Riding profile

Hamilton East—Stoney Creek

Provincial riding — ON · Suburban · on 905

The question

Hamilton East—Stoney Creek: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, a suburban riding in Ontario, elected a member with the PC Party in the previous cycle, with a 10-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the PC Party ahead at 39% vote share, against 36% for the Ontario Liberals, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Hon. Neil Lumsden

Sits with PC

Parliament
44th

Current forecast

PC

Toss-up

Probability
99%
Mean margin (pts)
3.2
P(close race)
88%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • PC 39.1%
  • OLP 35.9%
  • NDP 18.3%
  • GP 4.7%
  • OTH 2.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

PC OLP NDP GP
HereHamilton East—Stoney Creek 39.1%35.9%18.3%4.7%
Provincial averageOntario 40.2% −1.1 33.4% +2.6 20.3% −1.9 3.9% +0.7

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · ON 2025

Won by
PC
Margin
10.5 pts
Turnout
43.8%
Margin shift vs current projection
-7.3 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
NEIL LUMSDEN Elected PC 16,401 42.1
HEINO DOESSING OLP 12,323 31.6
ZAIGHAM BUTT NDP 6,862 17.6
PASCALE MARCHAND GP 2,049 5.3
HEATHER CURNEW OTH 595 1.5
WIESLAWA DERLATKA OTH 530 1.4
DREW GARVIE OTH 223 0.6
Last model run
Cycle
on_2029