Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas (provincial electoral district)

For the federal district, see Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas.

Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

Ontario electoral district
Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas in relation to other Hamilton districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Sandy Shaw New Democratic
District created	2015
First contested	2018
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2016)	113,025
Electors (2018)	89,782
Area (km²)	105
Pop. density (per km²)	1,076.4
Census division(s)	Hamilton
Census subdivision(s)	Hamilton

Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. This riding was created in 2015.[1]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale, Hamilton Centre and Hamilton Mountain
42nd	2018–2022		Sandy Shaw	New Democratic
43rd	2022–present

Election results

Winning party in each polling division of Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas at the 2025 Ontario general election

v t e 2025 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Sandy Shaw	19,684	38.87	–1.55
	Progressive Conservative	John Demik	16,766	33.11	+0.12
	Liberal	Julia Brown	11,543	22.80	+4.62
	Green	Guy Bisson	1,747	3.45	–1.92
	New Blue	Lee Weiss Vassor	587	1.16	–0.85
	None of the Above	Spencer Rocchi	229	0.45	N/A
	Electoral Reform	Nori Smith	81	0.16	N/A
Total valid votes			50,637	98.76	–0.59
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			636	1.24	+0.59
Turnout			51,273	53.84	+5.39
Eligible voters			95,229
	New Democratic hold		Swing		–0.84
Source: Elections Ontario[2][3]

Winning party in each polling division of Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas at the 2022 Ontario general election

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Sandy Shaw	18,197	40.42	−2.76	$97,864
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Bennink	14,852	32.99	+1.96	$53,993
	Liberal	Shubha Sandill	8,184	18.18	−1.61	$33,543
	Green	Syam Chandra	2,416	5.37	+1.21	$8,234
	New Blue	Lee Weiss	904	2.01	N/A	$0
	Ontario Party	Frank Thiessen	464	1.03	N/A	none listed
Total valid votes			45,017	99.35	+0.25
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			293	0.65	–0.25
Turnout			45,310	48.45	–13.81
Eligible voters			92,965
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−2.36
Source: Elections Ontario[4][5][6]

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Sandy Shaw	23,921	43.19	+18.33	$31,707
	Progressive Conservative	Ben Levitt	17,189	31.03	+5.25	$51,726
	Liberal	Ted McMeekin	10,960	19.79	-23.42	$79,404
	Green	Peter Ormond	2,302	4.16	-0.77	$0
	None of the Above	Stephanie Davies	399	0.72	N/A	$0
	Libertarian	Nicholas Dushko	372	0.67	N/A	none listed
	Independent	Jim Enos	247	0.45	N/A	none listed
Total valid votes			55,390	99.10
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			505	0.90
Turnout			55,895	62.26
Eligible voters			89,782
	New Democratic notional gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.54
Source: Elections Ontario[7][8]

2014 general election redistributed results[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	20,760	43.21
	Progressive Conservative	12,383	25.78
	New Democratic	11,941	24.86
	Green	2,368	4.93
	Others	588	1.22

References

• Map of riding for 2018 election

1. "Ontario's Liberal government adds 15 new ridings, bringing total to 122". CBC. Canadian Press. December 2, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
2. "Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Unofficial Election Results". Elections Ontario. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
3. "Vote Totals From Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
4. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
5. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.
6. "Political Financing and Party Information". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
7. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
8. "Political Financing and Party Information". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
9. "39 - Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas".

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