Markham—Unionville

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Markham—Unionville
Ontario electoral district


Markham—Unionville in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings

Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP       John McCallum
Liberal
District created 2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2006
District webpage profile, map
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP       Michael Chan
Liberal
District created 2003
First contested 2007
Demographics
Population (2006) 127,191
Electors (2007) 87,724
Area (km²) 64
Pop. density (per km²) 1,987.4
Census divisions York
Census subdivisions Markham
Map of Markham-Unionville
Map of Markham-Unionville

Markham—Unionville is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. This riding elected its first representative in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2007 provincial election.

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[edit] Riding 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, for its entire history, has been represented by John McCallum.

It consists of the part of the Town of Markham south of a line drawn from the southern limit of the town north on Highway 404, east along 16th Avenue, south along McCowan Road, east along Highway 7, and south along 9th Line to the southern limit of the town.

[edit] Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Markham prior to 2003
38th 2004-2006     John McCallum Liberal
39th 2006-


[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal John McCallum 32,797
     Conservative Joe Li 14,357
     New Democrat Janice Hagan 4,266
     Green Wesley Weese 1,151
Progressive Canadian Fayaz Choudhary 363
     Independent Partap Dua 297
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal John McCallum 30,442
     Conservative Joe Li 10,325
     New Democratic Party Janice Hagan 3,993
     Green Ed Wong 1,148

[edit] Provincial electoral district

[edit] Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Michael Chan 21,054 59.32 N/A
     Progressive Conservative Ki Kit Li 9,581 27 N/A
     New Democrat Andy Arifin 2,599 7.32 N/A
     Green Bernadette Manning 1,911 5.38 N/A
     Family Coalition Leon Williams 345 0.97 N/A
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 20156 58.8%
Mixed member proportional 14143 41.2%
  • As in most ridings the majority back FPTP

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