Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas
Ontario electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Filomena Tassi
Liberal

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 109,535
Electors (2015) 82,929
Area (km²)[2] 110
Pop. density (per km²) 995.8
Census divisions Hamilton
Census subdivisions Hamilton

Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas (French: Hamilton-Ouest—Ancaster—Dundas) is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale, Hamilton Centre and Hamilton Mountain.[3]

Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 19, 2015.[4]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas
Riding created from Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale,
Hamilton Centre and Hamilton Mountain
42nd  2015–Present     Filomena Tassi Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalFilomena Tassi 29,694 47.68 +22.76 $74,750.50
ConservativeVincent Samuel 19,821 31.83 -10.57 $111,228.74
New DemocraticAlex Johnstone 10,131 16.27 -11.92 $50,321.97
GreenPeter Ormond 2,633 4.23 +0.50 $16,800.92
Total valid votes/Expense limit 62,279100.00 $221,675.78
Total rejected ballots 2720.43
Turnout 62,55174.16
Eligible voters 84,350
Liberal notional gain from Conservative Swing +16.67
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 22,557 42.40
  New Democratic 14,996 28.19
  Liberal 13,257 24.92
  Green 1,986 3.73
  Others 409 0.77

References

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