Hamilton East—Stoney Creek

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Hamilton East—Stoney Creek
Ontario electoral district


Hamilton East—Stoney Creek in relation to the other Hamilton area ridings

Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP       Wayne Marston
NDP
District created 2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2006
District webpage profile, map
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP       Paul Miller
NDP
District created 2006
First contested 2007
Demographics
Population (2006) 116,434
Electors (2007) 84,513
Area (km²) 74
Pop. density (per km²) 1,573.4
Census divisions Hamilton
Census subdivisions Hamilton

Hamilton East—Stoney Creek is a is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It first elected a member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2007 provincial election.

The riding was formed in 2003 from parts of the former ridings of Hamilton East and Stoney Creek.

Of the 115,709 constituents of the riding, a slight majority were previously constituents in the former riding of Stoney Creek. 58,462 constituents were part of the Stoney Creek riding while 57,247 constituents originated from Hamilton East.

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[edit] Geography

It consists of the part of the City of Hamilton lying north of the Niagara Escarpment and east of Ottawa Street.

The riding consists of the neighbourhoods of Bartonville, Homeside, Normanhurst, McQuesten, Glenview, Rosedale, Red Hill, Vincent, Gershome, Greenford, Corman, Kentley, Riverdale, Parkview West, Parkview East, Nashdale, Lake Grayside and the eastern half of The Delta in the former City of Hamilton plus the part of the former City of Stoney Creek north of the Niagara Escarpment including the "Old Town", Fruitland and Winona.

[edit] Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

  1. Tony Valeri, Liberal (2004-2006)
  2. Wayne Marston, New Democrat (2006-)

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes
     New Democrat Wayne Marston 19,271
     Liberal Tony Valeri 18,878
     Conservative Frank Rukavina 13,578
     Green Jo Pavlov 1,613
     Communist Bob Mann 391


Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Tony Valeri 18,417
     New Democrat Tony Depaulo 17,490
     Conservative Fred Eisenberger 10,888
     Green Richard Safka 1,446
     Independent Sam Cino 393
     Communist Bob Mann 166

[edit] Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     New Democrat Paul Miller 16,256 37.6
     Liberal Nerene Virgin 15,171 35.1
     Progressive Conservative Tara Crugnale 9,195 21.3
     Green Raymond Dartsch 2,122 4.9
     Family Coalition Robert Innes 451 1.0
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 23342 63.7%
Mixed member proportional 13310 36.3%

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