Hamilton was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904. It was located in the province of Ontario.
It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the Hamilton,
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
| Canadian federal election, 1867 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | MAGILL, Charles | acclaimed | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1872 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||
| Liberal-Conservative | CHISHOLM, Daniel B. | 1,443 | x | |||
| Canadian Labour | WITTON, Henry B. | 1,422 | x | |||
| Liberal | IRVING, | 1,346 | ||||
| Liberal | MAGILL, | 1,324 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1874 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||
| Liberal | WOOD, Andrew Trew | 2,086 | x | |||
| Liberal | IRVING, Aemilus | 2,083 | x | |||
| Unknown | O'REILLY, | 1,518 | ||||
| Canadian Labour | WITTON, | 1,515 | ||||
On the election being declared void in each case:
| 20 May 1875 by-election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||
| Liberal | IRVING, Aemilus | 1,977 | x | |||
| Liberal | WOOD, Andrew Trew | 1,952 | x | |||
| Canadian Labour | WITTON, Henry Buckingham | 1,691 | ||||
| Unknown | BROWNE, Michael Wilson | 1,568 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1878 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||
| Conservative | KILVERT, F.E. | 2,252 | x | |||
| Conservative | ROBERTSON, Thos. | 2,214 | x | |||
| Liberal | IRVING, | 2,005 | ||||
| Liberal | WOOD, | 1,981 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1882 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1887 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1891 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1896 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1900 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
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