Markham—Unionville

Markham—Unionville
Ontario electoral district
	Markham—Unionville in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Paul Chiang; Liberal
;
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	123,318
Electors (2015)	81,583
Area (km²)	89
Pop. density (per km²)	1,385.6
Census division(s)	York
Census subdivision(s)	Markham

Markham-Unionville 2003 to 2015

Map of Markham-Unionville (2003 to 2015)

Markham—Unionville is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Boundaries[]

Markham—Unionville is located in the City of Markham within an area bordered by a line commencing at the Highway 404-407 interchange, then east along Highway 407 to McCowan Road, north on McCowan Road to 16th Avenue, east on 16th to Highway 48, then to the northern city limit, then along the northern and western city boundaries to the 404-407 interchange.^[3]

Demographics[]

According to the 2016 Canadian census^[4]

Ethnic groups: 64.5% Chinese, 15.4% White, 9.9% South Asian, 1.7% Black, 1.6% Filipino, 1.2% Arab, 5.7% other
Languages: 52.8% Chinese, 29.2% English, 1.6% Tamil, 16.4% other
Religions (2011): 43.7% Christian (20.5% Catholic, 4.4% Christian Orthodox, 3.2% Baptist, 2.2% Anglican, 2.1% United Church, 1.0% Presbyterian, 10.4% Other), 5.2% Buddhist, 5.1% Muslim, 5.1% Hindu, 39.8% No religion
Median income (2015): $28,375
Average income (2015): $47,640

History[]

It is located in the province of Ontario, and covers suburban areas north of Toronto. It was created in 2003 from Markham. The federal riding has been represented by John McCallum, until he switched to the newly formed Markham—Thornhill riding for the 2015 election. Markham—Unionville was the only seat that the Liberals lost among those they held after the 2011 election, though the riding's boundaries changed considerably and would have been won by the Conservatives in 2011 based on the redistributed results.

Most of (54%) Markham—Unionville (mostly south of Highway 407) was redistributed into the new Markham—Thornhill riding for the 2015 election. The area north of Highway 407 and west of McCowan Road remained in Markham—Unionville. The new Markham—Unionville riding also took in newer subdivisions in the northwest corner of the city, which were previously in the riding of Oak Ridges—Markham. 51% of the new riding came from Oak Ridges—Markham.

Members of Parliament[]

The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Markham—Unionville Riding created from Markham
38th	2004–2006	John McCallum	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019	Bob Saroya	Conservative
43rd	2019–2021	Bob Saroya	Conservative
44th	2021–present	Paul Chiang	Liberal

Election results[]

2015-present[]

Graph of general election results in Markham—Unionville (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

hide2021 Canadian federal election
The 2021 general election will be held on September 20.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Chiang
	Green	Elvin Kao
	Conservative	Bob Saroya
	New Democratic	Aftab Qureshi
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Canada^[5]

hide v 2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bob Saroya	26,133	48.94	-0.43	$105,729.16
	Liberal	Alan Ho	20,484	38.36	-4.97	$111,317.79
	New Democratic	Gregory Hines	3,524	6.60	+1.53	none listed
	Green	Elvin Kao	2,394	4.48	+2.25	$5,836.95
	People's	Sarah Chung	861	1.61	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,396	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots			523	0.97	–
Turnout			53,919	60.90	+0.22
Eligible voters			88,538
	Conservative hold		Swing		+2.27
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

hide2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bob Saroya	24,605	49.37	+3.54	$148,191.54
	Liberal	Bang-Gu Jiang	21,596	43.33	+9.64	$105,134.99
	New Democratic	Colleen Zimmerman	2,528	5.07	-11.45	$3,111.82
	Green	Elvin Kao	1,110	2.23	-0.77	$4,322.49
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,839	100.00	–	$218,774.36
Total rejected ballots			246	0.49	–
Turnout			50,085	60.68
Eligible voters			82,534
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		-6.10
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[10]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	18,025	45.83
	Liberal	13,250	33.69
	New Democratic	6,500	16.53
	Green	1,179	3.00
	Others	376	0.96
Total		39,330	100.0

2004-2011[]

Graph of general election results in Markham—Unionville (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

hide2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John McCallum	19,429	38.9	-16.0	$73,376.21
	Conservative	Bob Saroya	17,734	35.5	+5.3	$87,364.37
	New Democratic	Nadine Hawkins	10,897	21.8	+11.6	$456.44
	Green	Adam Poon	1,597	3.2	-1.0	$10,810.65
	Libertarian	Allen Small	231	0.5	–	$1,384.33
Total valid votes/Expense Limit			49,888	100.0	–	$95,073.73
Total rejected ballots			290	0.6	–
Turnout			50,178	55.1	+2.8
Eligible voters			91,057	–	–

hide2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John McCallum	25,195	54.9	-6.7	$58,875
	Conservative	Duncan Fletcher	13,855	30.2	+3.2	$58,523
	New Democratic	Nadine Hawkins	4,682	10.2	+2.2	$4,250
	Green	Leonard Aitken	1,931	4.2	+2.0	$2,524
	Libertarian	Allen Small	229	0.5	N/A	$348
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,892	100.0	–	$90,944.51
Turnout			–	52.31

hide2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McCallum	32,797	61.6	-4.7
	Conservative	Joe Li	14,357	27.0	+4.5
	New Democratic	Janice Hagan	4,266	8.0	-0.7
	Green	Wesley Weese	1,151	2.2	-0.3
	Progressive Canadian	Fayaz Choudhary	363	0.7
	Independent	Partap Dua	297	0.6
Total valid votes			53,231	100.0

hide2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John McCallum	30,442	66.3
	Conservative	Joe Li	10,325	22.5
	New Democratic	Janice Hagan	3,993	8.7
	Green	Ed Wong	1,148	2.5
Total valid votes			45,908	100.0

References[]

Citations[]

^ Statistics Canada: 2017
^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ "Voter Information Service - Find your electoral district".
^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Markham--Unionville [Federal electoral district], Ontario and Ontario [Province]". 8 February 2017.
^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Markham—Unionville, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

Sources[]

"(Code 35045) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
2011 Results from Elections Canada
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Coordinates: 43°50′46″N 79°18′18″W / 43.846°N 79.305°W / 43.846; -79.305

[1] Statistics Canada: 2017

[2] Statistics Canada: 2012

[3] "Voter Information Service - Find your electoral district".

[4] "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Markham--Unionville [Federal electoral district], Ontario and Ontario [Province]". 8 February 2017.

[5] "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[6] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.

[7] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 4, 2019.

[8] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Markham—Unionville, 30 September 2015

[9] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

[10] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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