Riding profile

Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

Provincial riding — ON · Suburban · on 905

The question

Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas: a safe seat for the NDP?

Editorial read

Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas, a suburban riding in Ontario, elected a member with the NDP in the previous cycle, with a 6-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the NDP ahead at 40% vote share, against 30% for the PC Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Sandy Shaw

Sits with NDP

Parliament
44th

Current forecast

NDP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
9.6
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • NDP 39.6%
  • PC 30.0%
  • OLP 27.0%
  • GP 2.8%
  • OTH 0.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

NDP PC OLP GP
HereHamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas 39.6%30.0%27.0%2.8%
Provincial averageOntario 20.3% +19.3 40.2% −10.2 33.4% −6.3 3.9% −1.1

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · ON 2025

Won by
NDP
Margin
5.8 pts
Turnout
52.5%
Margin shift vs current projection
+3.8 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
SANDY SHAW Elected NDP 19,684 38.9
JOHN DEMIK PC 16,766 33.1
JULIA BROWN OLP 11,543 22.8
GUY BISSON GP 1,747 3.5
LEE WEISS VASSOR OTH 587 1.2
SPENCER ROCCHI OTH 229 0.5
NORI SMITH OTH 81 0.2
Last model run
Cycle
on_2029