Oak Ridges—Markham

Oak Ridges—Markham
Ontario electoral district
	Oak Ridges—Markham is in south-central Ontario, just north of Toronto
Coordinates:	43°55′45″N 79°31′37″W; Location of the federal district constituency office in King City (as of 26 August 2010)
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2013
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	228,997
Electors (2011)	151,584
Area (km²)[1]	679.90
Census divisions	York
Census subdivisions	Markham, Richmond Hill, Whitchurch–Stouffville, King

Oak Ridges—Markham was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. Its population in 2006 was 169,645.,[2] with 136,755 electors, the highest of any riding in Canada. By 2011, the riding's population had risen to 228,997, the largest population of all ridings in Canada.[3]

Map of Oak Ridges-Markham

The district covered part of the suburbs north of Toronto. It included the town of Whitchurch–Stouffville, most of the township of King (excepting extreme northeast) the northern portions of the town of Richmond Hill (including all of Oak Ridges), and the northern and eastern portions of the city 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.

Following the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, the district was split between King—Vaughan, Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill, Markham—Unionville, and Markham—Stouffville.

Demographics

Communities in Oak Ridges—Markham are the destination for many immigrants to Canada, composing about 41.6% of the population, or about 70,000 of its residents.[2] For 72,440 residents, neither English nor French, the official languages of Canada, is their mother tongue,[2] though most have knowledge of English (148,975), French (160), or both (12,885).[2] Most immigrants become citizens, as 11,155 immigrants were not Canadian citizens as of the Canada 2006 Census.[2]

The primarily urban district has a low proportion of Aboriginal residents compared to other parts of Canada, with just 625 people identifying themselves of such descent.[2] It is also home to 70,070 residents who identify themselves as visible minorities, more than half of which are Chinese Canadians[2] and about 20% are Black Canadians.[2]

At the 2006 census, the participation rate of residents in the work force was 71.3%, and the electoral district unemployment rate was 5%,[2] below the national average of 6.3%.[4]

The district is the second-largest electoral district in Canada by population, next to Brampton West which had 170,422 residents at the 2006 census.[5] It was the 64th largest in 2001, with a population of 111,276,[6] but had the greatest population growth from 2001 to 2006, about 52.5%.[7]

Boundaries

According to Elections Canada, Oak Ridges—Markham consisted of that part of the Regional Municipality of York composed of:

(a) the Town of Whitchurch–Stouffville;

(b) the part of the Township of King south of Highway No. 9;

(c) the part of the Town of Richmond Hill lying north and east of a line drawn from the western town limit east along Gamble Road, south along Yonge Street and east along Elgin Mills Road East to the eastern town limit; and

(d) the part of the City of Markham lying north and east of a line drawn from the western town limit east along 16th Avenue, south along McCowan Road, east along Highway No. 7, and south along 9th Line to the southern town limit.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years		Party
Oak Ridges—Markham Riding created from Oak Ridges, Markham, Vaughan—King—Aurora and York North
38th	2004–2006	Lui Temelkovski	Liberal
39th	2006–2008	Lui Temelkovski	Liberal
40th	2008–2011	Paul Calandra	Conservative
41st	2011–2015	Paul Calandra	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Markham—Stouffville, King—Vaughan, Markham—Unionville and Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill

Election results

Graph of general election results in Oak Ridges—Markham (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Paul Calandra	46,241	51.12	+8.88	$133,192
	Liberal	Lui Temelkovski	25,561	28.26	-13.26	$108,951
	New Democratic	Janice Hagan	15,229	16.84	+7.45	$4,650
	Green	Trifon Haitas	2,349	2.60	-4.23	$0.00
	Progressive Canadian	John Sicilano	1,080	1.19	–	$564
Total valid votes/Expense limit			90,460	100.00	–	$134,351
Total rejected ballots			430	0.47	–
Turnout			90,890	59.96	+4.30
Eligible voters			151,584	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		+11.07%

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Paul Calandra	32,028	42.24	+3.77	$112,693
	Liberal	Lui Temelkovski	31,483	41.52	-5.53	$68,266
	New Democratic	Andy Arifin	7,126	9.39	-0.49	$2,020
	Green	Richard Taylor	5,184	6.83	+2.24	$8,063
Total valid votes/Expense limit			75,821	100.00	$120,647
Turnout			76,111	55.66	-11.23
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+4.65

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lui Temelkovski	35,048	47.05	-4.68	$55,610
	Conservative	Bob Callow	28,695	38.47	+4.96	$92,644
	New Democratic	Pamela Courtot	7,369	9.88	+1.10	$8,822
	Green	Steve Armes	3,431	4.59	+0.70	$1,852
Total valid votes/Expense limit			74,543	100.00	$98,012
Turnout			74,834	66.89	+3.51
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.82

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lui Temelkovski	31,964	51.73	-1.34
	Conservative	Bob Callow	20,712	33.51	-9.10
	New Democratic	Pamela Courtot	5,430	8.78	+5.94
	Green	Bernadette Manning	2,406	3.89
	Progressive Canadian	Jim Conrad	820	1.32
	Christian Heritage	Maurice Whittle	458	0.74
Total valid votes			61,790	100.00
Turnout			62,145	63.38
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.88

2004 change is based on redistributed results. Conservative change is compared to a combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative votes.

Redistribution

Because Oak-Ridges Markham had a population 115.60% over the Ontario quota (Canada's most populous riding) it was substantially affected by the 2012 electoral district redistribution.[8] The district was renamed King—Vaughan, which consists of the Township of King south of Highway 9, along with the part of the City of Vaughan north of Major Mackenzie Drive, west of Highway 400, and north of Rutherford Road east of Hwy 400.[9]

The part that is the town of Whitchurch–Stouffville and in the City of Markham east of Ontario Highway 48 / Main Street Markham/ York Regional Road 68 was incorporated into the new Markham—Stouffville riding.[10] The part in the town of Richmond Hill is part of the new Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill riding.[11] Finally, the part in the city of Markham west of the above-mentioned roads is part of the new Markham—Unionville riding,[12] which is different from the previous riding of the same name.

gollark: ++admin override protocol-33-sigma

gollark: ++delete *communism

gollark: ++delete anarcho*

gollark: I'm libcenter, and also no.

gollark: I don't think most phone keyboards have features for that. There are, after all, over a hundred thousand unicode characters by now.

References

"(Code 35059) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Oak Ridges—Markham constituency profile at the Parliament of Canada
2011 results from Elections Canada
Electoral district profile Oak Ridges--Markham (Ontario)
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

Statistics Canada: 2012
"Federal Electoral District Profile of Oak Ridges — Markham, Ontario (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
Census Canada, Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and federal electoral districts, 2006; National Post, Canada Census 2011: Harper could reap the benefits as census suggests new ridings, February 8, 2012.
"Work — Unemployment Rate". Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
"Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and federal electoral districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (sorted by 2006 population)". Federal electoral districts (FEDs) – 2003 Representation Order. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
"Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and federal electoral districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (sorted by 2001 population)". Federal electoral districts (FEDs) – 2003 Representation Order. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
"Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and federal electoral districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (sorted by population growth)". Federal electoral districts (FEDs) – 2003 Representation Order. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
Proposed Boundaries – Ontario
Oak Ridges – Proposed Boundaries
Markham—Stouffville – Proposed Boundaries
Aurora—Richmond Hill – Proposed Boundaries
Markham—Unionville – Proposed Boundaries

External links

Oak Ridges—Markham at Parliament of Canada

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[ReferenceA-1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[2006pop-2] "Federal Electoral District Profile of Oak Ridges — Markham, Ontario (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-04.

[3] Census Canada, Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and federal electoral districts, 2006; National Post, Canada Census 2011: Harper could reap the benefits as census suggests new ridings, February 8, 2012.

[canadaUR-4] "Work — Unemployment Rate". Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-04.

[EDsize-5] "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and federal electoral districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (sorted by 2006 population)". Federal electoral districts (FEDs) – 2003 Representation Order. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-04.

[EDsize2-6] "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and federal electoral districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (sorted by 2001 population)". Federal electoral districts (FEDs) – 2003 Representation Order. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-04.

[EDsize3-7] "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and federal electoral districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (sorted by population growth)". Federal electoral districts (FEDs) – 2003 Representation Order. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-04.

[8] Proposed Boundaries – Ontario

[9] Oak Ridges – Proposed Boundaries

[10] Markham—Stouffville – Proposed Boundaries

[11] Aurora—Richmond Hill – Proposed Boundaries

[12] Markham—Unionville – Proposed Boundaries

Federal ridings in Southern Durham and York
Liberal	Ajax King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Vaughan—Woodbridge Whitby
Conservative	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill Markham—Unionville Oshawa Thornhill

Historical federal ridings in Ontario
Until 2015	Ajax—Pickering Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Barrie Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brant Carleton—Mississippi Mills Chatham-Kent—Essex Halton Kitchener—Waterloo Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Nepean—Carleton Niagara West—Glanbrook Northumberland—Quinte West Oak Ridges—Markham Ottawa—Orléans Peterborough Pickering—Scarborough East Prince Edward—Hastings St. Paul's Scarborough—Rouge River Trinity—Spadina Vaughan Welland Whitby—Oshawa York West
Until 2006	Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound Middlesex—Kent—Lambton
Until 2004	Algoma—Manitoulin Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale Brampton Centre Brampton West—Mississauga Bruce—Grey Carleton—Lanark Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey Durham Erie—Lincoln Guelph—Wellington Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Haliburton—Victoria—Brock Hamilton East Hamilton West Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Kenora—Rainy River Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Markham Mississauga Centre Mississauga East Mississauga West Niagara Centre Nipissing Northumberland Oak Ridges Perth—Middlesex Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge Scarborough East Stoney Creek Stormont—Dundas—Charlotenburgh Thunder Bay—Atikokan Timiskaming—Cochrane Toronto Centre—Rosedale Vaughan—King—Aurora Waterloo—Wellington Whitby—Ajax Windsor—St. Clair York North
Until 2000	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Broadview—Greenwood Carleton—Gloucester Kent—Essex London—Adelaide Stormont—Dundas Victoria—Haliburton Wentworth—Burlington
Until 1997	Algoma Beaches—Woodbine Brampton Cochrane—Superior Don Valley North Elgin—Norfolk Erie Essex—Kent Essex—Windsor Haldimand—Norfolk Halton—Peel Hamilton—Wentworth Kent Kitchener Lambton—Middlesex Lincoln London East London—Middlesex Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville Nepean Oakville—Milton Ontario Ottawa West Perth—Wellington—Waterloo Rosedale Scarborough West Simcoe Centre Thunder Bay—Nipigon Timiskaming—French River Timmins—Chapleau Waterloo Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe York—Simcoe
Until 1993	Brampton—Malton Elgin Markham Renfrew Timiskaming Windsor—Lake St. Clair
Until 1988	Beaches Brampton—Georgetown Durham—Northumberland Grey—Simcoe Guelph Halton Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton Mississauga North Nepean—Carleton Ottawa—Carleton Perth Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Simcoe South Spadina Trinity Welland Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe Windsor—Walkerville York East York—Peel York—Scarborough
Until 1984	Cochrane Hastings—Frontenac Sarnia
Until 1979	Broadview Bruce Don Valley Eglinton Etobicoke Fort William Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Greenwood Grenville—Carleton Halton—Wentworth Hastings High Park—Humber Valley Huron—Middlesex Kent—Essex Lambton—Kent Leeds Middlesex—London—Lambton Mississauga Norfolk—Haldimand Northumberland—Durham Oshawa—Whitby Parkdale Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe Perth—Wilmot Port Arthur Renfrew North—Nipissing East Sarnia—Lambton Thunder Bay Timmins Toronto—Lakeshore Waterloo—Cambridge Wellington Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo York—Simcoe York South
Until 1974	Huron Middlesex Ottawa East Peel South Waterloo
Until 1972	Essex Glengarry—Prescott High Park Lakeshore Lanark and Renfrew Perth Renfrew North Sarnia Wellington—Grey
Until 1968	Algoma East Algoma West Brant—Haldimand Brantford Carleton Danforth Dufferin—Simcoe Durham Essex East Essex South Essex West Grenville—Dundas Grey—Bruce Grey North Hamilton South Hastings—Frontenac Hastings South Kent Kingston Lambton West Lanark London Middlesex East Middlesex West Norfolk Northumberland Peel Prince Edward—Lennox Renfrew South Russell Simcoe East Stormont Victoria Waterloo North Waterloo South Wellington—Huron Wellington South Wentworth York—Humber
Until 1953	Brant—Wentworth Frontenac—Addington Glengarry Haldimand Hastings—Peterborough Huron North Huron—Perth Kingston City Peterborough West Prescott Wellington North
Until 1949	Brant Brantford City Muskoka—Ontario Parry Sound
Until 1935	Bruce North Bruce South Elgin West Grey Southeast Huron South Lambton East Norfolk—Elgin City of Ottawa Oxford North Oxford South Perth North Perth South Port Arthur—Thunder Bay Timiskaming North Timiskaming South Toronto East Toronto East Centre Toronto—High Park Toronto Northeast Toronto Northwest Toronto—Scarborough Toronto South Toronto West Centre
Until 1925	Brantford Dufferin Dundas Elgin East Essex North Fort William and Rainy River Frontenac Glengarry and Stormont Grenville Hastings East Hastings West Kingston Lennox and Addington Muskoka Norfolk North Oxford Ontario North Ontario South Peterborough East Port Arthur and Kenora Prince Edward Simcoe South South Oxford Timiskaming Toronto Centre Toronto North Toronto West York East
Until 1917	Brockville Glengarry Grey East Grey South Huron East Huron West Kent East Kent West Lanark North Lanark South Middlesex North Northumberland East Northumberland West Stormont Thunder Bay and Rainy River York Centre
Until 1904	Addington Algoma Bothwell Brant South Bruce East Bruce West Cardwell Centre Toronto Cornwall and Stormont Durham East Durham West East York Grenville South Haldimand and Monck Hamilton Hastings North Kent Leeds North and Grenville North Leeds South Lennox Lincoln and Niagara Middlesex South Muskoka and Parry Sound Norfolk North Norfolk South Ontario West Victoria North Victoria South Wellington Centre Wentworth North and Brant Wentworth South West Toronto York West
Until 1896	Brant North Haldimand Monck Wentworth North
Until 1882	Bruce South Cornwall Essex Huron Centre Huron North Lambton Lincoln Muskoka Niagara Stormont