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Hamilton East—Stoney Creek (federal electoral district)
Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek (French: Hamilton-Est—Stoney Creek) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
For the provincial electoral district, see Hamilton East—Stoney Creek (provincial electoral district).
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 2003 | ||
First contested | 2004 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 107,786 | ||
Electors (2015) | 80,042 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 72 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 1,497 | ||
Census division(s) | Hamilton | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Hamilton |
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The riding was formed in 2003 from parts of the former ridings of Hamilton East and Stoney Creek.
Of the 115,709 constituents of the riding, a slight majority were previously constituents in the former riding of Stoney Creek. 58,462 constituents were part of the Stoney Creek riding while 57,247 constituents originated from Hamilton East.
This riding lost territory to Hamilton Centre during the 2012 electoral redistribution.