Richmond Hill South

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Richmond Hill South
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Richmond Hill South
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Vincent Ho
Conservative
District created2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2021
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(s) York
Census subdivision(s) Markham (part), Richmond Hill (part)
Richmond Hill riding from 2003 to 2015 Richmond Hill, riding.png
Richmond Hill riding from 2003 to 2015
Map of Richmond Hill riding from 2003 to 2015 Richmond Hill (riding map).png
Map of Richmond Hill riding from 2003 to 2015

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.

Contents

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 the part of Richmond Hill lying south of a line starting at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Elgin Mills Road West, east along Elgin Mills to Bayview, south along Bayview to the unnamed creek north of Taylor Mills Drive North, along the creek to Shirley Drive, Shirley Drive south to Major Mackenzie Drive, and east on Major Mackenzie to the eastern city limits. It also contains the part of the City of Markham east of Bayview Avenue, north of Highway 407, and west of Highway 404. [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:

PartyAssociation nameCEOHQ city
Conservative Richmond Hill South Conservative AssociationCarly A. Lyons-Rising Whitchurch-Stouffville
Green Richmond Hill South Green Party AssociationAlison Y. Lam Richmond Hill
Liberal Richmond Hill South Federal Liberal AssociationGlenn A. Loney Richmond Hill
New Democratic Richmond Hill South Federal NDP Riding AssociationAdam DeVita Richmond Hill

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Richmond Hill
Riding created from Oak Ridges
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

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
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Vincent Ho 30,62052.27+13.51
Liberal Majid Jowhari 28,99144.37–3.46
New Democratic Ebrahim Astaraki1,0531.80–6.95
Green Alison Lam4960.85N/A
People's Joshua Sideris2450.42–2.53
Independent Yan Wang1280.22N/A
Canadian Future Juni Yeung440.08N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout58,57762.85
Eligible voters93,196
Conservative notional gain from Liberal Swing +8.49
Source: Elections Canada [5] [6]
2021 federal election redistributed results [7]
PartyVote%
  Liberal 23,68347.83
  Conservative 19,19038.76
  New Democratic 4,3348.75
  People's 1,4622.95
 Others8471.71
2021 Canadian federal election : Richmond Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Majid Jowhari 21,78447.71+4.23$100,540.48
Conservative Costas Menegakis 17,71538.80-4.26$94,783.92
New Democratic Adam DeVita3,9958.75-0.05$3,001.25
People's Igor Tvorogov1,3632.98+1.98$1,539.41
Independent Charity DiPaola6191.36–$31,134.43
Independent Angelika Keller1860.41–$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit45,662––$112,849.20
Total rejected ballots543
Turnout46,20555.57-4.33
Eligible voters83,148
Liberal hold Swing +4.25
Source: Elections Canada [8] [9]
2019 Canadian federal election : Richmond Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Majid Jowhari 21,80443.48-3.42$83,458.04
Conservative Costas Menegakis 21,59243.06-0.26$108,773.79
New Democratic Adam DeVita4,4258.80+0.76$4,207.04
Green Ichha Kohli1,6953.40+1.66$0.00
People's Igor Tvorogov5071.0none listed
Rhinoceros Otto Wevers1260.2none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit50,149100.0
Total rejected ballots584
Turnout50,73359.9
Eligible voters84,660
Liberal hold Swing -1.58
Source: Elections Canada [10] [11]
2015 Canadian federal election : Richmond Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Majid Jowhari 23,03246.90+11.28$92,372.40
Conservative Michael Parsa 21,27543.32-0.23$139,598.40
New Democratic Adam DeVita3,9508.04-8.99$11,776.30
Green Gwendolyn Veenema8561.74-2.05–
Total valid votes/Expense limit49,113100.0   $215,221.97
Total rejected ballots253––
Turnout49,36661.39+5.43
Eligible voters80,402
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +5.76%
Source: Elections Canada [12] [13]
2011 federal election redistributed results [14]
PartyVote%
  Conservative 18,52143.55
  Liberal 15,16035.62
  New Democratic 7,24517.03
  Green 1,6123.79
 Others40.01
2011 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Costas Menegakis 22,07844.14+8.45
Liberal Bryon Wilfert 17,67135.33-11.66
New Democratic Adam DeVita8,43316.86+6.97
Green Cameron Hastings1,8323.66-3.75
Total valid votes/Expense limit50,014100.00
Total rejected ballots2210.44-0.05
Turnout50,23555.96+3.91
Eligible voters89,765––
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +10.05%
2008 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Bryon Wilfert 21,48846.99-6.58$76,540
Conservative Chungsen Leung 16,31835.69+3.81$86,007
New Democratic Wess Dowsett4,5269.89-0.07$8,114
Green Dylan Marando3,3887.41+2.84$6,267
Total valid votes/Expense limit45,720100.00$90,834
Total rejected ballots2230.49+0.16
Turnout45,94352.05-9.69
Liberal hold Swing -5.70%
2006 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bryon Wilfert 27,83753.57-4.91
Conservative Joe Di Paola16,56431.88+7.00
New Democratic Wess Dowsett5,1769.96+0.26
Green Tim Rudkins2,3794.57-0.06
Total valid votes51,956100.00
Total rejected ballots1700.33
Turnout52,12661.74
Liberal hold Swing -5.95%
2004 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Bryon Wilfert 27,10258.48
Conservative Pete Merrifield11,53024.88
New Democratic Nella Cotrupi4,4959.70
Green Tim Rudkins2,1444.63
Progressive Canadian Ellena Lam1,0742.32
Total valid votes46,345100.00

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Notes

43°52′N79°25′W / 43.87°N 79.42°W / 43.87; -79.42

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