Markham (federal electoral district)

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Markham
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Markham (1997-2004 riding map).jpg
Map of the riding
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1988
District abolished2003
First contested 1988
Last contested 2000
Demographics
Population (2001) [1] 142,408
Electors (2002) [1] 85,207
Area (km²) [1] 96
Census subdivision(s) Markham

Markham was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada created in 1988. Also known as Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville, it was a federal electoral district that elected representatives to the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2000. Notably in 1997 this was the only district in Ontario that did not elect a Liberal MP or an Independent (York South-Weston).

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Markham riding was created from parts of York North and York—Peel ridings. It initially consisted of the towns of Markham and Whitchurch-Stouffville in the Regional Municipality of York. The name of the electoral district was changed in 1989 to "Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville". The electoral district was redistributed 1996 into Markham, Oak Ridges and Thornhill ridings. The new Markham riding consisted of the part of the Town of Markham east of Highway No. 404 and south of 16th Avenue.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Markham—Unionville and Oak Ridges—Markham ridings.

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Markham
Riding created from York North and York—Peel
34th  1988–1993   Bill Attewell Progressive Conservative
Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville
35th  1993–1994   Jag Bhaduria Liberal
 1994–1997   Independent
Markham
36th  1997–2000   Jim Jones Progressive Conservative
 2000–2000   Alliance
37th  2000–2004   John McCallum Liberal
Riding dissolved into Markham—Unionville, Oak Ridges—Markham

Election results

Markham

1988 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Bill Attewell 36,67353.10
Liberal Jag Bhaduria 21,97331.81
New Democratic Susan Krone6,2098.99
No affiliation John Gamble 3,6435.27
Libertarian Ian Hutchison5680.82
Total valid votes69,066
Sources: Canadian Elections Database [2] , Library of Parliament [3]

Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville

1993 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jag Bhaduria 35,90946.50+14.69
Progressive Conservative Bill Attewell 19,69525.51-27.59
Reform Joe Sherren17,93723.23
New Democratic Jack Grant1,6922.19-6.80
National Sheldon Bergson 9731.26
Natural Law Stephen Porter4690.61
Independent Paul Wang4580.59
Abolitionist Dean Papadopoulos850.11
Total valid votes77,21899.30
Total rejected ballots5450.70
Turnout77,76370.25
Eligible voters110,696
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +21.14
Sources: Canadian Elections Database [4] , Library of Parliament [3]

Markham

1997 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jim Jones 20,44944.70+19.19
Liberal Gobinder Randhawa16,81036.74-9.76
Reform John Paloc4,94710.81-12.42
Independent Jag Bhaduria 1,5843.46
New Democratic Bhanu Gaunt1,4823.24+1.05
Natural Law Stephen Porter2580.56-0.05
Canadian Action Jeff Baulch2180.48
Total valid votes45,74899.16
Total rejected ballots3870.84
Turnout46,13567.48
Eligible voters68,366
Progressive Conservative gain from Independent Swing +14.48
Sources: Canadian Elections Database [5] , Library of Parliament [3]
2000 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John McCallum 32,10466.6+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 Choudhry2220.5
Canadian Action Jim Conrad1300.3-0.2
Total valid votes 48,178100.0
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +32.0

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Profile of the Markham Electoral District". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Archived from the original on August 29, 2002. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. "1988 Federal Election: Markham--Unionville". Canadian Elections Database. University of Calgary. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "History of the Federal Electoral Ridings, 1867-2010". Government of Canada. Library of Parliament. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  4. "1993 Federal Election: Markham--Unionville". Canadian Elections Database. University of Calgary. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  5. "1997 Federal Election: Markham--Unionville". Canadian Elections Database. University of Calgary. Retrieved September 30, 2021.