Markham (electoral district)

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 Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2000. Notably in 1997 this was the only district in Ontario that did not elect a Liberal MP.

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:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
York North and York—Peel prior to 1988
Markham
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			Canadian Alliance
37th	2000–2004		John McCallum	Liberal
Markham—Unionville and Oak Ridges—Markham after 2004

Election results

Markham

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Attewell	36,673
	Liberal	Jag Bhaduria	21,973
	New Democratic	Susan Krone	6,209
	Not affiliated	John A. Gamble	3,643
	Libertarian	Ian Hutchison	568

Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jag Bhaduria	34,263
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Attewell	18,414
	Reform	Joe Sherren	16,965
	New Democratic	Jack Grant	1,600
	National	Sheldon Bergson	927
	Natural Law	Stephen R. Porter	449
	Independent	Paul Wang	444
	Abolitionist	Dean Papadopoulos	83

Markham

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Jones	20,449	44.7
	Liberal	Gobinder Randhawa	16,810	36.7
	Reform	John Paloc	4,947	10.8
	Independent	Jag Bhaduria	1,584	3.5
	New Democratic	Bhanu Gaunt	1,482	3.2
	Natural Law	Stephen R. Porter	258	0.6
	Canadian Action	Jeff Baulch	218	0.5
Total valid votes			45,748	100.0

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	John McCallum	32,104	66.6	+29.9
	Alliance	Jim Jones	9,015	18.7	+7.9
	Progressive Conservative	David Scrymgeour	5,085	10.6	-34.1
	New Democratic	Janice Hagan	1,129	2.3	-0.9
	Green	Bernadette Manning	493	1.0	–
	Independent	Akber Choudhry	222	0.5	–
	Canadian Action	Jim Conrad	130	0.3	-0.2
Total valid votes			48,178	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+32.0

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

External links

• Parliamentary website: Markham
• Parliamentary website: Markham-Whitchurch-Stouffville
• Parliamentary website: Markham