Oak Ridges—Markham

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Oak Ridges—Markham

Oak Ridges—Markham is in south-central Ontario, just north of Toronto

Coordinates:

43°55′45″N 79°31′37″W / 43.92917°N 79.52694°WCoordinates: 43°55′45″N 79°31′37″W / 43.92917°N 79.52694°W
Location of the federal district constituency office in King City (as of 26 August 2010)

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Paul Calandra
Conservative

District created

2003

First contested

2004

Last contested

2011

District webpage

profile, map

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

228,997

Electors (2011)

151,584

Area (km²)^[1]

679.90

Pop. density (per km²)

336.8

Census divisions

York

Census subdivisions

Markham, Richmond Hill, Whitchurch–Stouffville, King

Map of Oak Ridges-Markham

Oak Ridges—Markham is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 169,645.,^[2] with 136,755 electors, the highest of any riding in Canada. By 2011, the riding's population had risen to 228,997, the largest population of all ridings in Canada.^[3]

The district covers part of the suburbs north of Toronto. It includes the town of Whitchurch–Stouffville, most of the township of King (excepting extreme northeast) the northern portions of the town of Richmond Hill (including all of Oak Ridges), and the northern and eastern portions of the city of Markham.

The electoral district was created in 2004 52.5% from Oak Ridges, 30% from Markham, 13% from Vaughan—King—Aurora, and 4.5% from York North riding.

Demographics

Communities in Oak Ridges—Markham are the destination for many immigrants to Canada, composing about 41.6% of the population, or about 70,000 of its residents.^[2] For 72,440 residents, neither English nor French, the official languages of Canada, is their mother tongue,^[2] though most have knowledge of English (148,975), French (160), or both (12,885).^[2] Most immigrants become citizens, as 11,155 immigrants were not Canadian citizens as of the Canada 2006 Census.^[2]

The primarily urban district has a low proportion of Aboriginal residents compared to other parts of Canada, with just 625 people identifying themselves of such descent.^[2] It is also home to 70,070 residents who identify themselves as visible minorities, more than half of which are Chinese Canadians^[2] and about 20% are Black Canadians.^[2]

At the 2006 census, the participation rate of residents in the work force was 71.3%, and the electoral district unemployment rate was 5%,^[2] below the national average of 6.3%.^[4]

The district is the second-largest electoral district in Canada by population, next to Brampton West which had 170,422 residents at the 2006 census.^[5] It was the 64th largest in 2001, with a population of 111,276,^[6] but had the greatest population growth from 2001 to 2006, about 52.5%.^[7]

Boundaries

According to Elections Canada, Oak Ridges—Markham consists of that part of the Regional Municipality of York composed of:

(a) the Town of Whitchurch–Stouffville;

(b) the part of the Township of King south of Highway No. 9;

(c) the part of the Town of Richmond Hill lying north and east of a line drawn from the western town limit east along Gamble Road, south along Yonge Street and east along Elgin Mills Road East to the eastern town limit; and

(d) the part of the City of Markham lying north and east of a line drawn from the western town limit east along 16th Avenue, south along McCowan Road, east along Highway No. 7, and south along 9th Line to the southern town limit.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years		Party
Oak Ridges, Markham, Vaughan—King—Aurora, York North prior to 2003
38th	2004–2006	Lui Temelkovski	Liberal
39th	2006–2008	Lui Temelkovski	Liberal
40th	2008–2011	Paul Calandra	Conservative
41st	2011–present	Paul Calandra	Conservative

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Paul Calandra	46,241	51.12	+8.88	$133,192
	Liberal	Lui Temelkovski	25,561	28.26	-13.26	$108,951
	New Democratic	Janice Hagan	15,229	16.84	+7.45	$4,650
	Green	Trifon Haitas	2,349	2.60	-4.23	$0.00
	Progressive Canadian	John Sicilano	1,080	1.19	–	$564
Total valid votes/Expense limit			90,460	100.00	–	$134,351
Total rejected ballots			430	0.47	–
Turnout			90,890	59.96	+4.30
Eligible voters			151,584	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Paul Calandra	32,028	42.24	+3.77	$112,693
	Liberal	Lui Temelkovski	31,483	41.52	-5.53	$68,266
	New Democratic	Andy Arifin	7,126	9.39	-0.49	$2,020
	Green	Richard Taylor	5,184	6.83	+2.24	$8,063
Total valid votes/Expense limit			75,821	100.00	$120,647
Turnout			76,111	55.66	-11.23
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.65

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lui Temelkovski	35,048	47.05	-4.68	$55,610
	Conservative	Bob Callow	28,695	38.47	+4.96	$92,644
	New Democratic	Pamela Courtot	7,369	9.88	+1.10	$8,822
	Green	Steve Armes	3,431	4.59	+0.70	$1,852
Total valid votes/Expense limit			74,543	100.00	$98,012
Turnout			74,834	66.89	+3.51
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.82

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Lui Temelkovski	31,964	51.73	-1.34
	Conservative	Bob Callow	20,712	33.51	-9.10
	New Democratic	Pamela Courtot	5,430	8.78	+5.94
	Green	Bernadette Manning	2,406	3.89
	Progressive Canadian	Jim Conrad	820	1.32
	Christian Heritage	Maurice Whittle	458	0.74
Total valid votes			61,790	100.00
Turnout			62,145	63.38
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.88

2004 change is based on redistributed results. Conservative change is compared to a combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative votes.

Future

As per the seat rearrangement that takes place every 10 years along with the bill to add 30 more seats there is going to be a change for the next election. Due to Oak-Ridges Markham having a population of 115.60% over the Ontario quota (Canada's most populous riding) it is going under substantial change.^[8] The current riding will be renamed Oak Ridges and will just be the Township of King south of Highway 9 along with the part of the City of Vaughan north of Major Mackenzie Drive west of Highway 400 and north of Rutherford Road east of Hwy 400.^[9]

The part that is the town of Whitchurch–Stouffville and in the City of Markham east of Ontario Highway 48 / Main Street Markham/ York Regional Road 68 will be incorporated into the new Markham—Stouffville riding.^[10] The part in the town of Richmond Hill will be part of the new Aurora—Richmond Hill riding.^[11] Finally, the part in the city of Markham west of the above mentioned roads will be part of the new Markham—Unionville riding,^[12] which will be different from the existing riding with the same name.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Federal Electoral District Profile of Oak Ridges — Markham, Ontario (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
↑ Census Canada, Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and federal electoral districts, 2006; National Post, Canada Census 2011: Harper could reap the benefits as census suggests new ridings, February 8, 2012.
↑ "Work — Unemployment Rate". Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and federal electoral districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (sorted by 2006 population)". Federal electoral districts (FEDs) – 2003 Representation Order. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and federal electoral districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (sorted by 2001 population)". Federal electoral districts (FEDs) – 2003 Representation Order. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and federal electoral districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (sorted by population growth)". Federal electoral districts (FEDs) – 2003 Representation Order. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
↑ Proposed Boundaries – Ontario
↑ Oak Ridges – Proposed Boundaries
↑ Markham—Stouffville – Proposed Boundaries
↑ Aurora—Richmond Hill – Proposed Boundaries
↑ Markham—Unionville – Proposed Boundaries

References

"(Code 35059) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Oak Ridges—Markham constituency profile at the Parliament of Canada
2011 results from Elections Canada
Electoral district profile Oak Ridges--Markham (Ontario)
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

v t e Federal ridings in Southern Durham and York

Conservative	Ajax—Pickering Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa

Liberal	Markham—Unionville

v t e 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

See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario

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