Richmond Hill (electoral district)
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Ontario electoral district | |||
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Richmond Hill in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 2003 | ||
First contested | 2004 | ||
Last contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 108,658 | ||
Electors (2015) | 79,513 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 42 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 2,587.1 | ||
Census divisions | York | ||
Census subdivisions | Richmond Hill |
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 | Member | Party | |
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Richmond Hill Riding created from Oak Ridges |
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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 | ||||||||
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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] | |||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 |
See also[edit]
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