Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas (federal electoral district)

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)	109,535
Electors (2015)	82,929
Area (km²)	110
Pop. density (per km²)	995.8
Census division(s)	Hamilton
Census subdivision(s)	Hamilton

Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas (French: Hamilton-Ouest—Ancaster—Dundas) is a federal electoral district in Ontario.

History

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.^[3] It was created out of parts of Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale, Hamilton Centre and Hamilton Mountain.^[4]

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding will gain the Carpenter neighbourhood from Flamborough—Glanbrook, and will lose its territory in Dundurn to Hamilton Centre.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[5]

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)

Panethnic groups in Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas (2011−2021)
Panethnic group	2021^[6]		2016^[7]		2011^[8]
Panethnic group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European^[a]	82,710	71.9%	85,575	77.98%	86,670	81.96%
South Asian	7,355	6.39%	5,205	4.74%	4,075	3.85%
East Asian^[b]	6,540	5.69%	5,630	5.13%	4,470	4.23%
Middle Eastern^[c]	5,805	5.05%	4,020	3.66%	3,120	2.95%
African	4,355	3.79%	3,485	3.18%	2,610	2.47%
Southeast Asian^[d]	2,865	2.49%	1,840	1.68%	1,650	1.56%
Latin American	2,035	1.77%	1,390	1.27%	1,140	1.08%
Indigenous	1,485	1.29%	1,475	1.34%	1,215	1.15%
Other/multiracial^[e]	1,885	1.64%	1,120	1.02%	800	0.76%
Total responses	115,035	97.85%	109,740	97.09%	105,750	96.54%
Total population	117,565	100%	113,024	100%	109,535	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		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)

Next Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Filomena Tassi
	Conservative	Erika Alexander
	New Democratic	Roberto Henriquez
Total valid votes/Expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

2021 federal election redistributed results^[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	28,561	44.30
	Conservative	18,744	29.07
	New Democratic	12,708	19.71
	People's	2,645	4.10
	Green	1,683	2.61
	Others	137	0.21

v t e 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^[10]

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^[11]^[12]

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^[13]^[14]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[15]
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

Notes

^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.