Hamilton (electoral district)
Hamilton was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904 and a provincial riding in the Ontario Legislature from 1867 to 1894. It was located in the province of Ontario and consisted of the city of Hamilton.
It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. In 1872, it was assigned a second seat in the House of Commons so that it elected two Members of Parliament at each election.
The electoral district was abolished in 1903 when it was divided into Hamilton West and Hamilton East ridings. A similar split was created in 1894 at the provincial level to create the ridings of Hamilton West and Hamilton East.
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1867 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Magill | acclaimed | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1872 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Daniel Black Chisholm | 1,443 | x | |||||
| Conservative Labour | Henry Buckingham Witton | 1,422 | x | |||||
| Liberal | Aemilius Irving | 1,346 | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Magill | 1,324 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1874 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||
| Liberal | Andrew Trew Wood | 2,086 | x | |||
| Liberal | Aemilius Irving | 2,083 | x | |||
| Unknown | Mr. O'Reilly | 1,518 | ||||
| Conservative Labour | Henry Buckingham Witton | 1,515 | ||||
On the election being declared void in each case:
| 20 May 1875 by-election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||
| Liberal | Aemilius Irving | 1,977 | x | |||
| Liberal | Andrew Trew Wood | 1,952 | x | |||
| Conservative Labour | Henry Buckingham Witton | 1,691 | ||||
| Unknown | Michael Wilson Browne | 1,568 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1878 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||
| Conservative | Francis Edwin Kilvert | 2,252 | x | |||
| Liberal | Thomas Robertson | 2,214 | x | |||
| Liberal | Aemilius Irving | 2,005 | ||||
| Liberal | Andrew Trew Wood | 1,981 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1882 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||
| Conservative | KILVERT, Francis E. | 2,666 | x | |||
| Conservative | ROBERTSON, Thomas | 2,612 | x | |||
| Liberal | MOORE, Dennis | 2,194 | ||||
| Liberal | IRVING, E. | 2,146 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1887 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||
| Conservative | BROWN, Adam | 3,574 | x | |||
| Conservative | MCKAY, Alex | 3,571 | x | |||
| Liberal | WALTER, Frederic | 3,410 | ||||
| Liberal | BURNS, Alex | 3,402 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1891 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||
| Conservative | MCKAY, Alex | 4,186 | x | |||
| Conservative | RYCKMAN, Samuel S. | 4,156 | x | |||
| Liberal | DORAN, Wm. | 3,532 | ||||
| Liberal | LAIDLAW, Adam | 3,474 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1896 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||
| Liberal | WOOD, A.T. | 3,837 | x | |||
| Liberal | MACPHERSON, T.H. | 3,797 | x | |||
| Conservative | BOVILLE, R.G. | 3,773 | ||||
| Conservative | BARKER, Samuel | 3,546 | ||||
| Independent | BUCHANNAN, W.W. | 928 | ||||
| Independent | WATKINS, F.W. | 806 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1900 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||
| Conservative | BARKER, Samuel | 5,466 | x | |||
| Conservative | BRUCE, Francis C. | 5,462 | x | |||
| Liberal | TEETZEL, James V. | 4,783 | ||||
| Liberal | WOOD, Andrew T. | 4,667 | ||||
Pronvincial Riding
Hamilton was also a provincial riding from 1867 to 1894 and late split to form Hamilton East and Hamilton West.
List of members of provincial parliament for Hamilton:
- James Miller Williams 1867-1879 - Liberal
- elected in 1867, 1871, 1875
- John Morison Gibson 1879-1894 - Liberal
- elected in 1879, 1883, 1886, 1890