Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas (federal electoral district)

For the provincial district, see Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas (provincial electoral district).

Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas (French: Hamilton-Ouest—Ancaster—Dundas) is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale, Hamilton Centre and Hamilton Mountain.^[3]

Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

Ontario electoral district
Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas in relation to nearby electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Filomena Tassi Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)^[1]	109,535
Electors (2015)	82,929
Area (km²)^[2]	110
Pop. density (per km²)	995.8
Census division(s)	Hamilton
Census subdivision(s)	Hamilton

Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, on October 19, 2015.^[4]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[5]

Ethnic groups: 71.4% White, 6.4% South Asian, 4.4% Chinese, 3.8% Black, 3.5% Arab, 1.8% Latin American, 1.8% Indigenous, 1.6% Filipino, 1.6% West Asian

Languages: 71.1% English, 2.7% Arabic, 2.4% Mandarin, 2.3% Italian, 1.5% Spanish, 1.0% Portuguese, 1.0% Polish

Religions: 54.6% Christian (27.2% Catholic, 4.4% United Church, 4.1% Anglican, 2.5% Christian Orthodox, 2.1% Presbyterian, 1.6% Baptist, 1.0% Pentecostal, 11.7% Other), 7.3% Muslim, 1.9% Hindu, 1.5% Jewish, 1.0% Sikh, 32.4% None

Median income: $44,000 (2020)

Average income: $69,000 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Riding created from Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale, Hamilton Centre and Hamilton Mountain
42nd	2015–2019		Filomena Tassi	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Filomena Tassi	27,845	44.3	-2.3	$96,671.26
	Conservative	Bert Laranjo	18,162	28.9	+2.2	$48,851.38
	New Democratic	Roberto Henriquez	12,432	19.8	+2.0	$17,974.69
	People's	Dean Woods	2,584	4.1	+2.7	$14,813.36
	Green	Victoria Galea	1,661	2.6	-4.8	7,901.50
	Rhinoceros	Spencer Rocchi	137	0.2	±0.0	$0.00
Total valid votes			62,821	99.4
Total rejected ballots			387	0.6
Turnout			63,208	71.2
Eligible voters			88,781
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.8
Source: Elections Canada^[6]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Filomena Tassi	30,214	46.55	-1.13	$77,474.77
	Conservative	Bert Laranjo	17,340	26.72	-5.11	none listed
	New Democratic	Yousaf Malik	11,527	17.76	+1.49	$35,360.66
	Green	Victoria Galea	4,770	7.35	+3.12	none listed
	People's	Daniel Ricottone	894	1.38	–	none listed
	Rhinoceros	Spencer Rocchi	156	0.24	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			64,901	99.36
Total rejected ballots			415	0.64	+0.20
Turnout			65,316	72.83	+0.29
Eligible voters			89,679
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.99
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Filomena Tassi	29,694	47.68	+22.76	$74,750.50
	Conservative	Vincent Samuel	19,821	31.83	-10.57	$111,228.74
	New Democratic	Alex Johnstone	10,131	16.27	-11.92	$50,321.97
	Green	Peter Ormond	2,633	4.23	+0.50	$16,800.92
Total valid votes/Expense limit			62,279	99.57		$221,675.78
Total rejected ballots			272	0.43	–
Turnout			62,551	72.55	–
Eligible voters			86,222
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+16.67
Source: Elections Canada^[9]^[10]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	22,557	42.40
	New Democratic	14,996	28.19
	Liberal	13,257	24.92
	Green	1,986	3.73
	Others	409	0.77

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. Statistics Canada: 2011
3. Final Report – Ontario
4. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
5. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Hamilton West--Ancaster--Dundas [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
6. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
7. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
8. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
9. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas, 30 September 2015
10. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
11. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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