Hamilton (electoral district)
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Hamilton was a federal electoral district
represented in the Canadian
House of Commons
from 1867 to 1904 and a provincial riding in the Ontario Legislature from 1867 to 1894. It was located in the province
of Ontario
and consisted of the city of Hamilton
.
It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. In 1872, it was assigned a second seat in the House of Commons so that it elected two Members of Parliament at each election.
The electoral district was abolished in 1903 when it was divided into Hamilton West and Hamilton East ridings. A similar split was created in 1894 at the provincial level to create the ridings of Hamilton West and Hamilton East
.
|MAGILL, Charles
|align="right"| acclaimed
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|CHISHOLM, Daniel B.
|align="right"| 1,443
|align=center|x
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|Canadian Labour
|WITTON, Henry B.
|align="right"| 1,422
|align=center|x
|-
|IRVING, Aemilius
|align="right"| 1,346
|align=center|
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|MAGILL,
|align="right"| 1,324
|align=center|
|}
|-
|WOOD, Andrew Trew
|align="right"| 2,086
|align=center|x
|-
|IRVING, Aemilus
|align="right"|2,083
|align=center|x
|-
|O'REILLY,
|align="right"| 1,518
|align=center|
|Canadian Labour
|WITTON,
|align="right"| 1,515
|align=center|
|}
On the election being declared void in each case:
|-
|IRVING, Aemilus
|align="right"| 1,977
|align=center|x
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|WOOD, Andrew Trew
|align="right"|1,952
|align=center|x
|-
|Canadian Labour
|WITTON, Henry Buckingham
|align="right"| 1,691
|align=center|
|-
|BROWNE, Michael Wilson
|align="right"| 1,568
|align=center|
|}
|-
|KILVERT, F.E.
|align="right"|2,252
|align=center|x
|-
|ROBERTSON, Thos.
|align="right"|2,214
|align=center|x
|-
|IRVING,
|align="right"| 2,005
|align=center|
|-
|WOOD,
|align="right"| 1,981
|align=center|
|}
|-
|KILVERT, Francis E.
|align="right"| 2,666
|align=center|x
|-
|ROBERTSON, Thomas
|align="right"| 2,612
|align=center|x
|-
|MOORE, Dennis
|align="right"| 2,194
|align=center|
|-
|IRVING, E.
|align="right"| 2,146
|align=center|
|}
|-
|BROWN, Adam
|align="right"| 3,574
|align=center|x
|-
|MCKAY, Alex
|align="right"| 3,571
|align=center|x
|-
|WALTER, Frederic
|align="right"| 3,410
|align=center|
|-
|BURNS, Alex
|align="right"| 3,402
|align=center|
|}
|-
|MCKAY, Alex
|align="right"| 4,186
|align=center|x
|-
|RYCKMAN, Samuel S.
|align="right"| 4,156
|align=center|x
|-
|DORAN, Wm.
|align="right"| 3,532
|align=center|
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|LAIDLAW, Adam
|align="right"|3,474
|align=center|
|}
|-
|WOOD, A.T.
|align="right"| 3,837
|align=center|x
|-
|MACPHERSON, T.H.
|align="right"| 3,797
|align=center|x
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|BOVILLE, R.G.
|align="right"| 3,773
|align=center|
|-
|BARKER, Samuel
|align="right"| 3,546
|align=center|
|-
|BUCHANNAN, W.W.
|align="right"|928
|align=center|
|-
|WATKINS, F.W.
|align="right"| 806
|align=center|
|}
|-
|BARKER, Samuel
|align="right"| 5,466
|align=center|x
|-
|BRUCE, Francis C.
|align="right"| 5,462
|align=center|x
|-
|TEETZEL, James V.
|align="right"| 4,783
|align=center|
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|WOOD, Andrew T.
|align="right"| 4,667
|align=center|
|}
and Hamilton West.
List of members of provincial parliament for Hamilton:
Electoral district (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...
represented in the Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
from 1867 to 1904 and a provincial riding in the Ontario Legislature from 1867 to 1894. It was located in the province
Provinces and territories of Canada
The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...
of Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
and consisted of the city of Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
.
It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. In 1872, it was assigned a second seat in the House of Commons so that it elected two Members of Parliament at each election.
The electoral district was abolished in 1903 when it was divided into Hamilton West and Hamilton East ridings. A similar split was created in 1894 at the provincial level to create the ridings of Hamilton West and Hamilton East
Hamilton East (provincial electoral district)
Hamilton East is a former provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 2007, when it was redistributed between the new ridings of Hamilton Centre and Hamilton East—Stoney Creek...
.
Election results
|-|MAGILL, Charles
Charles Magill
Charles Magill was a member of the 1st Canadian Parliament and mayor of Hamilton in 1854-55, 1865–66 and 1882-3....
|align="right"| acclaimed
|}
|-
|CHISHOLM, Daniel B.
Daniel Black Chisholm
Daniel Black Chisholm was a farmer, lawyer and mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1871–1872. In the 1872 federal election he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing Hamilton as a Liberal-Conservative...
|align="right"| 1,443
|align=center|x
|-
|Canadian Labour
Labour candidates and parties in Canada
There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...
|WITTON, Henry B.
Henry Buckingham Witton
Henry Buckingham Witton was an Ontario painter and political figure. He represented Hamilton in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1874 as a Conservative member....
|align="right"| 1,422
|align=center|x
|-
|IRVING, Aemilius
Aemilius Irving
Sir Æmilius Irving was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in Leamington, England, the son of Jacob Æmilius Irving and Catherine Diana Homfray, Leamington was educated at Upper Canada College, became a barrister in 1849, and was created a Queen's Counsel in 1863...
|align="right"| 1,346
|align=center|
|-
|MAGILL,
|align="right"| 1,324
|align=center|
|}
|-
|WOOD, Andrew Trew
Andrew Trew Wood
Andrew Trew Wood was a Canadian businessman and parliamentarian.Born in Mountnorris, County Armagh, Ireland, the son of David Wood, a merchant, and Frances Bigham Trew, he emigrated to Canada sometime before 1846...
|align="right"| 2,086
|align=center|x
|-
|IRVING, Aemilus
|align="right"|2,083
|align=center|x
|-
|O'REILLY,
|align="right"| 1,518
|align=center|
|Canadian Labour
Labour candidates and parties in Canada
There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...
|WITTON,
|align="right"| 1,515
|align=center|
|}
On the election being declared void in each case:
|-
|IRVING, Aemilus
|align="right"| 1,977
|align=center|x
|-
|WOOD, Andrew Trew
|align="right"|1,952
|align=center|x
|-
|Canadian Labour
Labour candidates and parties in Canada
There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...
|WITTON, Henry Buckingham
|align="right"| 1,691
|align=center|
|-
|BROWNE, Michael Wilson
|align="right"| 1,568
|align=center|
|}
|-
|KILVERT, F.E.
Francis Edwin Kilvert
Francis Edwin Kilvert was a lawyer and mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1877-1878.Born in Hamilton Township, Northumberland County, Upper Canada, the son of Richard Kilvert, he was educated in Cobourg. In 1863, he married Fanny Young Cory. Kilvert was called to the bar in 1867 and set up practice...
|align="right"|2,252
|align=center|x
|-
|ROBERTSON, Thos.
Thomas Robertson (Ontario politician)
Thomas Robertson was a lawyer and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Hamilton in the Canadian House of Commons from 1878 to 1887 as a Liberal member....
|align="right"|2,214
|align=center|x
|-
|IRVING,
|align="right"| 2,005
|align=center|
|-
|WOOD,
|align="right"| 1,981
|align=center|
|}
|-
|KILVERT, Francis E.
|align="right"| 2,666
|align=center|x
|-
|ROBERTSON, Thomas
|align="right"| 2,612
|align=center|x
|-
|MOORE, Dennis
|align="right"| 2,194
|align=center|
|-
|IRVING, E.
|align="right"| 2,146
|align=center|
|}
|-
|BROWN, Adam
Adam Brown (Canadian politician)
Adam Brown was a Canadian merchant and politician. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, he was a member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Hamilton, Ontario from 1887 to 1891. He died in Hamilton, Ontario....
|align="right"| 3,574
|align=center|x
|-
|MCKAY, Alex
Alexander McKay (politician)
Alexander McKay was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1886 to 1887.Born in Hamilton, Canada West, McKay was the son of William McKay and Jane Reid, both natives of Ireland. He was educated there and entered business as a hotel manager and then a grain merchant. In 1878, McKay married Catherine...
|align="right"| 3,571
|align=center|x
|-
|WALTER, Frederic
|align="right"| 3,410
|align=center|
|-
|BURNS, Alex
|align="right"| 3,402
|align=center|
|}
|-
|MCKAY, Alex
|align="right"| 4,186
|align=center|x
|-
|RYCKMAN, Samuel S.
Samuel Shobal Ryckman
Samuel Shobal Ryckman was a grocer, real estate agent and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Hamilton in the Canadian House of Commons from 1891 to 1896 as a Conservative member....
|align="right"| 4,156
|align=center|x
|-
|DORAN, Wm.
|align="right"| 3,532
|align=center|
|-
|LAIDLAW, Adam
|align="right"|3,474
|align=center|
|}
|-
|WOOD, A.T.
|align="right"| 3,837
|align=center|x
|-
|MACPHERSON, T.H.
Thomas Henry Macpherson
Thomas Henry Macpherson was a Scottish-born merchant and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Hamilton in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1900 as a Liberal....
|align="right"| 3,797
|align=center|x
|-
|BOVILLE, R.G.
|align="right"| 3,773
|align=center|
|-
|BARKER, Samuel
|align="right"| 3,546
|align=center|
|-
|BUCHANNAN, W.W.
|align="right"|928
|align=center|
|-
|WATKINS, F.W.
|align="right"| 806
|align=center|
|}
|-
|BARKER, Samuel
Samuel Barker
Samuel Barker, PC was a Canadian parliamentarian and lawyer.Barker was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Hamilton, Ontario in the 1900 federal election after an unsuccessful attempt four years earlier...
|align="right"| 5,466
|align=center|x
|-
|BRUCE, Francis C.
|align="right"| 5,462
|align=center|x
|-
|TEETZEL, James V.
|align="right"| 4,783
|align=center|
|-
|WOOD, Andrew T.
|align="right"| 4,667
|align=center|
|}
Pronvincial Riding
Hamilton was also a provincial riding from 1867 to 1894 and late split to form Hamilton EastHamilton East (provincial electoral district)
Hamilton East is a former provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 2007, when it was redistributed between the new ridings of Hamilton Centre and Hamilton East—Stoney Creek...
and Hamilton West.
List of members of provincial parliament for Hamilton:
- James Miller WilliamsJames Miller WilliamsJames Miller Williams was a businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Hamilton in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1879. He is also commonly viewed as the father of the petroleum industry in Canada.He was born in 1818 in Camden, New Jersey, and apprenticed...
1867-1879 - Liberal- elected in 1867, 1871, 1875
- John Morison GibsonJohn Morison GibsonSir John Morison Gibson, KCMG, KC was a Canadian politician and the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Ontario....
1879-1894 - Liberal- elected in 1879, 1883, 1886, 1890
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
- Riding history from the Library of ParliamentLibrary of ParliamentThe Library of Parliament is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada...