Hamilton (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the former provincial electoral district. For the former federal electoral district, see Hamilton (federal electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Hamilton (Province of Canada electoral district).

Hamilton

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1894
First contested	1867
Last contested	1890

Hamilton was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation. In 1894 it was split into two ridings called Hamilton East and Hamilton West.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Hamilton
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		James Williams	Liberal
2nd	1871–1874
3rd	1875–1879
4th	1879–1883		John Gibson	Liberal
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1891		Thomas Henry Stinson	Conservative
	1891–1894		John Gibson	Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Split into two ridings called Hamilton East and Hamilton West in 1894.

Election results

1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Miller Williams	1,193	53.88
	Conservative	Mr. O'Reily	1,021	46.12
Total valid votes			2,214	58.23
Eligible voters			3,802
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Miller Williams	1,294	54.23	+0.35
	Conservative	Mr. Brown	1,092	45.77	−0.35
Turnout			2,386	60.54	+2.31
Eligible voters			3,941
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.35
Source: Elections Ontario

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Miller Williams	Acclaimed
Source: Elections Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Morison Gibson	2,240	50.70
	Conservative	Mr. Murray	2,178	49.30
Total valid votes			4,418	59.07
Eligible voters			7,479
	Liberal hold		Swing		–
Source: Elections Ontario