Markham—Thornhill

Markham—Thornhill
Ontario electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

John McCallum
Liberal

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 102,221
Electors (2015) 70,211
Area (km²)[2] 44
Pop. density (per km²) 2,323.2
Census divisions York
Census subdivisions Markham

Markham—Thornhill is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. 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]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Markham—Thornhill
Riding created from Markham—Unionville and Thornhill
42nd  2015–Present     John McCallum Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalJohn McCallum 23,878 55.72 +18.61
ConservativeJobson Easow 13,849 32.31 -4.08
New DemocraticSenthi Chelliah 4,595 10.72 -12.67
GreenJoshua Russell 535 1.25 -1.37
Total valid votes/Expense limit 42,857100.00 $203,521.96
Total rejected ballots 2400.56
Turnout 43,09761.14
Eligible voters 70,484
Liberal notional hold Swing +11.34
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
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

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