Hamilton Mountain (provincial electoral district)

Hamilton Mountain
Ontario electoral district
	Hamilton Mountain in relation to the other Hamilton ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Monique Taylor; New Democratic
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District created	1976
First contested	1967
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Population (2006)	122,729
Electors (2011)	88,620
Area (km²)	45
Pop. density (per km²)	2,727.3
Census division(s)	Hamilton
Census subdivision(s)	Hamilton

Hamilton Mountain is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1967. 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 and million-dollar estates, highly paid unionized workers and small-wage unskilled workers, and well-established families and recent immigrants.^{[citation needed]}

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 Red Hill 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.

History[]

Provincially, this riding has been held by every major Ontario political party having at least one time. The current NDP Member of Provincial Parliament, Monique Taylor, defeated Liberal Cabinet Minister, Sophia Aggelonitis in 2011.

Lawn signs for Hamilton Mountain candidates in 2007 election

Members of Provincial Parliament[]

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

Hamilton Mountain
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*Riding created from Wentworth in 1967*
28th	1967–1971		John Roxburgh Smith	Progressive Conservative
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981		Brian Charlton	New Democratic
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1999		Trevor Pettit	Progressive Conservative
37th	1999–2003		Marie Bountrogianni	Liberal
38th	2003–2007		Marie Bountrogianni
39th	2007–2011		Sophia Aggelonitis
40th	2011–2014		Monique Taylor	New Democratic
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–Present

Election results[]

hide2018 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Monique Taylor	24,406	54.58	+7.68
	Progressive Conservative	Esther Pauls	12,891	24.83	+6.90
	Liberal	Damin Starr	4,134	9.24	−20.33
	Green	Dave Urquhart	2,300	5.14	+0.97
	Libertarian	Kristofer Maves	533	1.19	+0.42
	None of the Above	Scott Patrick Miller	453	1.01
Total valid votes				100.0
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

hide2014 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Monique Taylor	23,006	46.90	+1.74
	Liberal	Javid Mirza	14,508	29.57	-2.81
	Progressive Conservative	Albert Marshall	8,795	17.93	-1.11
	Green	Greg Lenko	2,047	4.17	+2.52
	Libertarian	Hans Wienhold	379	0.77	+0.28
	Freedom	Brian Goodwin	320	0.65	+0.37
Total valid votes			49,055	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+2.28
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

hide2011 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Monique Taylor	20,492	45.16	+11.68
	Liberal	Sophia Aggelonitis	14,694	32.38	-4.83
	Progressive Conservative	Geordie Elms	8,641	19.04	-4.54
	Green	Tony Morris	748	1.65	-3.05
	Family Coalition	Jim Enos	450	0.99
	Libertarian	Hans Wienhold	222	0.49
	Freedom	Brian Goodwin	126	0.28	-0.77
Total valid votes			45,373	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			208	0.46
Turnout			45,581	50.45
Eligible voters			90,355
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+8.26
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

hide2007 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sophia Aggelonitis	17,387	37.28	-14.51
	New Democratic	Bryan Adamczyk	15,653	33.56	+7.1
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Charters	10,982	23.55	+4.53
	Green	Ivan Miletic	2,122	4.55	+3.46
	Freedom	Mary Maan	493	1.05
Total valid votes			46,637	100.00
Source: Elections Ontario.^[4]

hide2003 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marie Bountrogianni	23,524	51.79	+11.54
	New Democratic	Chris Charlton	12,017	26.46	+4.05
	Progressive Conservative	Shakil Hassan	8,637	19.02	-15.58
	Family Coalition	Eleanor Johnson	748	1.65	+0.75
	Green	Selwyn Inniss	494	1.09	+0.13
Total valid votes			45,420	100.00
Source: Elections Ontario.^[5]

hide1999 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marie Bountrogianni	19,076	40.25	+6.34
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Pettit	16,397	34.60	-2.02
	New Democratic	Chris Charlton	10,622	22.41	-3.55
	Green	Kelli Gallagher	456	0.96
	Family Coalition	Jim Enos	426	0.90	-2.61
	Natural Law	Bob Danio	261	0.55
	Independent	Rolf Gerstenberger	159	0.34
Total valid votes			47,397	100.00
Source: Elections Ontario.^[6]

hide1995 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Pettit	13,852	36.60	+16.14
	Liberal	Marie Bountrogianni	12,824	33.88	+14.16
	New Democratic	Brian Charlton	9,837	25.99	-33.81
	Family Coalition	Michael O'Grady	1,329	3.51
Total valid votes			37,822	100.00
Source: Elections Ontario.^[7]

hide1990 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Brian Charlton	22,488	59.76	+16.95
	Progressive Conservative	Grant Darby	7,709	20.49	+1.38
	Liberal	Al Bailey	7,432	19.75	-18.33
Total valid votes			37,629	100.00
Source: Toronto Star.^[8]

hide1987 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Brian Charlton	14,743	42.82	-1.43
	Liberal	Jane Milanetti	13,111	38.08	+13.37
	Progressive Conservative	John Smith	6,580	19.11	-11.92
Total valid votes			34,434	100.00
Source: Toronto Star.^[9]

hide1985 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Brian Charlton	13,871	44.25	+8.23
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Oneschuk	9,729	31.03	-4.35
	Liberal	Dominic Agostino	7,745	24.71	-3.88
Total valid votes			31,345	100.00
Source:Ottawa Citizen.^[10]

hide1981 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Brian Charlton	11,008	36.02	-2.23
	Progressive Conservative	Duncan Beattie	10,811	35.38	-1.74
	Liberal	Vince Agro	8,738	28.59	+4.71
Total valid votes			30,557	100.00
Source:Windsor Star.^[11]

hide1977 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Brian Charlton	12,681	38.25
	Progressive Conservative	John Smith	12,308	37.12
	Liberal	Kris Chaman	7,919	23.88
	Communist	Mike Mirza	247	0.74
Total valid votes			33,155	100.00
Source:Canadian Press.^[12]

2007 electoral reform referendum[]

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	29,343	65
	Mixed member proportional	15,822	35
	Total valid votes	45,165	100
Sourced from Elections Ontario.^[13]

References[]

^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 033 Hamilton Mountain" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
^ "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Hamilton Mountain" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for each Candidate (2007)" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate (2003)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate (1999)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate (1995)". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Archived from the original on 2015-01-11. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
^ "Results from across the province". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A11.
^ "Winners Across Ontario". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A13.
^ Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
^ Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "It was a ho-hum turnout". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 21. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
^ Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "Results across Ontario show few changes". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.
^ "Referendum Statistical Results" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

Sources[]

Elections Ontario Past Election Results
Map of riding for 2018 election
Legislative Assembly of Ontario entry for Brian Charlton
Legislative Assembly of Ontario entry for Marie Bountrogianni

Coordinates: 43°12′43″N 79°51′43″W / 43.212°N 79.862°W / 43.212; -79.862

[1] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[2] Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 033 Hamilton Mountain" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.

[2011_Election_Results-3] "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Hamilton Mountain" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2007_Election_Results-4] "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for each Candidate (2007)" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

[2003_Election_Results-5] "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate (2003)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

[1999_Election_Results-6] "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate (1999)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

[1995_Election_Results-7] "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate (1995)". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Archived from the original on 2015-01-11. Retrieved 2012-09-04.

[1990_Ontario_results-8] "Results from across the province". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A11.

[1987_Ontario_results-9] "Winners Across Ontario". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A13.

[1985_Election_Results-10] Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.

[1981_Election_Results-11] Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "It was a ho-hum turnout". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 21. Retrieved 2012-05-10.

[1977_Election_Results-12] Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "Results across Ontario show few changes". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.

[2007_Referendum_Results-13] "Referendum Statistical Results" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

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show v t Provincial ridings in Hamilton, Halton and Niagara
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Progressive Conservative	Burlington Flamborough—Glanbrook Milton Niagara West Oakville Oakville North—Burlington

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