Markham (electoral district)

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Markham is a provincial electoral district represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was created in 1986. Also known as Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville, it was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997.

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[edit] Federal district

Markham riding was created from parts of York North and York—Peel ridings. It initially consisted of the towns of Markham and Whitchurch-Stouffville in the Regional Municipality of York.

The name of the electoral district was changed in 1989 to "Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville".

The electoral district was redistributed 1996 into Markham, Oak Ridges and Thornhill ridings.

The new Markham riding consisted of the part of the Town of Markham east of Highway No. 404 and south of 16th Avenue.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Markham—Unionville and Oak Ridges—Markham ridings.

[edit] Electoral history

[edit] Markham

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative ATTEWELL, Bill 36,673
     Liberal BHADURIA, Jag 21,973
     New Democrat KRONE, Susan 6,209
     Not affiliated GAMBLE, John 3,643
     Libertarian HUTCHISON, Ian 568

[edit] Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal BHADURIA, Jag 34,263
     Progressive Conservative ATTEWELL, Bill 18,414
     Reform SHERREN, Joe 16,965
     New Democrat GRANT, Jack 1,600
     National BERGSON, Sheldon 927
     Natural Law PORTER, Stephen R. 449
     Independent WANG, Paul 444
     Abolitionist PAPADOPOULOS, Dean 83

[edit] Markham

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative JONES, Jim 20,449
     Liberal RANDHAWA, Gobinder 16,810
     Reform PALOC, John 4,947
     Independent BHADURIA, Jag 1,584
     New Democrat GAUNT, Bhanu 1,482
     Natural Law PORTER, Stephen R. 258
     Canadian Action BAULCH, Jeff 218


Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal MCCALLUM, John 32,104
     Canadian Alliance JONES, Jim 9,015
     Progressive Conservative SCRYMGEOUR, David 5,085
     New Democrat HAGAN, Janice 1,129
     Green MANNING, Bernadette 493
     Independent CHOUDHRY, Akber 222
     Canadian Action CONRAD, Jim 130

[edit] Provincial district

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

  1. W. Donald Cousens, Progressive Conservative (1987-1994)
  2. David Tsubouchi, Progressive Conservative (1995-2003)
  3. Tony C. Wong, Liberal (2003-2006)

[edit] Election results

Ontario general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
     Liberal Tony Wong 27,253 51.70 +20.62
     Progressive Conservative David Tsubouchi 21,257 40.33 -22.72
     New Democrat Janice Hagan 2,679 5.08 +1.23
     Green Bernadette Manning 824 1.56 +0.50
     Family Coalition Patrick Redmond 697 1.32 +0.36
Ontario general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
     Progressive Conservative David Tsubouchi 26,083 63.05 -1.76
     Liberal Steven Kirsch 12,859 31.08 +12.37
     New Democrat Janice Hagan 1,594 3.85 -9.66
     Green Bernadette Manning 437 1.06
     Family Coalition Patrick Redmond 399 0.96 -0.93
Ontario general election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
     Progressive Conservative David Tsubouchi 37,314 64.81 +14.84
     Liberal Khalid Usman 10,770 18.71 -10.82
     New Democrat Mike Tang 7,779 13.51 -3.00
     Family Coalition Patrick Redmond 1088 1.89 -0.23
     Natural Law Stephen Porter 626 1.09
Ontario general election, 1990
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
     Progressive Conservative Don Cousens 25,595 49.97 +5.77
     Liberal Frank Scarpitti 15,128 29.53 -13.10
     New Democrat Rob Saunders 8,459 16.51 +6.57
     Family Coalition Eric Skura 1,086 2.12 -1.11
     Libertarian Ian Hutchison 642 1.25
     Independent Gary Walsh 311 0.61


Ontario general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
     Progressive Conservative Don Cousens 19,224 44.20
     Liberal Gail Newall 18,543 42.63
     New Democrat Anne Swarbrick 4,323 9.94
     Family Coalition Rina Puleo 1,403 3.23

[edit] See also

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