Richmond Hill (electoral district)

Richmond Hill
Ontario electoral district
	Richmond Hill in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
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District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	108,658
Electors (2015)	79,513
Area (km²)	42
Pop. density (per km²)	2,587.1
Census divisions	York
Census subdivisions	Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill 2003 to 2015

Map of Richmond Hill riding

Richmond Hill is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

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

Geography[edit]

The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Elgin Mills, Bayview North, Bayview South, North Richvale, Hillsview, Bayview Hill, South Richvale, Langstaff and Doncrest in the City of Richmond Hill.

It consists of the part of the City 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.

Member of Parliament[edit]

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

Parliament	Years		Party
Richmond Hill Riding created from Oak Ridges
38th	2004–2006	Bryon Wilfert	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	Costas Menegakis	Conservative
42nd	2015–present	Majid Jowhari	Liberal

Election results[edit]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Majid Jowhari	23,032	46.90	+11.28	$92,372.40
	Conservative	Michael Parsa	21,275	43.32	-0.23	$139,598.40
	New Democratic	Adam DeVita	3,950	8.04	-8.99	$11,776.30
	Green	Gwendolyn Veenema	856	1.74	-2.05	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,113	100.0		$215,221.97
Total rejected ballots			253	–	–
Turnout			49,366	61.39	+5.43
Eligible voters			80,402
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+5.76
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	18,521	43.55
	Liberal	15,160	35.62
	New Democratic	7,245	17.03
	Green	1,612	3.79
	Others	4	0.01

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Costas Menegakis	22,078	44.14	+8.45
	Liberal	Bryon Wilfert	17,671	35.33	-11.66
	New Democratic	Adam DeVita	8,433	16.86	+6.97
	Green	Cameron Hastings	1,832	3.66	-3.75
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,014	100.00
Total rejected ballots			221	0.44	-0.05
Turnout			50,235	55.96	+3.91
Eligible voters			89,765	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bryon Wilfert	21,488	46.99	-6.58	$76,540
	Conservative	Chungsen Leung	16,318	35.69	+3.81	$86,007
	New Democratic	Wess Dowsett	4,526	9.89	-0.07	$8,114
	Green	Dylan Marando	3,388	7.41	+2.84	$6,267
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,720	100.00	$90,834
Total rejected ballots			223	0.49	+0.16
Turnout			45,943	52.05	-9.69
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.2

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bryon Wilfert	27,837	53.57	-4.91
	Conservative	Joe Di Paola	16,564	31.88	+7.00
	New Democratic	Wess Dowsett	5,176	9.96	+0.26
	Green	Tim Rudkins	2,379	4.57	-0.06
Total valid votes			51,956	100.00
Total rejected ballots			170	0.33
Turnout			52,126	61.74

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Bryon Wilfert	27,102	58.48
	Conservative	Pete Merrifield	11,530	24.88
	New Democratic	Nella Cotrupi	4,495	9.70
	Green	Tim Rudkins	2,144	4.63
	Progressive Canadian	Ellena Lam	1,074	2.32
Total valid votes			46,345	100.00

References[edit]

"(Code 35075) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes[edit]

Coordinates: 43°52′N 79°25′W / 43.87°N 79.42°W / 43.87; -79.42

[1] Statistics Canada: 2011

[2] Statistics Canada: 2011

[3] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Richmond Hill, 30 September 2015

[4] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

[5] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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v t e Federal ridings in Southern Durham and York
Liberal	Ajax King—Vaughan Markham—Thornhill Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Vaughan—Woodbridge
Conservative	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill Markham—Unionville Oshawa Thornhill
Independent	Markham—Stouffville Whitby

v t e Historical federal ridings in Ontario
Until 2015	Ajax—Pickering Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Barrie Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brant Carleton—Mississippi Mills Chatham-Kent—Essex Halton Kitchener—Waterloo Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Nepean—Carleton Niagara West—Glanbrook Northumberland—Quinte West Oak Ridges—Markham Ottawa—Orléans Peterborough Pickering—Scarborough East Prince Edward—Hastings St. Paul's Scarborough—Rouge River Trinity—Spadina Vaughan Welland Whitby—Oshawa York West
Until 2006	Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound Middlesex—Kent—Lambton
Until 2004	Algoma—Manitoulin Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale Brampton Centre Brampton West—Mississauga Bruce—Grey Carleton—Lanark Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey Durham Erie—Lincoln Guelph—Wellington Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Haliburton—Victoria—Brock Hamilton East Hamilton West Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Kenora—Rainy River Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Markham Mississauga Centre Mississauga East Mississauga West Niagara Centre Nipissing Northumberland Oak Ridges Perth—Middlesex Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge Scarborough East Stoney Creek Stormont—Dundas—Charlotenburgh Thunder Bay—Atikokan Timiskaming—Cochrane Toronto Centre—Rosedale Vaughan—King—Aurora Waterloo—Wellington Whitby—Ajax Windsor—St. Clair York North
Until 2000	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Broadview—Greenwood Carleton—Gloucester Kent—Essex London—Adelaide Stormont—Dundas Victoria—Haliburton Wentworth—Burlington
Until 1997	Algoma Beaches—Woodbine Brampton Cochrane—Superior Don Valley North Elgin—Norfolk Erie Essex—Kent Essex—Windsor Haldimand—Norfolk Halton—Peel Hamilton—Wentworth Kent Kitchener Lambton—Middlesex Lincoln London East London—Middlesex Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville Nepean Oakville—Milton Ontario Ottawa West Perth—Wellington—Waterloo Rosedale Scarborough West Simcoe Centre Thunder Bay—Nipigon Timiskaming—French River Timmins—Chapleau Waterloo Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe York—Simcoe
Until 1993	Brampton—Malton Elgin Markham Renfrew Timiskaming Windsor—Lake St. Clair
Until 1988	Beaches Brampton—Georgetown Durham—Northumberland Grey—Simcoe Guelph Halton Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton Mississauga North Nepean—Carleton Ottawa—Carleton Perth Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Simcoe South Spadina Trinity Welland Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe Windsor—Walkerville York East York—Peel York—Scarborough
Until 1984	Cochrane Hastings—Frontenac Sarnia
Until 1979	Broadview Bruce Don Valley Eglinton Etobicoke Fort William Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Greenwood Grenville—Carleton Halton—Wentworth Hastings High Park—Humber Valley Huron—Middlesex Kent—Essex Lambton—Kent Leeds Middlesex—London—Lambton Mississauga Norfolk—Haldimand Northumberland—Durham Oshawa—Whitby Parkdale Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe Perth—Wilmot Port Arthur Renfrew North—Nipissing East Sarnia—Lambton Thunder Bay Timmins Toronto—Lakeshore Waterloo—Cambridge Wellington Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo York—Simcoe York South
Until 1974	Huron Middlesex Ottawa East Peel South Waterloo
Until 1972	Essex Glengarry—Prescott High Park Lakeshore Lanark and Renfrew Perth Renfrew North Sarnia Wellington—Grey
Until 1968	Algoma East Algoma West Brant—Haldimand Brantford Carleton Danforth Dufferin—Simcoe Durham Essex East Essex South Essex West Grenville—Dundas Grey—Bruce Grey North Hamilton South Hastings—Frontenac Hastings South Kent Kingston Lambton West Lanark London Middlesex East Middlesex West Norfolk Northumberland Peel Prince Edward—Lennox Renfrew South Russell Simcoe East Stormont Victoria Waterloo North Waterloo South Wellington—Huron Wellington South Wentworth York—Humber
Until 1953	Brant—Wentworth Frontenac—Addington Glengarry Haldimand Hastings—Peterborough Huron North Huron—Perth Kingston City Peterborough West Prescott Wellington North
Until 1949	Brant Brantford City Muskoka—Ontario Parry Sound
Until 1935	Bruce North Bruce South Elgin West Grey Southeast Huron South Lambton East Norfolk—Elgin City of Ottawa Oxford North Oxford South Perth North Perth South Port Arthur—Thunder Bay Timiskaming North Timiskaming South Toronto East Toronto East Centre Toronto—High Park Toronto Northeast Toronto Northwest Toronto—Scarborough Toronto South Toronto West Centre
Until 1925	Brantford Dufferin Dundas Elgin East Essex North Fort William and Rainy River Frontenac Glengarry and Stormont Grenville Hastings East Hastings West Kingston Lennox and Addington Muskoka Norfolk North Oxford Ontario North Ontario South Peterborough East Port Arthur and Kenora Prince Edward Simcoe South South Oxford Timiskaming Toronto Centre Toronto North Toronto West York East
Until 1917	Brockville Glengarry Grey East Grey South Huron East Huron West Kent East Kent West Lanark North Lanark South Middlesex North Northumberland East Northumberland West Stormont Thunder Bay and Rainy River York Centre
Until 1904	Addington Algoma Bothwell Brant South Bruce East Bruce West Cardwell Centre Toronto Cornwall and Stormont Durham East Durham West East York Grenville South Haldimand and Monck Hamilton Hastings North Kent Leeds North and Grenville North Leeds South Lennox Lincoln and Niagara Middlesex South Muskoka and Parry Sound Norfolk North Norfolk South Ontario West Victoria North Victoria South Wellington Centre Wentworth North and Brant Wentworth South West Toronto York West
Until 1896	Brant North Haldimand Monck Wentworth North
Until 1882	Bruce South Cornwall Essex Huron Centre Huron North Lambton Lincoln Muskoka Niagara Stormont

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