Hamilton Mountain

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Ontario

caption = Hamilton Mountain in relation to the other Hamilton area ridings
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 35033
fed-created = 1966
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1968
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Chris Charlton
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = NDP
fed-rep-party-link = New Democratic Party
prov-status = active
prov-created = 1976
prov-abolished =
prov-election-first = 1977
prov-election-last = 2007
prov-rep = Sophia Aggelonitis
prov-rep-link =
prov-rep-party = Liberal
prov-rep-party-link = Ontario Liberal Party
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 122729
demo-electors = 87103
demo-electors-date = 2007
demo-area = 45
demo-cd = Hamilton
demo-csd = Hamilton

:"For information on the Hamilton Mountain geographical feature, see the articles on the Niagara Escarpment or Hamilton, Ontario."

Hamilton Mountain is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1977. The riding is located in the Hamilton, Ontario region.

The socio-economic composition of the Hamilton Mountain is diverse, having low-income public housing residents as well as million dollar estates, highly-paid unionized workers and small-wage unskilled workers, and well-established white families and recent non-white immigrants.

This diversity makes Hamilton Mountain a swing riding with expected support for all three main Canadian political parties. Although the long tenure of the incumbent representatives tends to mask this fact, many elections are virtually two- or three-way ties. For instance, in 1988 less than a hundred votes separated the first and second place finishers and in 2004 election only three thousand votes separated the first and third place finishers.

Geography

In 2003, the riding was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton bounded by a line drawn west from the Niagara Escarpment along Redhill Creek, south along Mountain Brow Boulevard, Arbour Road and Glover Road, west along the hydroelectric transmission line situated south of Rymal Road East, north along Glancaster Road, east along Garner Road East, north along the hydroelectric transmission line situated west of Upper Paradise Road, east along Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway, north along West 5th Street, northeast along James Mountain Road, and east and south along the Niagara Escarpment to the point of commencement.

Federal electoral district

The federal riding was created in 1966 from parts of Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot, Hamilton South, Hamilton West, Stoney Creek, and Wentworth ridings.

It consisted initially of:
* the part of the City of Hamilton east of a line drawn west along Mud Street, north along Mountain Brow Boulevard, and northwest along the brow of the Mountain; and
* the part of the Township of Glanford in the County of Wentworth lying north of County Suburban Road No. 22.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton lying south of the brow of the Mountain bounded on the east by Red Hill Creek, on the west by the west limit of the city, and on the south by Mohawk Road, Limeridge Road, and Mountain Brow Boulevard.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton lying south of the brow of the Mountain bounded by a line drawn from Mountain Brow Boulevard, west along Limeridge Road to St. Jerome School, west to Garth Street, south along Garth Street, west along the proposed Mountain Freeway.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton south of a line drawn north from the western city limit near Lisajane Court, east along Stone Church Road, north along Garth Street, east along Redhill Creek Expressway, north along West 5 Street, then east along the brow of the Niagara Escarpment to the eastern city limit.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
#Gordon J. Sullivan, Liberal (1968-1972)
#Duncan Beattie, Progressive Conservative (1972-1974)
#Gus MacFarlane, Liberal (1974-1979)
#Duncan Beattie, Progressive Conservative (1979-1980)
#Ian Deans, New Democrat (1980-1986)
#Marion Dewar, New Democrat (1986-1988)
#Beth Phinney, Liberal (1988-2006)
#Chris Charlton, New Democrat (2006-present)

Provincial electoral district

Provincially, this riding has been held by every major Ontario political party having at least one time. The Current Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament, Marie Bountrogianni, won in 1999 in one of the closest races in the province.

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
*Brian Charlton, New Democrat (1977-1995)
*Trevor Pettit, Progressive Conservative (1995-1999)
*Marie Bountrogianni, Liberal (1999-2007)
*Sophia Aggelonitis, Liberal (2007-present)

Federal election results

Provincial election results

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=270 Federal riding history from the] Library of Parliament
* Elections Ontario [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/1999_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&
] and [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/2003_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&
]
* [http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=375 Legislative Assembly of Ontario] entry for Brian Charlton
* [http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=8 Legislative Assembly of Ontario] entry for Marie Bountrogianni

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