Riding profile

Hamilton Centre

Provincial riding — ON · Suburban · on 905

The question

Hamilton Centre: a safe seat for the NDP?

Current forecast

NDP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
13.5
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • NDP 38.2%
  • OLP 24.7%
  • PC 17.1%
  • OTH 16.8%
  • GP 3.2%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Hamilton MountainOLP53 %1.3 pt margin
  2. Mississauga CentrePC59 %1.3 pt margin
  3. Newmarket—AuroraPC65 %1.4 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

NDP OLP PC OTH
HereHamilton Centre 38.2%24.7%17.1%16.8%
Provincial averageOntario 19.5% +18.6 32.3% −7.6 41.4% −24.3 4.0% +12.9

Provincial averages computed across the 124 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

Hamilton Centre, a suburban riding in Ontario, elected a member with the NDP in the previous cycle, with a 17-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the NDP ahead at 38% vote share, against 25% for the Ontario Liberals, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Robin Lennox

Sits with NDP

Parliament
44th

Previous election · 2025

Won by
NDP
Margin
17.1 pts
Turnout
42.3%
Margin shift vs current projection
-3.6 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
ROBIN LENNOX Elected NDP 12,839 38.4
EILEEN WALKER OLP 7,132 21.3
SARAH BOKHARI PC 6,331 18.9
SARAH JAMA IND 4,977 14.9
LUCIA IANNANTUONO GP 1,642 4.9
MITCH NOVOSAD OTH 441 1.3
NATHALIE XIAN YI YAN IND 107 0.3
Last model run
Cycle
on_2029