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For information on the Hamilton Mountain geographical feature, see the articles on the Niagara Escarpment or Hamilton, Ontario . Hamilton Mountain is a federal and provincial Electoral District in Ontario , Canada , that has been represented in the Canadian House Of Commons since 1968 , and in the Legislative Assembly Of Ontario since 1977 . The riding is located in the Hamilton, Ontario region. The socio-economic composition of the Hamilton Mountain is diverse, having Low-income public housing residents as well as million dollar estates, highly-paid unionized workers and small-wage unskilled workers, and well-established white families and recent non-white immigrants. This diversity makes Hamilton Mountain a swing riding with expected support for all three main Canadian Political Parties . Although the long tenure of the incumbent representatives tends to mask this fact, many elections are virtually two- or three-way ties. For instance, in 1988 less than a hundred votes separated the first and second place finishers and in 2004 election only three thousand votes separated the first and third place finishers. GEOGRAPHY In 2003, the Riding was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton bounded by a line drawn west from the Niagara Escarpment along Redhill Creek , south along Mountain Brow Boulevard, Arbour Road and Glover Road, west along the hydroelectric transmission line situated south of Rymal Road East, north along Glancaster Road, east along Garner Road East, north along the Hydroelectric transmission line situated west of Upper Paradise Road, east along Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway , north along West 5th Street, northeast along James Mountain Road, and east and south along the Niagara Escarpment to the point of commencement. FEDERAL ELECTORAL DISTRICT The federal Riding was created in 1966 from parts of Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot , Hamilton South , Hamilton West , Stoney Creek , and Wentworth ridings. It consisted initially of:
In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton lying south of the brow of the Mountain bounded on the east by Red Hill Creek, on the west by the west limit of the city, and on the south by Mohawk Road, Limeridge Road, and Mountain Brow Boulevard. In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton lying south of the brow of the Mountain bounded by a line drawn from Mountain Brow Boulevard, west along Limeridge Road to St. Jerome School, west to Garth Street, south along Garth Street, west along the proposed Mountain Freeway. In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Hamilton south of a line drawn north from the western city limit near Lisajane Court, east along Stone Church Road, north along Garth Street, east along Redhill Creek Expressway, north along West 5 Street, then east along the brow of the Niagara Escarpment to the eastern city limit. Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following Members Of Parliament :
PROVINCIAL ELECTORAL DISTRICT Provincially, this riding is a tossup with every major Ontario party having at least held this seat at one time. The Current Member of Provincial Parliament, Marie Bountrogianni, won in 1999 in one of the closest races in the province. Members of Provincial Parliament This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly Of Ontario :
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