Hamilton West (electoral district)
 Ontario electoral district
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1903 |
| District abolished | 2004 |
| First contested | 1904 |
| Last contested | 2000 |
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1966 |
| District abolished | 2004 |
| First contested | 1967 |
| Last contested | 2003 |
Hamilton West was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 2004, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 1934 and from 1967 to 2007.
The federal riding was created when the old riding of Hamilton was split in 1903.
In 1903, the city of Hamilton was divided into two electoral districts: Hamilton East and Hamilton West. Hamilton West consisted of wards 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the city. The boundaries expanded ever eastward as the population centre did, but it always included the neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood, Westdale and downtown Hamilton.
In 1914, it was redefined to consist of the western part of the city of Hamilton described by a line drawn from the brow of the mountain along Dundurn Street, west along Aberdeen Avenue, north along Paradise Road to Cootes Paradise, along the south and east margins of the marsh to Burlington Bay, east along the bay, south along Hughson Street, east along King Street, south along Ferguson Avenue, west along Aberdeen Avenue and the Mountain Brow.
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