Hamilton Centre (federal electoral district)

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

Hamilton Centre

Ontario electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Aslam Rana Liberal
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021) [1]	106,439
Electors (2021)	74,721
Area (km²) [2]	32
Pop. density (per km²)	3,326.2
Census division(s)	Hamilton
Census subdivision(s)	Hamilton (part)

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.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained the remainder of the Strathcona neighbourhood from Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas, albeit an uninhabited portion consisting of Woodland Cemetery. It additionally gained the Homeside, Normanhurst, Bartonville, Hamilton, Glenview, and Rosedale neighbourhoods from Hamilton East—Stoney Creek. These changes came into effect upon the calling of the 2025 Canadian federal election.

Geography

Following the 2012 electoral boundary redistribution, the boundaries of Hamilton Centre were significantly adjusted, with the portions of the electoral district that were above the Niagara Escarpment moving to the new district of Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas. Elections Canada defined the new boundaries as:

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. ^[3]

Following the 2022 electoral boundary redistribution, Hamilton Centre's borders were expanded to include the uninhabited portion of Woodlawn Cemetery previously held by Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas and five neighbourhoods - Homeside, Normanhurst, Bartonville, Glenview West, and Rosedale - that were previously part of Hamilton East—Stoney Creek. ^[4]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census ^[5]

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 [6]		2016 [7]		2011 [8]
	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 is represented in the House of Commons of Canada by Aslam Rana of the Liberal Party of Canada. Rana was elected in the 2025 federal election. Prior to Rana's election, the riding was considered an NDP "stronghold". ^[9]

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	2021–2025
45th	2025–present		Aslam Rana	Liberal

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)

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Aslam Rana	21,458	37.64	+10.91
	Conservative	Hayden Lawrence	17,066	29.94	+13.42
	New Democratic	Matthew Green	16,577	29.08	–17.88
	Green	Sandy Crawley	818	1.44	–1.22
	People's	David Speicher	587	1.03	–5.54
	No affiliation	Carla Green	215	0.38	N/A
	Rhinoceros	Cody Chenier	191	0.34	N/A
	No affiliation	Michael Loomans	90	0.16	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			57,002	62.44
Eligible voters			91,294
	Liberal notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		–1.26
Source: Elections Canada [10] [11]

2021 federal election redistributed results [12]
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

v t e 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 [13] [14]

v t e 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 [15] [16]

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 [17] [18]

2011 federal election redistributed results [19]
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

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Hamilton Centre (federal electoral district) (Code 35031) Census Profile". 2011 census . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . Retrieved 3 March 2011.
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

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.

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