Hamilton East—Stoney Creek

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	Chad Collins; Liberal
;
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	107,786
Electors (2015)	80,042
Area (km²)	72
Pop. density (per km²)	1,497
Census division(s)	Hamilton
Census subdivision(s)	Hamilton

Hamilton East—Stoney Creek (French: Hamilton-Est—Stoney Creek) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

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.

This riding lost territory to Hamilton Centre during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics[]

According to the Canada 2016 Census; 2013 representation^[3]^[4]

Ethnic groups: 80.2% White, 6.1% South Asian, 3.5% Aboriginal, 3.0% Black, 1.5% Southeast Asian, 1.2% Latin American, 1.1% Arab
Languages: 70.8% English, 4.6% Italian, 3.1% Serbian, 2.6% Croatian, 2.2% Polish, 2.2% Punjabi, 1.6% French, 1.2% Spanish, 1.2% Urdu
Religions (2011): 67.7% Christian (37.9% Catholic, 5.8% Anglican, 5.4% United Church, 5.2% Christian Orthodox, 2.5% Presbyterian, 1.5% Baptist, 1.2% Pentecostal, 8.2% Other), 4.2% Muslim, 2.8% Sikh, 1.3% Buddhist, 1.1% Hindu, 22.3% No religion
Median income (2015): $31,232
Average income (2015): $39,461

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, Cherry Heights, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and the eastern half of 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.

Member of Parliament[]

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Riding created from Stoney Creek and Hamilton East
38th	2004–2006	Tony Valeri	Liberal
39th	2006–2008	Wayne Marston	New Democratic
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019	Bob Bratina	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021	Bob Bratina
44th	2021–present	Chad Collins

Election results[]

Graph of election results in Hamilton East—Stoney Creek (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Chad Collins	18,358	36.9	-1.7
	Conservative	Ned Kuruc	13,934	28.0	+2.8
	New Democratic	Nick Milanovic	12,748	25.6	-3.0
	People's	Mario Ricci	3,733	7.5	+5.4
	Green	Larry Pattison	1,020	2.0	-3.6
Total valid votes			49,793	99.0
Total rejected ballots			520	1.0
Turnout			50,313	59.3
Eligible voters			84,794
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.3
Source: Elections Canada^[5]

v 2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bob Bratina	20,112	38.57	-0.42	$70,837.02
	New Democratic	Nick Milanovic	14,930	28.63	-4.08	$64,221.61
	Conservative	Nikki Kaur	13,130	25.18	-0.08	$75,555.96
	Green	Peter Ormond	2,902	5.57	+2.97	$4,130.84
	People's	Charles Crocker	1,072	2.06		none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,146	98.99
Total rejected ballots			533	1.01	+0.43
Turnout			52,679	61.79	-0.99
Eligible voters			85,252
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.83
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bob Bratina	19,622	38.99	+25.41	$64,967.22
	New Democratic	Wayne Marston	16,465	32.71	-11.54	$69,194.30
	Conservative	Diane Bubanko	12,715	25.26	-11.66	$23,736.31
	Green	Erin Davis	1,305	2.59	-0.26	$1,551.87
	Communist	Bob Mann	170	0.34		–
	Marxist–Leninist	Wendell Fields	55	0.11		–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,332	99.42		$215,134.00
Total rejected ballots			293	0.58
Turnout			50,625	62.78
Eligible voters			80,639
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+18.48
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[10]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	19,848	44.26
	Conservative	16,557	36.92
	Liberal	6,089	13.58
	Green	1,278	2.85
	Others	1,075	2.40

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Wayne Marston	21,931	45.18	+3.90
	Conservative	Brad Clark	17,567	36.19	+12.24
	Liberal	Michelle Stockwell	6,411	13.21	-14.67
	Green	Dave William Hart Dyke	1,450	2.99	-1.44
	Progressive Canadian	Gord Hill	486	1.00	-0.76
	Libertarian	Greg Pattinson	385	0.79	–
	Communist	Bob Mann	138	0.28	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Wendell Fields	95	0.20	–
	Canadian Action	Bob Green Innes	92	0.19	–
Total valid votes			48,537	100.00
Total rejected ballots			368	0.75	+0.11
Turnout			48,905	57.64	+1.05
Eligible voters			84,848	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Wayne Marston	19,919	41.28	+5.25	$86,339
	Liberal	Larry Di Ianni	13,455	27.88	-7.28	$65,307
	Conservative	Frank Rukavina	11,556	23.95	-1.34	$89,165
	Green	David William Hart Dyke	2,142	4.43	+1.50	$500
	Progressive Canadian	Gord Hill	853	1.76	–	$1,917
	Independent	Sam Cino	323	0.66	–	$364
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,143	100.00	$89,236
Total rejected ballots			311	0.64
Turnout			48,559	56.59

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Wayne Marston	19,346	36.03	+0.19
	Liberal	Tony Valeri	18,880	35.16	-2.58
	Conservative	Frank Rukavina	13,581	25.29	+2.98
	Green	Jo Pavlov	1,573	2.93	-0.03
	Communist	Bob Mann	316	0.59	+0.25
Total valid votes			53,696	100.00
	New Democratic Party gain from Liberal		Swing	-1.4

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Tony Valeri	18,417	37.74
	New Democratic	Tony Depaulo	17,490	35.84
	Conservative	Fred Eisenberger	10,888	22.31
	Green	Richard Safka	1,446	2.96
	Independent	Sam Cino	393	0.81
	Communist	Bob Mann	166	0.34
Total valid votes			48,800	100.00

References[]

"(Code 35032) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
2011 Results from Elections Canada
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes[]

^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Hamilton East--Stoney Creek [Federal electoral district], Ontario and Ontario [Province]". February 8, 2017.
^ "Statistics Canada: 2011 National Household Survey Profile". May 8, 2013.
^ "September 20, 2021 General Election Results: Hamilton East—Stoney Creek". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

Coordinates: 43°13′48″N 79°43′59″W / 43.230°N 79.733°W / 43.230; -79.733

[1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[2] Statistics Canada: 2012

[3] "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Hamilton East--Stoney Creek [Federal electoral district], Ontario and Ontario [Province]". February 8, 2017.

[4] "Statistics Canada: 2011 National Household Survey Profile". May 8, 2013.

[5] "September 20, 2021 General Election Results: Hamilton East—Stoney Creek". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 30, 2021.

[6] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

[7] "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 12, 2021.

[8] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, 30 September 2015

[9] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

[10] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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