Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
Richmond Hill Ontario electoral district Richmond Hill in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings
Legislature House of Commons MP Majid Jowhari Liberal District created 2003 First contested 2004 Last contested 2021 District webpage profile , map Population (2016 )[1] 110,177 Electors (2015)79,513 Area (km²)[1] 39.92 Pop. density (per km²) 2,759.9 Census division(s) York Census subdivision(s) Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill riding from 2003 to 2015
Map of Richmond Hill riding from 2003 to 2015
Richmond Hill is a federal electoral district in Ontario , Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
It was created in 2003 from parts of Oak Ridges riding.
Geography [ ]
The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Elgin Mills, Bayview North, Bayview South, North Richvale, Hillsview, Bayview Hill, South Richvale, Langstaff and Doncrest in the City of Richmond Hill .
The electoral district consists of the part of Richmond Hill lying south of a line starting at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Elgin Mills Road West, east along Elgin Mills to Bayview, south along Bayview to the unnamed creek north of Taylor Mills Drive North, along the creek to Shirley Drive, Shirley Drive south to Major Mackenzie Drive, and east on Major Mackenzie to the eastern city limits. It also contains the part of the City of Markham east of Bayview Avenue, north of Highway 407 , and west of Highway 404 .[2]
Member of Parliament [ ]
This riding has elected the following member of the House of Commons of Canada:
Parliament
Years
Member
Party
Richmond HillRiding created from Oak Ridges
38th
2004–2006 Bryon Wilfert Liberal
39th
2006–2008
40th
2008–2011
41st
2011–2015 Costas Menegakis Conservative
42nd
2015–2019 Majid Jowhari Liberal
43rd
2019–2021
44th
2021–present
Election results [ ]
Graph of general election results in Richmond Hill (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Majid Jowhari
21,784
47.71
+4.23
Conservative
Costas Menegakis
17,715
38.80
-4.26
New Democratic
Adam DeVita
3,995
8.75
-0.05
People's
Igor Tvorogov
1,363
2.98
+1.98
Independent
Charity DiPaola
619
1.36
Independent
Angelika Keller
186
0.41
Total valid votes
45,662
Total rejected ballots
543
Turnout
46,205
55.57
-4.33
Eligible voters
83,148
Liberal hold
Swing
+4.25
Source: Elections Canada [3] [4]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Majid Jowhari
21,804
43.48
-3.42
$83,458.04
Conservative
Costas Menegakis
21,592
43.06
-0.26
$108,773.79
New Democratic
Adam DeVita
4,425
8.80
+0.76
$4,207.04
Green
Ichha Kohli
1,695
3.40
+1.66
$0.00
People's
Igor Tvorogov
507
1.0
none listed
Rhinoceros
Otto Wevers
126
0.2
none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit
50,149
100.0
Total rejected ballots
584
Turnout
50,733
59.9
Eligible voters
84,660
Liberal hold
Swing
-1.58
Source: Elections Canada [5] [6]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Majid Jowhari
23,032
46.90
+11.28
$92,372.40
Conservative
Michael Parsa
21,275
43.32
-0.23
$139,598.40
New Democratic
Adam DeVita
3,950
8.04
-8.99
$11,776.30
Green
Gwendolyn Veenema
856
1.74
-2.05
–
Total valid votes/Expense limit
49,113
100.0
$215,221.97
Total rejected ballots
253
–
–
Turnout
49,366
61.39
+5.43
Eligible voters
80,402
Liberal gain from Conservative
Swing
+5.76%
Source: Elections Canada [7] [8]
2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party
Vote
%
Conservative
18,521
43.55
Liberal
15,160
35.62
New Democratic
7,245
17.03
Green
1,612
3.79
Others
4
0.01
2011 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative
Costas Menegakis
22,078
44.14
+8.45
Liberal
Bryon Wilfert
17,671
35.33
-11.66
New Democratic
Adam DeVita
8,433
16.86
+6.97
Green
Cameron Hastings
1,832
3.66
-3.75
Total valid votes/Expense limit
50,014
100.00
Total rejected ballots
221
0.44
-0.05
Turnout
50,235
55.96
+3.91
Eligible voters
89,765
–
–
Conservative gain from Liberal
Swing
+10.05%
2008 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Bryon Wilfert
21,488
46.99
-6.58
$76,540
Conservative
Chungsen Leung
16,318
35.69
+3.81
$86,007
New Democratic
Wess Dowsett
4,526
9.89
-0.07
$8,114
Green
Dylan Marando
3,388
7.41
+2.84
$6,267
Total valid votes/Expense limit
45,720
100.00
$90,834
Total rejected ballots
223
0.49
+0.16
Turnout
45,943
52.05
-9.69
Liberal hold
Swing
-5.70%
2006 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Bryon Wilfert
27,837
53.57
-4.91
Conservative
Joe Di Paola
16,564
31.88
+7.00
New Democratic
Wess Dowsett
5,176
9.96
+0.26
Green
Tim Rudkins
2,379
4.57
-0.06
Total valid votes
51,956
100.00
Total rejected ballots
170
0.33
Turnout
52,126
61.74
Liberal hold
Swing
-5.95%
2004 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Bryon Wilfert
27,102
58.48
Conservative
Pete Merrifield
11,530
24.88
New Democratic
Nella Cotrupi
4,495
9.70
Green
Tim Rudkins
2,144
4.63
Progressive Canadian
Ellena Lam
1,074
2.32
Total valid votes
46,345
100.00
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