Hamilton West (provincial electoral district)

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Hamilton West
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1966
District abolished2004
First contested 1967
Last contested 2003

Hamilton West was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 1934 and from 1967 to 2007.

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Members of Provincial Parliament

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

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Hamilton West
Riding created
8th  1894–1898   John Morison Gibson Liberal
9th  1898–1902   Edward Alexander Colquhoun Conservative
10th  1902–1905 John Strathearn Hendrie
11th  1905–1908
12th  1908–1911
13th  1911–1914
14th  1914–1914
 1914–1919 John Allan
15th  1919–1923   Walter Rollo Labour
16th  1923–1926   Arthur Campbell Garden Conservative
17th  1926–1929 Frederick Thomas Smye
18th  1929–1930
 1931–1934 D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin
Riding dissolved
Riding re-created
28th  1967–1971   Ada Pritchard Progressive Conservative
29th  1971–1975 Jack McNie
30th  1975–1977   Stuart Lyon Smith Liberal
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1982
 1982–1985   Richard Allen New Democratic
33rd  1985–1987
34th  1987–1990
35th  1990–1995
36th  1995–1999   Lillian Ross Progressive Conservative
37th  1999–2003   David Christopherson New Democratic
38th  2003–2007   Judy Marsales Liberal
Riding dissolved into Hamilton Centre,
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale and Hamilton Mountain

Provincial election results

1999 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
New Democratic David Christopherson 15,62537.84
Progressive Conservative Lillian Ross 12,26129.70
Liberal Frank D'Amico12,03729.15
Green Phyllis Mccoll4951.20
Family Coalition Lynne Scime4030.98
Independent Wendell Fields2360.57
Natural Law Rita Rassenberg2310.56
Total valid votes 41,28898.69
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots5491.31
Turnout41,83757.87
Eligible voters72,295
2003 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Judy Marsales 15,60039.97+10.81
New Democratic Roy Adams13,46834.50-3.34
Progressive Conservative Doug Brown8,18520.97-8.73
Family Coalition Lynne Scime7501.92+0.95
Green Jo Pavlov7271.86+0.66
Independent Jamila Ghaddar3030.78
Total valid votes 39,033 99.29
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots2790.71-0.60
Turnout39,31255.28-2.59
Eligible voters71,111
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +7.08

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