Stoney Creek was an electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1997 to 2003 and in the legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...

 from 1999 to 2007. It was located in the Hamilton

Hamilton, Ontario

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 area of Southern Ontario

Southern Ontario

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. This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Hamilton—Wentworth

Hamilton—Wentworth

Hamilton—Wentworth was a provincial electoral district represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1934 to 1971.It was located in the province of Ontario.-Members of Provincial Parliament:...

 and Lincoln

Lincoln (electoral district)

Lincoln was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1883 and from 1904 to 1997. It was on the Niagara Peninsula in the Canadian province of Ontario...

 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 East—Stoney Creek

Hamilton East—Stoney Creek is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.The riding was formed in 2003 from parts of the former ridings of Hamilton East and Stoney Creek....

, Hamilton Mountain

Hamilton Mountain

Hamilton Mountain is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968. The riding is located in the Hamilton, Ontario region....

 and Niagara West—Glanbrook

Niagara West—Glanbrook

Niagara West—Glanbrook is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.The riding was created in 2003 from parts of Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot,...

 ridings.

Federal election results

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|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

|Tony VALERI

Tony Valeri

Tony Valeri, PC is a former Canadian politician. Valeri was the Canadian Government House Leader in Paul Martin's government from 2004 until 2006...

|align="right"| 23,750

|Reform

Reform Party of Canada

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|Clay DOWNES
|align="right"| 10,210

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

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|Angie TOMASIC
|align="right"| 9,440

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

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|Peter CASSIDY
|align="right"|3,392

|Christian Heritage

Christian Heritage Party of Canada

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|Angela M. BRAUN
|align="right"|472

|Natural Law

Natural Law Party of Canada

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|Cynthia MARCHAND
|align="right"|261
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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|Tony VALERI

Tony Valeri

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|align="right"| 24,150

|Canadian Alliance

Canadian Alliance

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| Doug CONLEY
|align="right"|13,354

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

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|Grant HOWELL
|align="right"| 6,102

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...

|Mark DAVIES
|align="right"| 3,083

|Canadian Action

Canadian Action Party

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|Phil ROSE
|align="right"| 450

|Marxist-Leninist

Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist)

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|Paul LANE
|align="right"| 137

Provincial election results

|-

|Jennifer Mossop

Jennifer Mossop

Jennifer F. Mossop is a former politician and journalist in Ontario, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Stoney Creek for the Ontario Liberal Party from 2003 to 2007.-Journalism:...

|align="right"|24,751
|align="right"|48.93
|align="right"|+8.94
|-

|Brad Clark

Brad Clark

Brad Clark is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently the councillor in Ward nine in Hamilton, Ontario...

|align="right"|19,517
|align="right"|38.58
|align="right"|-6.98
|-

|Lorrie Mckibbon
|align="right"|5,419
|align="right"|10.71
|align="right"|+0.26
|-

|Richard Safka
|align="right"|898
|align="right"|1.78
|}


|-

|Brad Clark

Brad Clark

Brad Clark is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently the councillor in Ward nine in Hamilton, Ontario...

|align="right"|21,462
|align="right"|45.56
|-

|Chris Phillips
|align="right"|18,840
|align="right"|39.99
|-

|Robert Barlow
|align="right"|4,922
|align="right"|10.45
|-

|Philip Lees
|align="right"|1,206
|align="right"|2.56
|-

|Paul Lane
|align="right"|350
|align="right"|0.74
|-

|Sue Marchand
|align="right"|330
|align="right"|0.7
|}

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada

• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results