Markham—Stouffville

For the provincial electoral district, see Markham—Stouffville (provincial electoral district).
Markham—Stouffville
Ontario electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Jane Philpott
Liberal

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 109,780
Electors (2015) 86,464
Area (km²)[2] 299
Pop. density (per km²) 367.2
Census divisions Regional Municipality of York
Census subdivisions Markham, Whitchurch–Stouffville,

Markham—Stouffville is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Markham—Unionville and Oak Ridges—Markham.[3]

Markham—Stouffville was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the dropping of the writs for the 2015 federal election. Dr. Jane Philpott (now Minister of Health) has represented the riding since the 2015 federal election.

Geography

The territory of the new riding (map[4]) consists of part of the Regional Municipality of York: (a) the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville; and (b) the part of the City of Markham lying easterly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the northerly limit of Markham with Highway 48; then southerly along Highway 48 to 16th Avenue; then westerly to McCowan Road; then southerly to Highway 407; then easterly along Highway 407 to the Rouge River; then generally southeasterly along Rouge River to the southerly limit of Markham. The riding's population is estimated at 109,780.[5]

Demographics

Visible Minorities and Aboriginals[6]
Group 2011 Census
Population % of total
Aboriginal 925 0.9
Visible Minority 49,570 45.8
All other 57,845 53.3
Total 108,340 100.0

Ethnic groups: 16.4% Chinese, 15.3% South Asian, 3.8% Black, 3.7% Filipino

Population by mother tongue[7]
Group 2011 Census
Population % of total
English 66,020 60.7
French 1,105 1.0
English and French 265 0.2
All other 41,395 38.1
Total 108,785 100.0

Other languages: 12.9% Chinese, 3.9% Tamil, 2.5% Italian, 1.8% Tagalog, 1.6% Urdu, 1.4% French, 1.1% Greek, 1.0% Gujarati

Mobility over previous five years
Group 2011 Census
Population % of total
At the same address 56,075 55.7
In the same constituency 18,480 18.4
In the same province 22,330 22.2
From another province 815 0.8
From another country 2,970 2.9
Total aged 5 or over 100,670 100.0

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Markham—Stouffville
Riding created from Markham—Unionville and Oak Ridges—Markham
42nd  2015–Present     Jane Philpott Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalJane Philpott 29,416 49.21 +20.26
ConservativePaul Calandra 25,565 42.77 -7.72
New DemocraticGregory Hines 3,647 6.10 -10.88
GreenMyles O'Brien 1,145 1.92 -0.81
Total valid votes/Expense limit 59,773100.00 $225,802.37
Total rejected ballots 1890.32
Turnout 59,96268.56
Eligible voters 87,460
Liberal notional gain from Conservative Swing +13.99
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]
2011 federal election redistributed results[10]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 23,820 50.49
  Liberal 13,662 28.96
  New Democratic 8,010 16.98
  Green 1,284 2.72
  Others 406 0.86
Total 47,182 100.00

References

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