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The riding was an electoral district in Canada from 1903 to 2003 consisting of the eastern part of Hamilton, Ontario. In provincial politics it has been a seat in the Ontario legislature in 1894. It is considered a working class district. There is also a Hamilton East riding for election to the Ontario legislature. This riding elected the first Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MPP to Queen's Park, Samuel Lawrence in the 1934 Ontario election . It is currently represented provincially by Andrea Horwath of the Ontario New Democratic PartyThe Ontario New Democratic Party (formerly known as the Ontario Cooperative Commonwealth Federation is a democratic socialist/ social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a section of the federal New Democratic Party. The NDP was founded i.
The riding was abolished prior to the 2004 Canadian election and replaced by Hamilton Centre and Hamilton East -Stoney Creek .