Richmond Hill (electoral district)

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Richmond Hill in relation to the other Toronto area ridings

Richmond Hill is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It will elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the next provincial election.

It was created in 2003 from parts of Oak Ridges riding.

1 Geography
2 Federal electoral district
- 2.1 Member of Parliament
3 Federal election results
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] 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 Town of Richmond Hill.

It conists of the part of the Town of Richmond Hill lying south and west of a line drawn from west to east along Gamble Road, south along Yonge Street, and east along Elgin Mills Road East.

[edit] Federal electoral district

[edit] Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following member of the Canadian House of Commons:

Parliament	Years		Party
Oak Ridges prior to 2003
38th	2004-2006	Bryon Wilfert	Liberal
39th	2006-	Bryon Wilfert	Liberal

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bryon Wilfert	27,906
	Conservative	Joe Di Paola	16,515
	New Democrat	Wess Dowsett	5,172
	Green	Tim Rudkins	2,379

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bryon Wilfert	27,102
	Conservative	Pete Merrifield	11,530
	New Democrat	C. Nella Cotrupi	4,495
	Green	Tim Rudkins	2,144
	Progressive Canadian	Ellena Lam	1,074

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Federal Ridings in Greater Toronto
Liberal	Ajax—Pickering \| Beaches—East York \| Bramalea—Gore—Malton \| Brampton—Springdale \| Brampton West \| Davenport \| Don Valley East \| Don Valley West \| Eglinton—Lawrence \| Etobicoke Centre \| Etobicoke—Lakeshore \| Etobicoke North \| Markham—Unionville \| Mississauga—Brampton South \| Mississauga East—Cooksville \| Mississauga—Erindale \| Mississauga South \| Mississauga—Streetsville* \| Oak Ridges—Markham \| Pickering—Scarborough East \| Richmond Hill \| St. Paul's \| Scarborough—Agincourt \| Scarborough Centre \| Scarborough—Guildwood \| Scarborough—Rouge River \| Scarborough Southwest \| Thornhill \| Toronto Centre \| Vaughan \| Willowdale \| York Centre \| York South—Weston \| York West
New Democratic	Parkdale—High Park \| Toronto—Danforth \| Trinity—Spadina
Conservative	Mississauga—Streetsville* \| Oshawa \| Whitby—Oshawa
* Mississauga—Streetsville MP Wajid Khan was elected as a Liberal, but has crossed the floor to the Conservatives.

Federal Ridings in Ontario
Central Ontario	Barrie \| Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound \| Dufferin—Caledon \| Durham \| Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock \| Newmarket—Aurora \| Northumberland—Quinte West \| Peterborough \| Simcoe—Grey \| Simcoe North \| York—Simcoe
Eastern Ontario	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell \| Kingston and the Islands \| Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington \| Leeds—Grenville \| Prince Edward—Hastings \| Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke \| Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Toronto (S Durham & York, Suburbs, Downtown, Brampton & Mississauga)	Ajax—Pickering \| Beaches—East York \| Bramalea—Gore—Malton \| Brampton—Springdale \| Brampton West \| Davenport \| Don Valley East \| Don Valley West \| Eglinton—Lawrence \| Etobicoke Centre \| Etobicoke—Lakeshore \| Etobicoke North \| Markham—Unionville \| Mississauga—Brampton South \| Mississauga East—Cooksville \| Mississauga—Erindale \| Mississauga South \| Mississauga—Streetsville \| Oak Ridges—Markham \| Oshawa \| Parkdale—High Park \| Pickering—Scarborough East \| Richmond Hill \| St. Paul's \| Scarborough—Agincourt \| Scarborough Centre \| Scarborough—Guildwood \| Scarborough—Rouge River \| Scarborough Southwest \| Thornhill \| Toronto Centre \| Toronto—Danforth \| Trinity—Spadina \| Vaughan \| Whitby—Oshawa \| Willowdale \| York Centre \| York South—Weston \| York West
Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale \| Burlington \| Halton \| Hamilton Centre \| Hamilton East—Stoney Creek \| Hamilton Mountain \| Niagara Falls \| Niagara West—Glanbrook \| Oakville \| St. Catharines \| Welland
Midwestern Ontario	Brant \| Cambridge \| Guelph \| Haldimand—Norfolk \| Huron—Bruce \| Kitchener Centre \| Kitchener—Conestoga \| Kitchener—Waterloo \| Oxford \| Perth—Wellington \| Wellington—Halton Hills
Northern Ontario	Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing \| Kenora \| Nickel Belt \| Nipissing—Timiskaming \| Parry Sound—Muskoka \| Sault Ste. Marie \| Sudbury \| Thunder Bay—Rainy River \| Thunder Bay—Superior North \| Timmins—James Bay
Southwestern Ontario	Chatham-Kent—Essex \| Elgin—Middlesex—London \| Essex \| Lambton—Kent—Middlesex \| London—Fanshawe \| London North Centre \| London West \| Sarnia—Lambton \| Windsor—Tecumseh \| Windsor West
Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills \| Nepean—Carleton \| Ottawa Centre \| Ottawa—Orléans \| Ottawa South \| Ottawa—Vanier \| Ottawa West—Nepean