Hamilton (federal electoral district)

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

Hamilton was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904. It was located in the province of Ontario and consisted of the city of Hamilton.

It was created by the British North America Act 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.

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Magill	acclaimed

1872 Canadian federal election
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

1874 Canadian federal election
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

1878 Canadian federal election
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

1882 Canadian federal election
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

1887 Canadian federal election
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

1891 Canadian federal election
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

1896 Canadian federal election
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

1900 Canadian federal election
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

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada