Markham—Thornhill
Ontario electoral district | |||
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
Last contested | 2019 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016)[1] | 99,078 | ||
Electors (2015) | 70,211 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 44 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 2,251.8 | ||
Census division(s) | York | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Markham |
Markham—Thornhill is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Markham—Unionville and Thornhill.[3]
Markham—Thornhill was created by 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the dropping of the writs for the 2015 federal election.[4]
Demographics[]
Markham—Thornhill loses more people than any other federal electoral district in the 905 region. The population in 2016 was 99,078 which is a 3.1% drop from 102,221 in 2011.
Ethnic groups: 35.2% Chinese, 30.8% South Asian, 17.9% White, 4.1% Black, 3.0% Filipino, 2.3% West Asian, 1.2% Korean, 1.1% Southeast Asian
Languages: 36.2% English, 29.8% Chinese, 9.1% Tamil, 3.7% Urdu, 3.1% Punjabi, 2.5% Gujarati, 2.2% Persian, 1.7% Tagalog, 1.2% Hindi, 1.0% Korean
Religions: 33.4% Christian (17.4% Catholic, 2.6% Christian Orthodox, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.4% Anglican, 1.4% Baptist, 1.0% United Church, 8.0% Other Christian), 16.8% Hindu, 10.4% Muslim, 5.5% Buddhist, 4.9% Jewish, 2.7% Sikh, 25.7% None.
Median income: $22,619 (2010)
Average income: $33,775 (2010)
Members of Parliament[]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Markham—Thornhill Riding created from Markham—Unionville and Thornhill |
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42nd | 2015–2017 | John McCallum | Liberal | |
2017–2019 | Mary Ng | |||
43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
44th | 2021–present |
Election results[]
2021 general election[]
2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Mary Ng | 23,709 | 61.5 | +7.6 | ||||
Conservative | Melissa Felian | 10,136 | 26.3 | -8.3 | ||||
New Democratic | Paul Sahbaz | 3,222 | 8.4 | +1.1 | ||||
Green | Mimi Lee | 813 | 2.1 | -0.7 | ||||
People's | Ilia Pashaev | 648 | 1.7 | +0.9 | ||||
Total valid votes | 38,528 | |||||||
Total rejected ballots | 398 | |||||||
Turnout | 38,926 | 55.70 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 69,883 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[7] |
2019 general election[]
2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Mary Ng | 23,899 | 53.91 | +2.55 | $80,357.71 | |||
Conservative | Alex Yuan | 15,319 | 34.56 | -4.43 | $74,064.17 | |||
New Democratic | Paul Sahbaz | 3,233 | 7.29 | +3.81 | none listed | |||
Green | Chris Williams | 1,247 | 2.81 | +0.60 | none listed | |||
People's | Peter Remedios | 357 | 0.81 | $0.00 | ||||
Independent | Josephbai Macwan | 276 | 0.62 | none listed | ||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 44,331 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 448 | 1.00 | +0.41 | |||||
Turnout | 44,779 | 61.76 | +31.14 | |||||
Eligible voters | 72,499 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.49 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[8][9] |
2017 by-election[]
A by-election was held on April 3, 2017, following John McCallum's appointment as Ambassador to China on January 10, 2017.[10]
Resignation of John McCallum | Canadian federal by-election, April 3, 2017||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Mary Ng | 9,856 | 51.53 | −4.19 | ||||
Conservative | Ragavan Paranchothy | 7,501 | 39.22 | +6.91 | ||||
New Democratic | Gregory Hines | 671 | 3.51 | −7.21 | ||||
Progressive Canadian | Dorian Baxter | 566 | 2.96 | |||||
Green | Caryn Bergmann | 426 | 2.23 | +0.98 | ||||
Libertarian | Brendan Thomas Reilly | 118 | 0.62 | |||||
Independent | Above Znoneofthe | 77 | 0.40 | |||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 19,125 | 100.0 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | - | |||||||
Turnout | 27.51 | |||||||
Eligible voters | 69,838 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.55 |
2015 general election[]
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | John McCallum | 23,878 | 55.72 | +18.61 | $78,406.90 | |||
Conservative | Jobson Easow | 13,849 | 32.31 | -4.08 | $128,323.59 | |||
New Democratic | Senthi Chelliah | 4,595 | 10.72 | -12.67 | $48,598.52 | |||
Green | Joshua Russell | 535 | 1.25 | -1.37 | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 42,857 | 100.00 | $203,953.81 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 240 | 0.56 | – | |||||
Turnout | 43,097 | 61.14 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 70,484 | |||||||
Liberal notional hold | Swing | +11.34 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[11][12] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[13] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Liberal | 14,128 | 37.11 | |
Conservative | 13,856 | 36.39 | |
New Democratic | 8,907 | 23.39 | |
Green | 998 | 2.62 | |
Others | 186 | 0.49 |
References[]
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
- ^ Final Report – Ontario
- ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ^ "2011 National Household Survey Profile - Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". May 8, 2013.
- ^ "2011 National Household Survey Profile - Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". May 8, 2013.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "FORTY-THIRD GENERAL ELECTION 2019 — Poll-by-poll results (Markham—Thornhill)". Elections Canada. April 6, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- ^ http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/three-new-faces-trudeau-cabinet-1.3928984[bare URL]
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Markham—Thornhill, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
Coordinates: 43°50′06″N 79°18′47″W / 43.835°N 79.313°W
- Ontario federal electoral districts
- Politics of Markham, Ontario
- 2013 establishments in Ontario