Vaughan (federal electoral district)

Vaughan
Ontario electoral district
	Vaughan in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings
District created	2003
District abolished	2013
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	196,068
Electors (2011)	123,096
Area (km²)	218.46
Census division(s)	York
Census subdivision(s)	Vaughan

Last updated January 16, 2025

Vaughan was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 until 2015.

Political geography

The riding was divided between the rural and urban parts. The Conservative concentrations in the riding can be found in the more rural parts, in the north and east parts of the riding, like the community of Kleinburg. The rest of the riding, the more suburban southern part is strongly Liberal.

Demographics

According to the 2006 Canadian census

Racial groups: 74.3% White, 9.3% South Asian, 2.7% Latin American, 2.5% Black, 2.4% Southeast Asian, 2.4% Chinese, 1.7% West Asian, 1.7% Filipino, 1.0% Arab
Languages: 44.8% English, 0.5% French, 54.6% Other
Religions (2001): 77.0% Catholic, 7.3% Protestant, 2.7% Muslim, 2.6% Christian Orthodox, 2.1% Sikh, 1.6% Hindu, 1.3% Buddhist, 3.9% No religion
Average income: $34,485

The Vaughan riding had the highest percentage of Italian Canadians in all of Canada (54.4%).^[3] 17.1% of its residents are Italian immigrants,^[4] the highest such percentage for a Canadian federal riding, and 19.2% of its residents having Italian as their mother tongue.^[5]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Vaughan Riding created from Vaughan—King—Aurora
38th	2004–2006	Maurizio Bevilacqua	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2010
40th	2010–2011	Julian Fantino	Conservative
41st	2011–2015	Julian Fantino	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Dufferin—Caledon, King—Vaughan and Vaughan—Woodbridge

Election results

Graph of general election results in Vaughan (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Julian Fantino	38,533	56.32	+7.22	–
	Liberal	Mario Ferri	20,435	29.87	-16.78	–
	New Democratic	Mark Pratt	7,940	11.60	+9.92	–
	Green	Claudia Rodriguez-Larrain	1,515	2.21	+0.99	–
Total valid votes			68,423	100.00		–
Total rejected ballots			480	0.70	+0.12
Turnout			68,903	55.98	+23.48
	Conservative hold		Swing

v t e Canadian federal by-election, November 29, 2010 resignation of Maurizio Bevilacqua on September 2, 2010
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Julian Fantino	19,290	49.10	+14.77	–
	Liberal	Tony Genco	18,326	46.65	-2.53	–
	New Democratic	Kevin Bordian	661	1.68	-7.96	–
	Green	Claudia Rodriguez-Larrain	481	1.22	-5.64	–
	Libertarian	Paolo Fabrizio	251	0.64	–	–
	Independent	Leslie Bory	111	0.28	–	–
	Progressive Canadian	Dorian Baxter	110	0.28	–	–
	United	Brian Jedan	55	0.14	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			39,285	100.00		$114,412
Total rejected ballots			231	0.58	-0.16
Turnout			39,516	32.50	-19.42
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		-8.6

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Maurizio Bevilacqua	27,773	49.18	-10.54	$36,208
	Conservative	Richard Lorello	19,390	34.33	+8.28	$65,173
	New Democratic	Vicky Wilkin	5,442	9.64	+1.38	$1,896
	Green	Adrian Visentin	3,870	6.85	+2.00	$11,775
Total valid votes/Expense limit			56,475	100.00		$103,581
Total rejected ballots			421	0.74	-0.02
Turnout			56,906	51.92	-12.09
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.4

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurizio Bevilacqua	36,968	59.72	-3.24
	Conservative	Richard Majkot	16,124	26.05	+2.37
	New Democratic	Yurgo Alexopoulos	5,114	8.26	-0.50
	Green	Adrian Visentin	3,004	4.85	+1.40
	Libertarian	Paolo Fabrizio	688	1.11	+0.33
Total valid votes			62,031	100.00
Total rejected ballots			472	0.76	-0.34
Turnout			62,370	64.01	+8.00
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.8

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurizio Bevilacqua	31,430	62.96	-12.96
	Conservative	Joe Spina	11,821	23.68	+3.20
	New Democratic	Octavia Beckles	4,371	8.76	+5.78
	Green	Russell Korus	1,722	3.45	–
	Libertarian	Paolo Fabrizio	388	0.78	–
	Canadian Action	Walter Aolari	192	0.38	–
Total valid votes			49,924	100.00
Total rejected ballots			556	1.10
Turnout			50,480	56.01
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.1

^ % Change is based on redistributed results. Conservative change is from a combination of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parties.

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References

↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
↑ "2Profile of Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
↑ "Immigrant Status and Place of Birth (38), Sex (3) and Age Groups (10) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
↑ "2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations | Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.

"Vaughan (federal electoral district) (Code 35096) Census Profile". 2011 census . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . Retrieved 3 March 2011.

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[1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[2] Statistics Canada: 2012

[3] "2Profile of Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

[4] "Immigrant Status and Place of Birth (38), Sex (3) and Age Groups (10) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 23 November 2012.

[5] "2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations | Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.

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v t e Federal ridings in Southern Durham and York
Liberal	Ajax Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Vaughan—Woodbridge Whitby
Conservative	King—Vaughan Oshawa Thornhill