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Stoney Creek (electoral district)

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Stoney Creek
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1996
District abolished2003
First contested1997
Last contested2000

Stoney Creek was an electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2003 and in the legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007. It was located in the Hamilton area of Southern Ontario. This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Hamilton—Wentworth and Lincoln ridings.

It consisted of the City of Stoney Creek, the Township of Glanbrook, and the southeast part of the City of Hamilton, and the Town of Grimsby.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, Hamilton Mountain and Niagara West—Glanbrook ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Hamilton—Wentworth
and Lincoln
36th  1997–2000     Tony Valeri Liberal
37th  2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Hamilton East—Stoney Creek,
Hamilton Mountain and Niagara West—Glanbrook

Federal election results

1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Tony Valeri 23,750
Reform Clay Downes 10,210
Progressive Conservative Angie Tomasic 9,440
New Democratic Peter Cassidy 3,392
Christian Heritage Angela M. Braun 472
Natural Law Cynthia Marchand 261
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Tony Valeri 24,150
Alliance Doug Conley 13,354
Progressive Conservative Grant Howell 6,102
New Democratic Mark Davies 3,083
Canadian Action Phil Rose 450
Marxist–Leninist Paul Lane 137

Provincial election results

2003 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jennifer Mossop 24,751 48.93 +8.94
Progressive Conservative Brad Clark 19,517 38.58 -6.98
New Democratic Lorrie Mckibbon 5,419 10.71 +0.26
Green Richard Safka 898 1.78
1999 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Brad Clark 21,462 45.56
Liberal Chris Phillips 18,840 39.99
New Democratic Robert Barlow 4,922 10.45
Family Coalition Philip Lees 1,206 2.56
Independent Paul Lane 350 0.74
Natural Law Sue Marchand 330 0.7

See also