Hamilton East (provincial electoral district)

Hamilton East is a former provincial electoral district in 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....

, Canada

Canada

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. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...

from 1894 to 2007, when it was redistributed between the new ridings of Hamilton Centre

Hamilton Centre

Hamilton Centre is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.It was created in 2003 from parts of Hamilton East, Hamilton West and Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot ridings....

and Hamilton East—Stoney Creek

Hamilton East—Stoney Creek

Hamilton East—Stoney Creek is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.The riding was formed in 2003 from parts of the former ridings of Hamilton East and Stoney Creek....

. It was originally created from the old riding of Hamilton

Hamilton (electoral district)

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....

, split in 1894 to create Hamilton East and Hamilton West.

It was considered a working class

Working class

Working class is a term used in the social sciences and in ordinary conversation to describe those employed in lower tier jobs , often extending to those in unemployment or otherwise possessing below-average incomes...

district.

History

This riding elected the first Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

Ontario New Democratic Party

The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

Member of the Legislative Assembly

A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....

(MLA) to the Ontario legislature: Samuel Lawrence

Samuel Lawrence

Samuel Lawrence was a Canadian politician and trade unionist.Lawrence was born in Somerset, England and went to work in a quarry at the age of 12 and became a shop steward in the mason's union at the age of 17. He entered politics running for election in Battersea in London. Known as "Mr...

in the 1934 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1934

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. The riding had previously elected Ontario's first ever provincial Labour MLA Allan Studholme

Allan Studholme

Allan Studholme was a Canadian trade unionist and politician.Born in England near Birmingham, Studholme worked from his childhood. He moved to Canada in 1878 living in Dundas and Guelph before settling in Hamilton in 1885 where he found work as a stove mounter...

in a 1906 by-election

By-election

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. Studholme remained in office until his death in 1919 when he was succeeded in by another Labour MLA, George Grant Halcrow (1919-1923).

It was last represented provincially by Andrea Horwath

Andrea Horwath

Andrea Horwath , is a Canadian activist and politician. She is the Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party in Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Hamilton Centre, and was chosen as the party's leader at its 2009 leadership convention.She is...

of the Ontario New Democratic Party

Ontario New Democratic Party

. In the 2007 election

Ontario general election, 2007

The Ontario general election of 2007 was held on October 10, 2007 to elect members of the 39th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Liberals under Dalton McGuinty won the election with a majority government, winning 71 out of a possible 107 seats with 42.2% of the popular...

, Horwath was reelected in the successor riding of Hamilton Centre

Hamilton Centre

Members of the Legislative Assembly/Members of Provincial Parliament

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

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...

James Taylor Middleton
James Taylor Middleton
James Taylor Middleton was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Hamilton East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 1898 as a Liberal member....

- Liberal
Ontario Liberal Party
The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

- 1894-1898
Henry Carscallen
Henry Carscallen
Henry Carscallen was an Ontario barrister and political figure. He represented Hamilton East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1898 to 1906....

- Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...

- 1898-1906
Allan Studholme
Allan Studholme
Allan Studholme was a Canadian trade unionist and politician.Born in England near Birmingham, Studholme worked from his childhood. He moved to Canada in 1878 living in Dundas and Guelph before settling in Hamilton in 1885 where he found work as a stove mounter...

- Labour - 1906-1919
George Grant Halcrow - Labour - 1919-1923
Leeming Carr
Leeming Carr
Leeming Carr was a physician and political figure in Ontario. He represented Hamilton East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1923 to 1928 as a Conservative member....

- Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...

- 1923-1928
William Morrison
William Robert Morrison
William Morrison, K.C., was Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, from 1936 to 1943.First serving as a lawyer and, later, a Crown Prosecutor, Morrison was first elected as an alderman for Ward 2 in 1921. He was re-elected in 1922. Two years later, he secured a seat on the Board of Control...

- Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...

- 1928-1934
Samuel Lawrence
Samuel Lawrence
Samuel Lawrence was a Canadian politician and trade unionist.Lawrence was born in Somerset, England and went to work in a quarry at the age of 12 and became a shop steward in the mason's union at the age of 17. He entered politics running for election in Battersea in London. Known as "Mr...

- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Ontario New Democratic Party
The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

- 1934-1937
John P. MacKay - Liberal
Ontario Liberal Party
The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

1937-1943
William Herbert Connor
William Herbert Connor
William Herbert Connor was a salesman and political figure in Ontario. He represented Hamilton East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1943 to 1945 as a Co-operative Commonwealth member....

- CCF
Ontario New Democratic Party
The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

- 1943-1945
Robert Ellsworth Elliott - Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...

- 1945-1948
John Lawrence Dowling - CCF
Ontario New Democratic Party
The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

- 1948-1951
Robert Ellsworth Elliott - Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...

- 1951-1959
Norman Andrew Davison - CCF/New Democratic Party
Ontario New Democratic Party
The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

- 1959-1967
Robert Victor Gibson - NDP
Ontario New Democratic Party
The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

- 1967-1975
Robert W. Mackenzie - NDP
Ontario New Democratic Party
The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

- 1975-1995
Dominic Agostino
Dominic Agostino
Dominic Agostino was a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Hamilton East for the Liberal Party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 until his death in 2004.-Biography:...

- Liberal
Ontario Liberal Party
The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

- 1995-2004
Andrea Horwath
Andrea Horwath
Andrea Horwath , is a Canadian activist and politician. She is the Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party in Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Hamilton Centre, and was chosen as the party's leader at its 2009 leadership convention.She is...

- NDP
Ontario New Democratic Party
The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

- 2004-2007

Election results

|-

|Andrea Horwath

Andrea Horwath

|align="right"|15,185
|align="right"|63.6
|align="right"|
|-

|Ralph Agostino
|align="right"|6,362
|align="right"|26.6
|align="right"|
|-

|Tara Crugnale
|align="right"|1,772
|align="right"|7.4
|align="right"|
|-

|Raymond Dartsch
|align="right"|448
|align="right"|1.9
|align="right"|
|-

|John C. Turmel

John C. Turmel

John C. Turmel is a perennial candidate for election in Canada, and according to the Guinness Book of Records holds the records for the most elections contested and for the most elections lost having contested 75 elections and lost 74...

|align="right"|120
|align="right"|0.5
|align="right"|
|}

|-

|Dominic Agostino

Dominic Agostino

Dominic Agostino was a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Hamilton East for the Liberal Party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 until his death in 2004.-Biography:...

|align="right"|16,015
|align="right"|52.15
|align="right"|-1.58
|-

|Bob Sutton
|align="right"|9,035
|align="right"|29.42
|align="right"|10.49
|-

|Sohail Bhatti
|align="right"|4,033
|align="right"|13.13
|align="right"|-9.13
|-

|Raymond Dartsch
|align="right"|563
|align="right"|1.83
|align="right"|+0.34
|-

|Bob Mann
|align="right"|380
|align="right"|1.24
|align="right"|+0.38
|-

|Kelly Greenaway
|align="right"|378
|align="right"|1.23
|-

|Michael Izzotti
|align="right"|304
|align="right"|0.99
|align="right"|-0.17
|}

|-

|Dominic Agostino

Dominic Agostino

Dominic Agostino was a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Hamilton East for the Liberal Party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 until his death in 2004.-Biography:...

|align="right"|17,891
|align="right"|53.73
|-

|Pete Preston
|align="right"|7,414
|align="right"|22.26
|-

|Bob Sutton
|align="right"|6,304
|align="right"|18.93
|-

|Jim Howlett
|align="right"|496
|align="right"|1.49
|-

|Edgar Breau
|align="right"|386
|align="right"|1.16
|-

|Bob Mann
|align="right"|288
|align="right"|0.86
|-

|Julie Gordon
|align="right"|263
|align="right"|0.79
|-

|Laureen Amos
|align="right"|258
|align="right"|0.77
|}

External links

Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results
Elections Ontario information for Hamilton East (provincial)

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