Oak Ridges—Markham

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Oak Ridges—Markham
Ontario electoral district


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

Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP       Lui Temelkovski
Liberal
District created 2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2006
District webpage profile, map
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP       Helena Jaczek
Liberal
District created 2006
First contested 2007
Demographics
Population (2006) 169,642
Electors (2007) 123,138
Area (km²) 718
Pop. density (per km²) 236.3
Census divisions York
Census subdivisions Markham, Richmond Hill, Whitchurch-Stouffville, King
Map of Oak Ridges-Markham
Map of Oak Ridges-Markham

Oak Ridges—Markham is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It elected its first representative in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2007 provincial election. Its population in 2006 was 169,642.

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, and the northern and eastern portions of the Town 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.

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[edit] Federal electoral district

[edit] Members of Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
Oak Ridges, Markham, Vaughan—King—Aurora, York North prior to 2003
38th 2004-2006     Lui Temelkovski Liberal
39th 2006-

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Lui Temelkovski 35,048
     Conservative Bob Callow 28,695
     New Democrat Pamela Courtot 7,369
     Green Steve Armes 3,431


Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Lui Temelkovski 31,964
     Conservative Bob Callow 20,712
     New Democrat Pamela Courtot 5,430
     Green Bernadette Manning 2,406
Progressive Canadian Jim Conrad 820
     Christian Heritage Maurice Whittle 458

[edit] Provincial electoral district

[edit] Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Helena Jaczek 28,382 47.9 N/A
     Progressive Conservative Phil Bannon 21,369 36.1 N/A
     New Democrat Janice Hagan 4,801 8.1 N/A
     Green Attila Nagy 3,877 6.5 N/A
     Family Coalition Patrick Redmond 476 0.8 N/A
     Independent Doug Ransom 341 0.6 N/A
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 35444 61.7%
Mixed member proportional 21975 38.3%
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