Richmond Hill (federal electoral district)
| Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Richmond Hill in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings | |
| Federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| MP | Liberal |
| District created | 2003 |
| 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) | Richmond Hill |
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Richmond Hill is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
It was created in 2003 from parts of Oak Ridges riding.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be renamed Richmond Hill South at the first election held after approximately April 2024.[2] It will gain all of Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill south of Elgin Mills Road (Rouge Woods area).
Geography
[edit ]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
[edit ]- 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ドル
Average income (2020): 55,000ドル
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%
Member of Parliament
[edit ]This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Hill Riding created from Oak Ridges |
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| 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–present | |||
Election results
[edit ]
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Majid Jowhari | 21,784 | 47.71 | +4.23 | 100,540ドル.48 | |||
| Conservative | Costas Menegakis | 17,715 | 38.80 | -4.26 | 94,783ドル.92 | |||
| New Democratic | Adam DeVita | 3,995 | 8.75 | -0.05 | 3,001ドル.25 | |||
| People's | Igor Tvorogov | 1,363 | 2.98 | +1.98 | 1,539ドル.41 | |||
| Independent | Charity DiPaola | 619 | 1.36 | – | 31,134ドル.43 | |||
| Independent | Angelika Keller | 186 | 0.41 | – | 0ドル.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 45,662 | – | – | 112,849ドル.20 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 543 | |||||||
| Turnout | 46,205 | 55.57 | -4.33 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 83,148 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +4.25 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada [5] [6] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 23,683 | 47.83 | |
| Conservative | 19,190 | 38.76 | |
| New Democratic | 4,334 | 8.75 | |
| People's | 1,462 | 2.95 | |
| Others | 847 | 1.71 | |
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Majid Jowhari | 21,804 | 43.48 | -3.42 | 83,458ドル.04 | |||
| Conservative | Costas Menegakis | 21,592 | 43.06 | -0.26 | 108,773ドル.79 | |||
| New Democratic | Adam DeVita | 4,425 | 8.80 | +0.76 | 4,207ドル.04 | |||
| Green | Ichha Kohli | 1,695 | 3.40 | +1.66 | 0ドル.00 | |||
| People's | Igor Tvorogov | 507 | 1.0 | none listed | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Otto Wevers | 126 | 0.2 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,149 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 584 | |||||||
| Turnout | 50,733 | 59.9 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 84,660 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.58 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada [8] [9] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Majid Jowhari | 23,032 | 46.90 | +11.28 | 92,372ドル.40 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Parsa | 21,275 | 43.32 | -0.23 | 139,598ドル.40 | |||
| New Democratic | Adam DeVita | 3,950 | 8.04 | -8.99 | 11,776ドル.30 | |||
| Green | Gwendolyn Veenema | 856 | 1.74 | -2.05 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 49,113 | 100.0 | 215,221ドル.97 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 253 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 49,366 | 61.39 | +5.43 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 80,402 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.76% | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada [10] [11] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[12] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 18,521 | 43.55 | |
| Liberal | 15,160 | 35.62 | |
| New Democratic | 7,245 | 17.03 | |
| Green | 1,612 | 3.79 | |
| Others | 4 | 0.01 | |
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Costas Menegakis | 22,078 | 44.14 | +8.45 | ||||
| Liberal | Bryon Wilfert | 17,671 | 35.33 | -11.66 | ||||
| New Democratic | Adam DeVita | 8,433 | 16.86 | +6.97 | ||||
| Green | Cameron Hastings | 1,832 | 3.66 | -3.75 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 50,014 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 221 | 0.44 | -0.05 | |||||
| Turnout | 50,235 | 55.96 | +3.91 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 89,765 | – | – | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.05% | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Bryon Wilfert | 21,488 | 46.99 | -6.58 | 76,540ドル | |||
| Conservative | Chungsen Leung | 16,318 | 35.69 | +3.81 | 86,007ドル | |||
| New Democratic | Wess Dowsett | 4,526 | 9.89 | -0.07 | 8,114ドル | |||
| Green | Dylan Marando | 3,388 | 7.41 | +2.84 | 6,267ドル | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 45,720 | 100.00 | 90,834ドル | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 223 | 0.49 | +0.16 | |||||
| Turnout | 45,943 | 52.05 | -9.69 | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -5.70% | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Bryon Wilfert | 27,837 | 53.57 | -4.91 | ||||
| Conservative | Joe Di Paola | 16,564 | 31.88 | +7.00 | ||||
| New Democratic | Wess Dowsett | 5,176 | 9.96 | +0.26 | ||||
| Green | Tim Rudkins | 2,379 | 4.57 | -0.06 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 51,956 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 170 | 0.33 | ||||||
| Turnout | 52,126 | 61.74 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -5.95% | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Bryon Wilfert | 27,102 | 58.48 | |||||
| Conservative | Pete Merrifield | 11,530 | 24.88 | |||||
| New Democratic | Nella Cotrupi | 4,495 | 9.70 | |||||
| Green | Tim Rudkins | 2,144 | 4.63 | |||||
| Progressive Canadian | Ellena Lam | 1,074 | 2.32 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 46,345 | 100.00 | ||||||
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- "Richmond Hill (federal electoral district) (Code 35075) Census Profile". 2011 census . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . Retrieved March 3, 2011.
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Notes
[edit ]- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census Richmond Hill". Statistics Canada. 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ "New Federal Electoral Map for Ontario".
- ^ "Richmond Hill district map". www.elections.ca. Elections Canada . Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- ^ "2021 National Household Survey Profile - Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". December 15, 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada . Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Election Results by Electoral District" . Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada . Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Richmond Hill, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
- ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections