 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1903 |
| District abolished | 2003 |
| First contested | 1904 |
| Last contested | 2000 |
Hamilton East was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 2004. It consisted of the eastern part of the city of Hamilton, Ontario. It is considered a working class district.
The riding was created in 1903 from parts of Hamilton riding.
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, east 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.
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton East Riding created from Hamilton | ||||
| 10th | 1904–1908 | Samuel Barker | Conservative | |
| 11th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 12th | 1911–1917 | |||
| 13th | 1917–1921 | Sydney Chilton Mewburn | Government (Unionist) | |
| 14th | 1921–1925 | Conservative | ||
| 15th | 1925–1926 | |||
| 16th | 1926–1930 | George Rennie | ||
| 17th | 1930–1931 | |||
| 1931–1935 | Humphrey Mitchell | Labour | ||
| 18th | 1935–1940 | Albert A. Brown | Conservative | |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Thomas Hambly Ross | Liberal | |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | |||
| 21st | 1949–1953 | |||
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | |||
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Quinto Martini | Progressive Conservative | |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | |||
| 25th | 1962–1963 | John Munro | Liberal | |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | |||
| 27th | 1965–1968 | |||
| 28th | 1968–1972 | |||
| 29th | 1972–1974 | |||
| 30th | 1974–1979 | |||
| 31st | 1979–1980 | |||
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | |||
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | Sheila Copps | ||
| 34th | 1988–1993 | |||
| 35th | 1993–1996 | |||
| 1996–1997 | ||||
| 35th | 1997–2000 | |||
| 36th | 2000–2004 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Hamilton East—Stoney Creek and Hamilton Centre | ||||
| 1904 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Samuel Barker | 2,786 | ||||||
| Liberal | John M. Eastwood | 2,580 | ||||||
| 1908 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Samuel Barker | 2,968 | ||||||
| Liberal | John Morrison Eastwood | 1,876 | ||||||
| Labour | Samuel Landers | 1,320 | ||||||
| 1911 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Samuel Barker | 4,981 | ||||||
| Liberal | John Peebles | 2,406 | ||||||
| 1917 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Government (Unionist) | Sydney Chilton Mewburn | 11,340 | ||||||
| Opposition—Labour | George Grant Halcrow | 0 | ||||||
| 1921 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Sydney Chilton Mewburn | 6,320 | ||||||
| Progressive | Edward James Etherington | 4,824 | ||||||
| Labour | Charles Goodenough Booker | 2,274 | ||||||
| Liberal | John Newlands | 1,667 | ||||||
| 1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Sydney Chilton Mewburn | 15,669 | ||||||
| Labour | Samuel Lawrence | 2,286 | ||||||
| Liberal | John Newlands | 2,205 | ||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | George Rennie | 13,444 | ||||||
| Liberal | Michael Joseph O'Reilly | 4,477 | ||||||
| 1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | George Rennie | 12,893 | ||||||
| Liberal | Freeman Ferrier Treleaven | 8,142 | ||||||
| Communist | Saul Cohen | 343 | ||||||
On Mr. Rennie's death, 13 October 1930:
| By-election on 10 August 1931 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Humphrey Mitchell | 10,919 | |||
| Conservative | Melville Robinson | 7,263 | |||
| Independent | William Herbert Connor | 507 | |||
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Albert A. Brown | 10,078 | ||||||
| Labour | Humphrey Mitchell | 7,288 | ||||||
| Reconstruction | Donald A. Clarke | 6,197 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John Mitchell | 4,506 | ||||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Thomas Hambly Ross | 14,053 | ||||||
| National Government | Albert A. Brown | 11,716 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Roy Aindow | 3,190 | ||||||
| Communist | Tim Buck | 695 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Thomas Hambly Ross | 13,176 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bessie Howard Hughton | 11,501 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Roy Aindow | 8,705 | ||||||
| Labor–Progressive | Peter Dunlop | 1,480 | ||||||
| Independent Labour | Robert Parker | 241 | ||||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Thomas Hambly Ross | 14,035 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Digby Banting | 11,155 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Larry Sefton | 8,302 | ||||||
| Labor–Progressive | Peter Dunlop | 1,413 | ||||||
| Labour | Robert Parker | 307 | ||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Thomas Hambly Ross | 11,622 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Quinto Martini | 7,710 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | David T. Lawrence | 5,648 | ||||||
| Labor–Progressive | William Devine | 721 | ||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Quinto Martini | 10,528 | ||||||
| Liberal | Joe Lanza | 8,511 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Norm Davison | 7,367 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Ethel Bertha Fagan | 916 | ||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Quinto Martini | 15,046 | ||||||
| Liberal | William Momotiuk | 7,427 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | William Powell | 6,315 | ||||||
| Labor–Progressive | Alfred Dewhurst | 537 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | John Munro | 12,027 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Quinto Martini | 8,437 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Bill Powell | 7,353 | ||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | John Munro | 13,167 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Quinto Martini | 7,644 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Brian O'Donnell | 7,015 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Vaclav George Vostrez | 240 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | John Munro | 12,692 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Brian O'Donnell | 7,314 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Malcolm Dingwall | 5,725 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Vaclav George Vostrez | 103 | ||||||
| 1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | John Munro | 15,273 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Nick Ramaciert | 9,210 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Steinberg | 5,633 | ||||||
| Communist | James R. Bridgewood | 297 | ||||||
| 1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | John Munro | 13,053 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Brewer | 8,601 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Joe Bothen | 8,351 | ||||||
| Not affiliated | Donald A. Stewart | 151 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Charles Hamelin | 108 | ||||||
| Not affiliated | Ian G. Walker | 39 | ||||||
| 1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | John Munro | 15,298 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Bruce Woodruff | 6,532 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Brewer | 6,004 | ||||||
| Communist | Jim Bridgewood | 157 | ||||||
| Social Credit | A. J. Sid Hamelin | 62 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Paul G. Lane | 52 | ||||||
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | John Munro | 14,579 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Don Gray | 11,783 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill West | 11,642 | ||||||
| Libertarian | Bruno S. Oberski | 172 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Rolf V. Gerstenberger | 71 | ||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | John Munro | 15,430 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Don Gray | 12,627 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill West | 8,587 | ||||||
| Communist | Robert Mann | 159 | ||||||
| Not affiliated | Chris Watson | 58 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Rolf Gerstenberger | 47 | ||||||
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Sheila Copps | 14,533 | ||||||
| New Democratic | David Christopherson | 11,872 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Macdonald | 11,711 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Vince G. Vostrez | 102 | ||||||
| Communist | Elizabeth Rowley | 87 | ||||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Ken Perry | 59 | ||||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Sheila Copps | 18,632 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Dave Wilson | 10,492 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill West | 8,015 | ||||||
| Not affiliated | Steve Rutchinski | 141 | ||||||
| Communist | Elizabeth Rowley | 133 | ||||||
| 1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Sheila Copps | 23,113 | ||||||
| Reform | John Stewart | 5,703 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Joseph Bobolo | 2,320 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Wayne Marston | 2,216 | ||||||
| National | Bill Sommer | 470 | ||||||
| Independent | Robert Jaggard | 135 | ||||||
| Independent | James Brink | 117 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Rolf Gerstenberger | 73 | ||||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Jean-Sebastien Tremblay | 53 | ||||||
Resignation of Sheila Copps, 1 May 1996:
| By-election on 17 June 1996 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sheila Copps | 12,268 | |||
| New Democratic | Wayne Marston | 6,941 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Angie Tomasic | 3,662 | |||
| Reform | Andy Sweck | 2,750 | |||
| Independent | Ken Campbell | 287 | |||
| Independent | George Ambas | 160 | |||
| Green | Wendy Priesnitz | 152 | |||
| Independent | Glenn Malcolm | 113 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Tristan Emmanuel | 78 | |||
| Independent | Victor Knight | 70 | |||
| Natural Law | Bill Amos | 64 | |||
| Canada Party | Charles Olito | 52 | |||
| Abolitionist | John Turmel | 21 | |||
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Sheila Copps | 16,991 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Wayne Marston | 6,870 | ||||||
| Reform | Kevin Samuel Barber | 5,716 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Hilson | 3,913 | ||||||
| Christian Heritage | Monica Purcell | 376 | ||||||
| Independent | Bob Mann | 312 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Rolf Gerstenberger | 160 | ||||||
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Sheila Copps | 16,477 | ||||||
| Alliance | Joshua Conroy | 6,064 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Jim Stevenson | 4,123 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Steven Knight | 3,359 | ||||||
| Marijuana | Michael Baldasaro | 573 | ||||||
| Independent | Salvatore Sam Cino | 290 | ||||||
| Communist | Bob Mann | 144 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Julie Gordon | 116 | ||||||
| Natural Law | Helene Darisse-Yildirim | 97 | ||||||
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