Markham—Unionville

For the provincial electoral district, see Markham—Unionville (provincial electoral district).

Markham—Unionville

Ontario electoral district

Markham—Unionville in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

John McCallum
Liberal

District created

2003

First contested

2004

Last contested

2011

District webpage

profile, map

Demographics

Population (2011)^[2]

136,857

Electors (2011)

88,931

Area (km²)^[1]

60.22

Pop. density (per km²)

2,272.6

Census divisions

York

Census subdivisions

Markham

Map of Markham-Unionville

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

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also
6 References
- 6.1 Notes

Boundaries [edit]

The district consisting of part of the Regional Municipality of York, and in particular, the city of Markham as follows: commencing at the intersection of the southerly limit of the city with Ontario Highway 404; thence northerly along said highway to 16th Avenue; thence easterly along said avenue to McCowan Road; thence southerly along said road to Highway No. 7; thence easterly along said highway to 9th Line; thence southerly along said line to the southerly limit of said town; thence westerly along said limit to the point of commencement.

History [edit]

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.

Members of Parliament [edit]

The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Markham prior to 2003
38th	2004–2006	John McCallum	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results [edit]

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	John McCallum	19,429	38.9	-16.0
	Conservative	Bob Saroya	17,734	35.5	+5.3
	New Democratic	Nadine Hawkins	10,897	21.8	+11.6
	Green	Adam Poon	1,597	3.2	-1.0
	Libertarian	Allen Small	231	0.5	–
Total valid votes			49,888	100.0
Total rejected ballots			290	0.6	–
Turnout			50,178	55.1	+2.8
Eligible voters			91,057	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	John McCallum	25,195	54.9	-6.7	$58,875
	Conservative	Duncan Fletcher	13,855	30.2	+3.2	$58,523
	New Democratic	Nadine Hawkins	4,682	10.2	+2.2	$4,250
	Green	Leonard Aitken	1,931	4.2	+2.0	$2,524
	Libertarian	Allen Small	229	0.5	N/A	$348
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,892	100.0	$90,945
Turnout			–	52.31

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	John McCallum	32,797	61.6	-4.7
	Conservative	Joe Li	14,357	27.0	+4.5
	New Democratic	Janice Hagan	4,266	8.0	-0.7
	Green	Wesley Weese	1,151	2.2	-0.3
	Progressive Canadian	Fayaz Choudhary	363	0.7
	Independent	Partap Dua	297	0.6
Total valid votes			53,231	100.0

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John McCallum	30,442	66.3
	Conservative	Joe Li	10,325	22.5
	New Democratic	Janice Hagan	3,993	8.7
	Green	Ed Wong	1,148	2.5
Total valid votes			45,908	100.0

References [edit]

"(Code 35045) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
2011 Results from Elections Canada
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

v t e Federal ridings in Southern Durham and York

Conservative	Ajax—Pickering Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa

Liberal	Markham—Unionville

v t e Federal ridings in Ontario

Central Ontario	Barrie Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Newmarket—Aurora Northumberland—Quinte West Peterborough Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe

Eastern Ontario	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Prince Edward—Hastings Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Toronto (S Durham & York, Suburbs, Downtown, Brampton & Mississauga)	Ajax—Pickering Beaches—East York Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brampton West Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Markham—Unionville Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Mississauga—Streetsville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Parkdale—High Park Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill St. Paul's Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest Thornhill Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Burlington Halton Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Niagara Falls Niagara West—Glanbrook Oakville St. Catharines Welland

Midwestern Ontario	Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Waterloo Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

Northern Ontario	Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing Kenora Nickel Belt Nipissing—Timiskaming Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Rainy River Thunder Bay—Superior North Timmins—James Bay

Southwestern Ontario	Chatham-Kent—Essex Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean

See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario

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