# Hamilton East (provincial electoral district)

Hamilton East is a former provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 2007, when it was redistributed between the new ridings of Hamilton Centre and Hamilton East—Stoney Creek. It was originally created from the old riding of Hamilton, split in 1894 to create Hamilton East and Hamilton West.
It was considered a working class district.

## History

This riding elected the first Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) to the Ontario legislature: Samuel Lawrence in the 1934 provincial election. The riding had previously elected Ontario's first ever provincial Labour MLA Allan Studholme in a 1906 by-election. 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 of the Ontario New Democratic Party. In the 2007 election, Horwath was reelected in the successor riding of Hamilton Centre.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

Hamilton Centre :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Hamilton |||||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | James Taylor Middleton | Liberal |
| 9th | 1898–1902 | Henry Carscallen | Conservative |
| 10th | 1902–1905 | Henry Carscallen | Conservative |
| 11th | 1905–1906 | Henry Carscallen | Conservative |
| 11th | 1906–1908 | Allan Studholme | Labour |
| 12th | 1908–1911 | Allan Studholme | Labour |
| 13th | 1911–1914 | Allan Studholme | Labour |
| 14th | 1914–1919 | Allan Studholme | Labour |
| 15th | 1919–1923 | George Grant Halcrow | Labour |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | Leeming Carr | Conservative |
| 17th | 1926–1928 | Leeming Carr | Conservative |
| 17th | 1928–1929 | William Morrison | Conservative |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | William Morrison | Conservative |
| 19th | 1934–1937 | Samuel Lawrence | Co-operative Commonwealth |
| 20th | 1937–1943 | John P. MacKay | Liberal |
| 21st | 1943–1945 | William Herbert Connor | Co-operative Commonwealth |
| 22nd | 1945–1948 | Robert Ellsworth Elliott | Progressive Conservative |
| 23rd | 1948–1951 | John Lawrence Dowling | Co-operative Commonwealth |
| 24th | 1951–1955 | Robert Ellsworth Elliott | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1955–1959 | Robert Ellsworth Elliott | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 1959–1963 | Norman Davison | Co-operative Commonwealth |
| 27th | 1963–1967 | Norman Davison | New Democratic |
| 28th | 1967–1971 | Reg Gisborn | New Democratic |
| 29th | 1971–1975 | Reg Gisborn | New Democratic |
| 30th | 1975–1977 | Bob Mackenzie | New Democratic |
| 31st | 1977–1981 | Bob Mackenzie | New Democratic |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Bob Mackenzie | New Democratic |
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | Bob Mackenzie | New Democratic |
| 34th | 1987–1990 | Bob Mackenzie | New Democratic |
| 35th | 1990–1995 | Bob Mackenzie | New Democratic |
| 36th | 1995–1999 | Dominic Agostino | Liberal |
| 37th | 1999–2003 | Dominic Agostino | Liberal |
| 38th | 2003–2004 | Dominic Agostino | Liberal |
| 38th | 2004–2007 | Andrea Horwath | New Democratic |
| Riding dissolved into Hamilton Centre and Hamilton East—Stoney Creek |||||

## Election results

Hamilton East by-election, 2004 (Death of Dominic Agostino) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| New Democratic | Andrea Horwath | 15,185 | 63.6 | |
| Liberal | Ralph Agostino | 6,362 | 26.6 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Tara Crugnale | 1,772 | 7.4 | |
| Green | Raymond Dartsch | 448 | 1.9 | – |
| Independent | John Turmel | 120 | 0.5 | |
2003 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Dominic Agostino | 16,015 | 52.15 | -1.58 |
| New Democratic | Bob Sutton | 9,035 | 29.42 | 10.49 |
| Progressive Conservative | Sohail Bhatti | 4,033 | 13.13 | -9.13 |
| Green | Raymond Dartsch | 563 | 1.83 | +0.34 |
| Communist | Bob Mann | 380 | 1.24 | +0.38 |
| Independent | Kelly Greenaway | 378 | 1.23 |
| Family Coalition | Michael Izzotti | 304 | 0.99 | -0.17 |
1999 Ontario general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal | Dominic Agostino | 17,891 | 53.73 |
| Progressive Conservative | Pete Preston | 7,414 | 22.26 |
| New Democratic | Bob Sutton | 6,304 | 18.93 |
| Green | Jim Howlett | 496 | 1.49 |
| Family Coalition | Edgar Breau | 386 | 1.16 |
| Communist | Bob Mann | 288 | 0.86 |
| Independent | Julie Gordon | 263 | 0.79 |
| Natural Law | Laureen Amos | 258 | 0.77 |