 2021 Census [3]

Ethnic groups: 69.5% White, 8.1% Black, 4.3% South Asian, 4.1% Indigenous, 2.4% Southeast Asian, 2.4% Latin American, 2.1% Chinese, 2.1% Filipino, 1.9% Arab, 1.2% Multiple
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)

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". [4]

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Matthew Green 18,73748.09+1.93$59,357.46
Liberal Margaret Bennett10,23826.28-2.39$33,346.62
Conservative Fabian Grenning6,01615.44+1.07none listed
People's Kevin Barber2,5946.66+4.77$0.00
Green Avra Caroline Weinstein1,0752.76-4.88$3,627.12
Communist Nigel Cheriyan2090.54$0.00
Independent Nathalie Xian Yi Yan950.24+0.05$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit38,964$120,288.26
Total rejected ballots
Turnout38,96452.77
Eligible voters73,832
New Democratic hold Swing +2.16
Source: Elections Canada [5]
2019 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Matthew Green 20,36846.16+0.60$71,015.33
Liberal Jasper Kujavsky12,65128.67-4.72$79,469.65
Conservative Monica Ciriello6,34114.37-0.28$13,186.90
Green Jason Lopez3,3707.64+3.31none listed
People's Melina Mamone8331.89none listed
Christian Heritage Gary Duyzer1820.41none listed
Independent Tony Lemma1580.36$2,716.24
Independent Edward Graydon1340.30none listed
Independent Nathalie Xian Yi Yan850.19none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit44,12299.09
Total rejected ballots4050.91+0.26
Turnout44,52759.08-0.34
Eligible voters75,371
New Democratic hold Swing +2.66
Source: Elections Canada [6] [7]
2015 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic David Christopherson 18,71945.56-14.69$52,665.42
Liberal Anne Tennier13,71833.39+20.29$65,231.14
Conservative Yonatan Rozenszajn6,01814.65-8.81$38,675.56
Green Ute Schmid-Jones1,7784.33+3.83$5,331.63
Marijuana Michael James Baldasaro 3480.85
Libertarian Rob Young3160.77$4,236.22
Independent Maria Anastasiou1860.45$829.76
Total valid votes/Expense limit41,08399.35 $201,952.89
Total rejected ballots2690.65
Turnout41,35259.42
Eligible voters69,598
New Democratic hold Swing -17.49
Source: Elections Canada [8] [9]
2011 federal election redistributed results [10]
PartyVote %
  New Democratic 20,74160.25
  Conservative 8,07623.46
  Liberal 4,50913.10
 Others9252.69
  Green 1720.50
2011 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic David Christopherson 23,84957.0+7.7
Conservative James Byron11,02026.4+4.1
Liberal Anne Tennier5,91214.1-3.5
Marijuana Michael Baldasaro 7801.9n/a
Marxist–Leninist Lisa Nussey2520.6+0.3
Total valid votes41,813 100.0
Total rejected ballots320 0.8
Turnout42,133 54.7
Eligible voters 77,077
2008 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic David Christopherson 20,01049.3-2.0$66,259
Conservative Leon O'Connor9,05122.3+2.0$24,629
Liberal Helen Wilson7,16417.6-5.9$30,226
Green John Livingstone 3,6258.9+4.2$5,353
Libertarian Anthony Giles5281.3n/a
Marxist–Leninist Lisa Nussey1260.3n/a
Communist Ryan Sparrow1250.3n/a$373
Total valid votes/Expense limit 39,850 100.0 $85,900
2006 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic David Christopherson 24,50351.3+5.5
Liberal Javid Mirza11,22423.5-10.2
Conservative Elliot L. Hill9,96920.3+5.7
Green John Livingstone2,0224.2+1.0
Canadian Action Tony Des Lauriers3320.7n/a
Total valid votes47,777100.0
Total rejected ballots279
Turnout48,05659.2
2004 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
New Democratic David Christopherson 20,32145.8
Liberal Stan Keyes 14,94833.7
Conservative Leon O'Connor6,71415.1
Green Anne Marie Pavlov1,4223.2
Christian Heritage Stephen Downey5201.2
Independent Michael James Baldasaro3450.8
Marxist–Leninist Jamile Ghaddar910.2
Total valid votes 44,361100.0

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