John McCallum

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The Honourable
John McCallum
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Canadian Ambassador to China
In office
18 March 2017 –26 January 2019		Expenditures
Liberal John McCallum23,87855.72+18.61$78,406.90
Conservative Jobson Easow13,84932.31−4.08$128,323.59
New Democratic Senthi Chelliah4,59510.72−12.67$48,598.52
Green Joshua Russell5351.25−1.37–
Total valid votes/Expense limit42,857100.00 $203,953.81
Total rejected ballots2400.56–
Turnout43,09761.14–
Eligible voters70,484
Liberal notional hold Swing +11.34
Source: Elections Canada [34] [35]
2011 Canadian federal election : Markham—Unionville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal John McCallum19,42938.9−16.0
Conservative Bob Saroya17,73435.5+5.3
New Democratic Nadine Hawkins10,89721.8+11.6
Green Adam Poon1,5973.2−1.0
Libertarian Allen Small2310.5–
Total valid votes49,888100.0
Total rejected ballots 290 0.6–
Turnout50,178 55.1 +2.8
Eligible voters 91,057 ––
Liberal hold Swing −10.65
2008 Canadian federal election : Markham—Unionville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal John McCallum25,19554.9−6.7$58,875
Conservative Duncan Fletcher13,85530.2+3.2$58,523
New Democratic Nadine Hawkins4,68210.2+2.2$4,250
Green Leonard Aitken1,9314.2+2.0$2,524
Libertarian Allen Small2290.5N/A$348
Total valid votes/Expense limit 45,892 100.0$90,945
Turnout– 52.31
Liberal hold Swing −4.95
2006 Canadian federal election : Markham—Unionville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John McCallum32,79761.6−4.7
Conservative Joe Li14,35727.0+4.5
New Democratic Janice Hagan4,2668.0−0.7
Green Wesley Weese1,1512.2−0.3
Progressive Canadian Fayaz Choudhary3630.7
Independent Partap Dua2970.6
Total valid votes53,231100.0
Liberal hold Swing −4.6
2004 Canadian federal election : Markham—Unionville
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal John McCallum30,44266.3
Conservative Joe Li10,32522.5
New Democratic Janice Hagan3,9938.7
Green Ed Wong1,1482.5
Total valid votes 45,908100.0
2000 Canadian federal election : Markham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John McCallum32,10466.6+29.9
Alliance Jim Jones 9,01518.7+7.9
Progressive Conservative David Scrymgeour 5,08510.6−34.1
New Democratic Janice Hagan1,1292.3−0.9
Green Bernadette Manning4931.0–
Independent Akber Choudhry 2220.5–
Canadian Action Jim Conrad1300.3−0.2
Total valid votes 48,178100.0
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +32.0

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