Hamilton Centre
Ontario electoral district
Hamilton Centre in relation to the other Hamilton area ridings (2003 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Matthew Green
New Democratic
District created2003
First contested2004
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]101,932
Electors (2015)68,247
Area (km²)[1]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.

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[2]

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".[3]

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 DemocraticMatthew Green18,73748.09+1.93$59,357.46
LiberalMargaret Bennett10,23826.28-2.39$33,346.62
ConservativeFabian Grenning6,01615.44+1.07none listed
People'sKevin Barber2,5946.66+4.77$0.00
GreenAvra Caroline Weinstein1,0752.76-4.88$3,627.12
CommunistNigel Cheriyan2090.54$0.00
IndependentNathalie Xian Yi Yan950.24+0.05$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 38,964––$120,288.26
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 38,96452.77
Eligible voters 73,832
New Democratic hold Swing +2.16
Source: Elections Canada[4]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticMatthew Green20,36846.16+0.60$71,015.33
LiberalJasper Kujavsky12,65128.67-4.72$79,469.65
ConservativeMonica Ciriello6,34114.37-0.28$13,186.90
GreenJason Lopez3,3707.64+3.31none listed
People'sMelina Mamone8331.89–none listed
Christian HeritageGary Duyzer1820.41–none listed
IndependentTony Lemma1580.36–$2,716.24
IndependentEdward Graydon1340.30–none listed
IndependentNathalie Xian Yi Yan850.19–none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 44,12299.09
Total rejected ballots 4050.91+0.26
Turnout 44,52759.08-0.34
Eligible voters 75,371
New Democratic hold Swing +2.66
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticDavid Christopherson18,71945.56-14.69$52,665.42
LiberalAnne Tennier13,71833.39+20.29$65,231.14
ConservativeYonatan Rozenszajn6,01814.65-8.81$38,675.56
GreenUte Schmid-Jones1,7784.33+3.83$5,331.63
MarijuanaMichael James Baldasaro3480.85––
LibertarianRob Young3160.77–$4,236.22
IndependentMaria Anastasiou1860.45–$829.76
Total valid votes/expense limit 41,08399.35 $201,952.89
Total rejected ballots 2690.65
Turnout 41,35259.42
Eligible voters 69,598
New Democratic hold Swing -17.49
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party Vote  %
  New Democratic20,74160.25
  Conservative8,07623.46
  Liberal4,50913.10
  Others9252.69
  Green1720.50
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticDavid Christopherson23,84957.0+7.7–
ConservativeJames Byron11,02026.4+4.1–
LiberalAnne Tennier5,91214.1-3.5–
MarijuanaMichael Baldasaro7801.9n/a–
Marxist–LeninistLisa Nussey2520.6+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 DemocraticDavid Christopherson20,01049.3-2.0$66,259
ConservativeLeon O'Connor9,05122.3+2.0$24,629
LiberalHelen Wilson7,16417.6-5.9$30,226
GreenJohn Livingstone3,6258.9+4.2$5,353
LibertarianAnthony Giles5281.3n/a–
Marxist–LeninistLisa Nussey1260.3n/a
CommunistRyan Sparrow1250.3n/a$373
Total valid votes/expense limit 39,850 100.0 $85,900
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticDavid Christopherson24,50351.3+5.5
LiberalJavid Mirza11,22423.5-10.2
ConservativeElliot L. Hill9,96920.3+5.7
GreenJohn Livingstone2,0224.2+1.0
Canadian ActionTony Des Lauriers3320.7n/a
Total valid votes 47,777100.0
Total rejected ballots 279
Turnout 48,05659.2
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticDavid Christopherson20,32145.8
LiberalStan Keyes14,94833.7
ConservativeLeon O'Connor6,71415.1
GreenAnne Marie Pavlov1,4223.2
Christian HeritageStephen Downey5201.2
IndependentMichael James Baldasaro3450.8
Marxist–LeninistJamile Ghaddar910.2
Total valid votes 44,361100.0

See also

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

43°15′00″N 79°51′14″W / 43.250°N 79.854°W / 43.250; -79.854

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