Hamilton Centre (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hamilton Centre is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that is represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Ontario electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
Independent | ||
First contested | 2007 | ||
Last contested | 2023 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016) | 100,100 | ||
Electors (2018) | 75,672 | ||
Area (km²) | 47 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 2,129.8 | ||
Census division(s) | Hamilton | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Hamilton |
It was created for the 1926 provincial election but abolished with the 1999 provincial election when the number of constituencies represented in the legislature was reduced. It was re-created for the 2007 election from parts of Hamilton East, Hamilton West ridings. It consists of the part of the City of Hamilton bounded by a line drawn south from the city limit along Kenilworth Avenue, west along the Niagara Escarpment, northeast along Highway No. 403, east along the Desjardins Canal to Hamilton Harbour.