Oak Ridges—Markham
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| Federal electoral district | ||
| Legislature | House of Commons | |
| MP | Lui Temelkovski Liberal |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
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 | |
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||
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| Side | Votes | % | |
| First Past the Post | 35444 | 61.7% | |
| Mixed member proportional | 21975 | 38.3% | |
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