Oak Ridges—Markham (provincial electoral district)

Coordinates:43°55′45″N 79°31′37″W / 43.92917°N 79.52694°W
Location of the federal district constituency office in King City (as of 26 August 2010)

LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario

District created2005

District abolished2018

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 / 43.92917°N 79.52694°W / 43.92917; -79.52694 Location of the federal district constituency office in King City (as of 26 August 2010^[update])
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	2005
District abolished	2018
First contested	2007
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	228,997
Electors (2011)	151,584
Area (km²)	718
Census division	York
Census subdivision(s)	Markham, Richmond Hill, Whitchurch–Stouffville, King

Oak Ridges—Markham was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario between the 2007 provincial election and the 2018 provincial election. Its population in 2006 was 169,645,^[1] with 136,755 electors, the highest of any riding in Ontario. It was the fastest growing riding in the province, having experienced a 52.5% increase in population from 2001 to 2006.

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 district and 4.5% from York North riding.

In 2018, the district was dissolved into Markham—Stouffville, King—Vaughan, Markham—Unionville and Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill.

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.^[1] For 72,440 residents, neither English nor French, the official languages of Canada, is their mother tongue,^[1] though most have knowledge of English (148,975), French (160), or both (12,885).^[1] Most immigrants become citizens, as 11,155 immigrants were not Canadian citizens as of the Canada 2006 Census.^[1]

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.^[1] It is also home to 70,070 residents who identify themselves as visible minorities, more than half of which are Chinese Canadians^[1] and about 20% are Black Canadians.^[1]

At the 2006 census, the participation rate of residents in the work force was 71.3%, and the electoral district unemployment rate was 5%,^[1] below the national average of 6.3%.^[2]

The district was the second-largest electoral district in Ontario by population, next to Brampton West which had 170,422 residents at the 2006 census.^[3]

Geography

The riding consists of part of the Regional Municipality of York including:

the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville;
the part of the Township of King to the south of Highway No. 9;
the part of the Town of Richmond Hill to the north and east of Gamble Road, Yonge Street, and Elgin Mills Road East; and
the part of the City of Markham to the north and east of 16th Avenue, McCowan Road, Highway No. 7, and 9th Line.

Communities represented

Members of Provincial Parliament

Oak Ridges—Markham
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Markham, Vaughan—King—Aurora and York North
39th	2007–2011		Helena Jaczek	Liberal
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018
Riding dissolved into Markham—Stouffville, King—Vaughan, Markham—Unionville and Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill

Election results

v t e 2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Helena Jaczek	36,782	45.55	+0.74	$92,420.12
	Progressive Conservative	Farid Wassef	30,259	37.47	+0.23	$173,298.00
	New Democratic	Miles Krauter	9,355	11.58	−1.55	$4,568.86
	Green	Emilia Melara	2,791	3.46	+0.98	$0.00
	Libertarian	Karl Boelling	1,358	1.68	+0.07	$0.00
	Trillium	Gennady Vilensky	213	0.26	N/A	$0.00
Total valid votes			80,755	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			1,156	1.43
Turnout			81,911	46.21
Eligible voters			177,255
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.26
Source(s) "Election Night Results – General Election Results by District – 059, Oak Ridges—Markham – Unofficial". Elections Ontario. Retrieved June 14, 2014.

v t e 2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Helena Jaczek	28,878	44.78	−3.43	$83,066.00
	Progressive Conservative	Farid Wassef	23,950	37.14	+1.07	$146,606.59
	New Democratic	Joe Whitfeld	8,548	13.26	+5.33	$11,142.60
	Green	Trifon Haitas	1,569	2.43	−4.01	$350.00
	Libertarian	Karl Boelling	1,057	1.64		$213.07
	Independent	Ruida Lu	484	0.75		$2,766.14
Total valid votes / expense limit			64,486	100.00	+8.85	$180,834,78
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			395	0.61	−0.13
Turnout			64,881	42.70	−5.07
Eligible voters			151,959		+21.63
	Liberal hold		Swing		−2.25
Source(s) "Summary of valid votes cast for each candidate – October 6, 2011 General Election" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2014-05-23. "Statistical Summary" ( XLS Spreadsheet). Elections Ontario. 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2014-05-23. "2011 Candidate Campaign Returns - CR-1". Elections Ontario.

v t e 2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Helena Jaczek	28,564	48.22
	Progressive Conservative	Phil Bannon	21,367	36.07
	New Democratic	Janice Hagan	4,698	7.93
	Green	Attila Nagy	3,815	6.44
	Family Coalition	Patrick Redmond	455	0.77
	Independent	Doug Ransom	342	0.58
Total valid votes			59,241	100.0
Total rejected ballots			444	0.74
Turnout			59,685	47.77
Eligible voters			124,939
Sources:"Summary of valid votes cast for each candidate – October 10, 2007 General Election" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2014-05-23. "Statistical Summary" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2008-05-08. Retrieved 2014-05-23.

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	35,444	61.7
	Mixed member proportional	21,975	38.3
	Total valid votes	57,419	100.0

v t e Provincial ridings in Ontario
Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Kiiwetinoong Mushkegowuk—James Bay Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins
Eastern	Bay of Quinte Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Hastings—Lennox and Addington Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Central	Barrie—Innisfil Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Northumberland—Peterborough South Peterborough—Kawartha Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe
Midwestern	Brantford—Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener South—Hespeler Oxford Perth—Wellington Waterloo Wellington—Halton Hills
Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Leamington Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West
Peel	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville
Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara	Burlington Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Milton Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West Oakville North—Burlington Oakville St. Catharines
Ottawa	Carleton Kanata—Carleton Nepean Orléans Ottawa Centre Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean
Durham and York	Ajax Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill Durham King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Newmarket—Aurora Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge Whitby
Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston
See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

Oak Ridges—Markham (provincial electoral district)

Geography

Communities represented

Members of Provincial Parliament

Election results

2007 electoral reform referendum

References

Sources

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