Richmond Hill South
Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Richmond Hill South (formerly Richmond Hill) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
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 Ontario electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2003 | ||
| First contested | 2004 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 114,180 | ||
| Electors (2021) | 83,148 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 39.83 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 2,866.7 | ||
| Census division | York | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Markham (part), Richmond Hill (part) | ||
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It was created in 2003 from parts of Oak Ridges riding.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding was renamed Richmond Hill South at the first election held after April 2024.[2] It gained all of Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill south of Elgin Mills Road (Rouge Woods area).
Geography
The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Elgin Mills, Bayview North, Bayview South, North Richvale, Hillsview, Bayview Hill, South Richvale, Langstaff and Doncrest in the City of Richmond Hill.
The electoral district consists of parts of Richmond Hill. It also contains parts of the City of Markham.[3]
Demographics
- According to the 2021 Canadian census; 2013 representation[4]
Languages: 32.8% English, 13.2% Yue, 11.6% Mandarin, 10.4% Iranian Persian, 4.1% Russian, 2.6% Italian, 2.5% Korean, 1.8% Persian, 1.2% Arabic, 1.2% Tagalog, 1.2% Spanish
Religions: 39.5% Christian (18.1% Catholic, 4.8% Christian Orthodox, 1.4% Anglican, 1.3% United Church, 1.1% Baptist, 1% Presbyterian), 37.6% No religion, 12.7% Muslim, 4.4% Jewish, 2.3% Buddhist, 2.3% Hindu
Median income (2020): $35,600
Average income (2020): $55,000
Ethnicity groups: Chinese: 32.6%, White: 32.4%, West Asian: 13.9%, South Asian: 6.8%, Korean: 3.4%, Black: 2.4%, Filipino: 2.4%, Arab: 1.3%, Latin American: 1.3%
Ethnic origins: Chinese 28.7%, Iranian 10.8%, Italian 6.4%, English 4.4%, Canadian 4.3%, Indian 4.1%, Russian 4.0%, Persian 4.0%, Irish 3.8%, Scottish 3.4%
Riding associations
Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:
| Party | Association name | CEO | HQ city | |
| Conservative | Richmond Hill South Conservative Association | Carly A. Lyons-Rising | Whitchurch-Stouffville | |
| Green | Richmond Hill South Green Party Association | Alison Y. Lam | Richmond Hill | |
| Liberal | Richmond Hill South Federal Liberal Association | Glenn A. Loney | Richmond Hill | |
| New Democratic | Richmond Hill South Federal NDP Riding Association | Adam DeVita | Richmond Hill | |
Member of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Richmond Hill Riding created from Oak Ridges |
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| 38th | 2004–2006 | Bryon Wilfert | Liberal | |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2011 | |||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Costas Menegakis | Conservative | |
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Majid Jowhari | Liberal | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| Richmond Hill South | ||||
| 45th | 2025–present | Vincent Ho | Conservative | |
Election results
View source data.
Graph of general election results in 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 | Vincent Ho | 30,615 | 52.26 | +13.50 | ||||
| Liberal | Majid Jowhari | 26,009 | 44.40 | –3.43 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ebrahim Astaraki | 1,054 | 1.80 | –6.95 | ||||
| Green | Alison Lam | 495 | 0.84 | N/A | ||||
| People's | Joshua Sideris | 244 | 0.42 | –2.53 | ||||
| Independent | Yan Wang | 124 | 0.21 | N/A | ||||
| Canadian Future | Juni Yeung | 43 | 0.07 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 58,584 | 99.10 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 531 | 0.90 | ||||||
| Turnout | 59,115 | 62.98 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 93,862 | |||||||
| Conservative notional gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.47 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[7] | |||
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| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 23,683 | 47.83 | |
| Conservative | 19,190 | 38.76 | |
| New Democratic | 4,334 | 8.75 | |
| People's | 1,462 | 2.95 | |
| Others | 847 | 1.71 | |
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Richmond Hill | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Majid Jowhari | 21,784 | 47.71 | +4.23 | $100,540.48 | |||
| Conservative | Costas Menegakis | 17,715 | 38.80 | -4.26 | $94,783.92 | |||
| New Democratic | Adam DeVita | 3,995 | 8.75 | -0.05 | $3,001.25 | |||
| People's | Igor Tvorogov | 1,363 | 2.98 | +1.98 | $1,539.41 | |||
| Independent | Charity DiPaola | 619 | 1.36 | – | $31,134.43 | |||
| Independent | Angelika Keller | 186 | 0.41 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,662 | – | – | $112,849.20 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 543 | |||||||
| Turnout | 46,205 | 55.57 | -4.33 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 83,148 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +4.25 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Richmond Hill | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Majid Jowhari | 21,804 | 43.48 | -3.42 | $83,458.04 | |||
| Conservative | Costas Menegakis | 21,592 | 43.06 | -0.26 | $108,773.79 | |||
| New Democratic | Adam DeVita | 4,425 | 8.80 | +0.76 | $4,207.04 | |||
| Green | Ichha Kohli | 1,695 | 3.40 | +1.66 | $0.00 | |||
| People's | Igor Tvorogov | 507 | 1.0 | none listed | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Otto Wevers | 126 | 0.2 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,149 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 584 | |||||||
| Turnout | 50,733 | 59.9 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 84,660 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.58 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10][11] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Richmond Hill | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Majid Jowhari | 23,032 | 46.90 | +11.28 | $92,372.40 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Parsa | 21,275 | 43.32 | -0.23 | $139,598.40 | |||
| New Democratic | Adam DeVita | 3,950 | 8.04 | -8.99 | $11,776.30 | |||
| Green | Gwendolyn Veenema | 856 | 1.74 | -2.05 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 49,113 | 100.0 | $215,221.97 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 253 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 49,366 | 61.39 | +5.43 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 80,402 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.76% | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[12][13] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[14] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 18,521 | 43.55 | |
| Liberal | 15,160 | 35.62 | |
| New Democratic | 7,245 | 17.03 | |
| Green | 1,612 | 3.79 | |
| Others | 4 | 0.01 | |
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Costas Menegakis | 22,078 | 44.14 | +8.45 | ||||
| Liberal | Bryon Wilfert | 17,671 | 35.33 | -11.66 | ||||
| New Democratic | Adam DeVita | 8,433 | 16.86 | +6.97 | ||||
| Green | Cameron Hastings | 1,832 | 3.66 | -3.75 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 50,014 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 221 | 0.44 | -0.05 | |||||
| Turnout | 50,235 | 55.96 | +3.91 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 89,765 | – | – | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.05% | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Bryon Wilfert | 21,488 | 46.99 | -6.58 | $76,540 | |||
| Conservative | Chungsen Leung | 16,318 | 35.69 | +3.81 | $86,007 | |||
| New Democratic | Wess Dowsett | 4,526 | 9.89 | -0.07 | $8,114 | |||
| Green | Dylan Marando | 3,388 | 7.41 | +2.84 | $6,267 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 45,720 | 100.00 | $90,834 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 223 | 0.49 | +0.16 | |||||
| Turnout | 45,943 | 52.05 | -9.69 | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -5.70% | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Bryon Wilfert | 27,837 | 53.57 | -4.91 | ||||
| Conservative | Joe Di Paola | 16,564 | 31.88 | +7.00 | ||||
| New Democratic | Wess Dowsett | 5,176 | 9.96 | +0.26 | ||||
| Green | Tim Rudkins | 2,379 | 4.57 | -0.06 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 51,956 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 170 | 0.33 | ||||||
| Turnout | 52,126 | 61.74 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -5.95% | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Bryon Wilfert | 27,102 | 58.48 | |||||
| Conservative | Pete Merrifield | 11,530 | 24.88 | |||||
| New Democratic | Nella Cotrupi | 4,495 | 9.70 | |||||
| Green | Tim Rudkins | 2,144 | 4.63 | |||||
| Progressive Canadian | Ellena Lam | 1,074 | 2.32 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 46,345 | 100.00 | ||||||