Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill (federal electoral district)
Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It has been represented by Costas Menegakis, a Conservative, since 2025.
Coordinates:43.940326°N 79.453999°W
Location of the federal constituency office (as of 7 May 2016[update])
Location of the federal constituency office (as of 7 May 2016[update])
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created2013
 Ontario electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Coordinates: | 43.940326°N 79.453999°W Location of the federal constituency office (as of 7 May 2016[update]) | ||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 118,883 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 78,848 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 94.63 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1,256.3 | ||
| Census division | York Region | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Richmond Hill (part), Aurora (part) | ||
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It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Newmarket—Aurora, Oak Ridges—Markham, and Richmond Hill.[2]
Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the dropping of the writs for the 2015 federal election.[3]
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census[4]
Languages: 41.0% English, 12.6% Mandarin, 8.9% Cantonese, 7.7% Persian, 4.0% Russian, 2.4% Italian, 1.9% Korean, 1.3% Arabic, 1.1% Spanish
Religions: 42.3% Christian (20.9% Catholic, 5.7% Christian Orthodox, 1.9% Anglican, 1.6% United Church, 1.1% Presbyterian, 11.1% Other), 11.7% Muslim, 3.7% Jewish, 2.3% Hindu, 1.9% Buddhist, 37.0% None
Median income: $39,600 (2020)
Average income: $63,900 (2020)
| Panethnic group | 2021[5] | 2016[6] | 2011[7] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
| European[a] | 47,605 | 40.48% | 54,785 | 47.93% | 59,560 | 56.87% | ||||||||
| East Asian[b] | 36,690 | 31.2% | 30,715 | 26.87% | 20,580 | 19.65% | ||||||||
| Middle Eastern[c] | 14,950 | 12.71% | 11,435 | 10% | 8,460 | 8.08% | ||||||||
| South Asian | 8,840 | 7.52% | 9,065 | 7.93% | 8,430 | 8.05% | ||||||||
| Southeast Asian[d] | 2,395 | 2.04% | 2,525 | 2.21% | 2,520 | 2.41% | ||||||||
| African | 2,355 | 2% | 2,330 | 2.04% | 2,015 | 1.92% | ||||||||
| Latin American | 1,280 | 1.09% | 905 | 0.79% | 1,190 | 1.14% | ||||||||
| Indigenous | 345 | 0.29% | 445 | 0.39% | 205 | 0.2% | ||||||||
| Other/multiracial[e] | 3,130 | 2.66% | 2,115 | 1.85% | 1,760 | 1.68% | ||||||||
| Total responses | 117,595 | 98.92% | 114,305 | 99.2% | 104,730 | 98.74% | ||||||||
| Total population | 118,883 | 100% | 115,227 | 100% | 106,064 | 100% | ||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Newmarket—Aurora, Oak Ridges—Markham, and Richmond Hill |
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| 42nd | 2015–2018 | Leona Alleslev | Liberal | |
| 2018–2019 | Conservative | |||
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | Leah Taylor Roy | Liberal | |
| 45th | 2025–present | Costas Menegakis | Conservative | |
Election results
Graph of general election results in Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Costas Menegakis | 34,023 | 54.73 | +12.61 | ||||
| Liberal | Leah Taylor Roy | 26,590 | 42.77 | −1.99 | ||||
| New Democratic | Danielle Maniuk | 835 | 1.34 | −6.69 | ||||
| Green | Tom Muench | 465 | 0.75 | +0.57 | ||||
| People's | Igor Tvorogov | 256 | 0.41 | −3.46 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 62,169 | 99.34 | +0.44 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 410 | 0.66 | -0.44 | |||||
| Turnout | 62,579 | 70.08 | +15.70 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 89,302 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.30 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Leah Taylor Roy | 20,764 | 45.24 | +2.86 | $102,230.88 | |||
| Conservative | Leona Alleslev | 19,304 | 42.06 | -2.32 | $96,732.68 | |||
| New Democratic | Janice Hagan | 3,594 | 7.83 | +0.63 | $25.50 | |||
| People's | Anthony Siskos | 1,734 | 3.78 | +2.78 | $1,630.40 | |||
| Libertarian | Serge Korovitsyn | 500 | 1.09 | +0.09 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,896 | 98.90 | – | $113,842.33 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 509 | 1.10 | ||||||
| Turnout | 46,405 | 55.01 | -9.39 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 84,361 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.59 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[11] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 21,005 | 44.76 | |
| Conservative | 19,766 | 42.12 | |
| New Democratic | 3,770 | 8.03 | |
| People's | 1,818 | 3.87 | |
| Green | 86 | 0.18 | |
| Others | 478 | 1.02 | |
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Leona Alleslev | 23,568 | 44.38 | -0.81 | $100,442.03 | |||
| Liberal | Leah Taylor Roy | 22,508 | 42.38 | -4.96 | $100,105.74 | |||
| New Democratic | Aaron Brown | 3,820 | 7.20 | +1.49 | $282.50 | |||
| Green | Timothy Flemming | 2,154 | 4.0 | +2.72 | $2,471.02 | |||
| People's | Priya Patil | 530 | 1.0 | $500.00 | ||||
| Libertarian | Serge Korovitsyn | 529 | 1.0 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,109 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 454 | |||||||
| Turnout | 53563 | 64.4% | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 83156 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.08 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[12] CBC News[13] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Leona Alleslev | 24,132 | 47.34 | +19.47 | $76,512.44 | |||
| Conservative | Costas Menegakis | 23,039 | 45.19 | −6.31 | $150,877.75 | |||
| New Democratic | Brenda Power | 2,912 | 5.71 | −10.24 | $1,887.13 | |||
| Green | Randi Ramdeen | 654 | 1.28 | −2.19 | – | |||
| Animal Alliance | Kyle Bowles | 243 | 0.48 | – | $5,898.62 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,980 | 100.00 | $212,912.36 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 204 | 0.40 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 51,184 | 64.91 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 78,848 | |||||||
| Liberal notional gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.89 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[14][15][16] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[17] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 20,221 | 51.51 | |
| Liberal | 10,941 | 27.87 | |
| New Democratic | 6,263 | 15.95 | |
| Green | 1,363 | 3.47 | |
| Others | 471 | 1.20 | |
See also
Notes
- Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.