Markham—Unionville

Markham-Unionville is part of the Town of Markham, in the Regional Municipality of York. Its boundaries are officially described as: commencing at the intersection of Highway No. 404 with Highway No. 407; thence easterly along Highway No. 407 to McCowan Road; thence northerly along said road to 16th Avenue; thence easterly along said avenue to Highway No. 48; thence northerly along said highway to the northerly limit of said town; thence westerly along said limit to Highway No. 404; thence southerly along said highway to the point of commencement.^[3]

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation^[4]

Ethnic groups: 57.2% Chinese, 21.1% White, 10.9% South Asian, 1.9% Black, 1.9% Filipino, 1.5% Arab, 1.1% West Asian
Languages: 47.0% Chinese, 36.3% English, 1.9% Tamil, 1.3% Italian, 1.1% Urdu, 1.0% Gujarati, 1.0% Tagalog, 1.0% Arabic, 1.0% French
Religions: 43.7% Christian (20.5% Catholic, 4.4% Christian Orthodox, 3.2% Baptist, 2.2% Anglican, 2.1% United Church, 1.0% Presbyterian, 10.4% Other), 5.2% Buddhist, 5.1% Muslim, 5.1% Hindu, 39.8% No religion
Median income (2010): $27,701
Average income (2010): $46,680

History

It is located in the province of Ontario, and covers suburban areas north of Toronto. It was created in 2003 from Markham. The federal riding has been represented by John McCallum, until he switched to the newly formed Markham-Thornhill riding for the 2015 election. Markham-Unionville was the only seat that the Liberals lost among those they held after the 2011 election, thought he riding's boundaries changed considerably and would have been won by the Conservatives in 2011 based on the redistributed results.

Most of (54%) Markham—Unionville (mostly south of Highway 407) was redistributed into the new Markham—Thornhill riding for the 2015 election. The area north of Highway 407 and west of McCowan Road will remain in Markham—Unionville. The new Markham—Unionville riding also took in newer subdivisions in the northwest corner of the city, which were previously in the riding of Oak Ridges—Markham. 51% of the new riding came from Oak Ridges—Markham.

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Markham—Unionville Riding created from Markham
38th	2004–2006	John McCallum	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–Present	Bob Saroya	Conservative

Election results

2015-present

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bob Saroya	24,605	49.37	+3.54	–
	Liberal	Bang-Gu Jiang	21,596	43.33	+9.64	–
	New Democratic	Colleen Zimmerman	2,528	5.07	-11.45	–
	Green	Elvin Kao	1,110	2.23	-0.77	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,839	100.00		$217,997.03
Total rejected ballots			246	0.49
Turnout			50,085	60.68
Eligible voters			82,534
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		-3.05
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	18,025	45.8
	Liberal	13,250	33.7
	New Democratic	6,500	16.5
	Green	1,179	3.0
	Others	376	1.0
Total		39,330	100.0

2004-2011

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John McCallum	19,429	38.9	-16.0
	Conservative	Bob Saroya	17,734	35.5	+5.3
	New Democratic	Nadine Hawkins	10,897	21.8	+11.6
	Green	Adam Poon	1,597	3.2	-1.0
	Libertarian	Allen Small	231	0.5	–
Total valid votes			49,888	100.0
Total rejected ballots			290	0.6	–
Turnout			50,178	55.1	+2.8
Eligible voters			91,057	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John McCallum	25,195	54.9	-6.7	$58,875
	Conservative	Duncan Fletcher	13,855	30.2	+3.2	$58,523
	New Democratic	Nadine Hawkins	4,682	10.2	+2.2	$4,250
	Green	Leonard Aitken	1,931	4.2	+2.0	$2,524
	Libertarian	Allen Small	229	0.5	N/A	$348
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,892	100.0	$90,945
Turnout			–	52.31

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	John McCallum	32,797	61.6	-4.7
	Conservative	Joe Li	14,357	27.0	+4.5
	New Democratic	Janice Hagan	4,266	8.0	-0.7
	Green	Wesley Weese	1,151	2.2	-0.3
	Progressive Canadian	Fayaz Choudhary	363	0.7
	Independent	Partap Dua	297	0.6
Total valid votes			53,231	100.0

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John McCallum	30,442	66.3
	Conservative	Joe Li	10,325	22.5
	New Democratic	Janice Hagan	3,993	8.7
	Green	Ed Wong	1,148	2.5
Total valid votes			45,908	100.0

References

"(Code 35045) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
2011 Results from Elections Canada
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

Federal ridings in Southern Durham and York

Liberal	Ajax Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Vaughan—Woodbridge Whitby

Conservative	Markham—Unionville Oshawa Thornhill

Federal ridings in Ontario

Central Ontario

Eastern Ontario

S Durham & York

Southwestern Durham	Ajax Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Whitby

Southern York	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge

City of Toronto
(Suburbs & Downtown)

Scarborough	Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest

Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston

Etobicoke	Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North

Cities of Brampton & Mississauga

Brampton	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West

Mississauga	Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville

Southern Halton,
Hamilton and Niagara

Southwestern Halton	Burlington Milton Oakville Oakville North—Burlington

City of Hamilton	Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

Niagara	Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West St. Catharines

See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario

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