Markham (electoral district)

Markham was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada created in 1986. Also known as Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville, it was a federal electoral district that elected representatives to the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2000.

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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.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Markham

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative Bill Attewell 36,673
     Liberal Jag Bhaduria 21,973
     New Democrat Susan Krone 6,209
     Not affiliated John A. Gamble 3,643
     Libertarian Ian Hutchison 568

Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Jag Bhaduria 34,263
     Progressive Conservative Bill Attewell 18,414
     Reform Joe Sherren 16,965
     New Democrat Jack Grant 1,600
     National Sheldon Bergson 927
     Natural Law Stephen R. Porter 449
     Independent Paul Wang 444
     Abolitionist Dean Papadopoulos 83

Markham

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative H. James Jones 20,449
     Liberal Gobinder Randhawa 16,810
     Reform John Paloc 4,947
     Independent Jag Bhaduria 1,584
     New Democrat Bhanu Gaunt 1,482
     Natural Law Stephen R. Porter 258
     Canadian Action Jeff Baulch 218
Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal John McCallum 32,104
     Canadian Alliance H. James Jones 9,015
     Progressive Conservative David Scrymgeour 5,085
     New Democrat Janice Hagan 1,129
     Green Bernadette Manning 493
     Independent Akber Choudhry 222
     Canadian Action Jim Conrad 130

Provincial district

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)

2007 by-election

Tony Wong resigned in the fall of 2006 to successfully seek election to York Regional Council. His provincial seat was filled in a by-election on February 8, 2007. However the riding will be abolished at the October 4, 2007 provincial election, and redistributed between the new provincial ridings of Markham—Unionville and Oak Ridges—Markham as its federal counterpart already has been.

The Ontario Liberal Party candidate Michael Chan, the Liberal Party of Canada federal riding association president, defeated Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate Alex Yuan.[1] The Ontario New Democratic Party candidate is Janice Hagan. She was also the party's candidate in the 2003 General Election.[2] The Green Party candidate is Bernadette Manning. She was also the party's candidate in the 2003 General Election.[3]

By-election, February 8, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
     Liberal Michael Chan 9,080 49.3% -1.4%
     Progressive Conservative Alex Yuan 6,420 34.9% -5.4%
     New Democrat Janice Hagan 1,492 8.1% +3.0%
     Green Bernadette Manning 999 5.4% +3.8%
     Freedom Cathy McKeever 159 0.9% *
     Family Coalition Patrick Redmond 135 0.7% -0.6%
     Libertarian Jay Miller 126 0.7% *

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Grech, Caroline Grech (December 13, 2006). "No call, but parties still prepping for Markham byelection". York Region.Com. http://www.yorkregion.com/yr/yr4/YR_News/TopStories/story/3811946p-4409714c.html. Retrieved 2007-01-19. 
  2. ^ "Markham Candidates". Elections Ontario, Government of Ontario. January 19, 2007. http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/en/markham_candidates_en.shtml. Retrieved 2007-01-19. 
  3. ^ "Green Party will Field Full Slate in Provincial By-Elections" (Press release). Green Party of Ontario. 2007-01-17. http://www.greenparty.on.ca/taxonomy/term/359. Retrieved 2007-01-19. 

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