Markham (provincial electoral district)

Markham

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1987
District abolished	2007
First contested	1987
Last contested	2007

Markham was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada created in 1986.

Tony Wong resigned in the fall of 2006 to successfully seek election to York Regional Council. His provincial seat was filled in a by-election on February 8, 2007. However the riding was abolished at the October 4, 2007 provincial election, and redistributed between the new provincial ridings of Markham—Unionville and Oak Ridges—Markham as its federal counterpart already has been.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Created from parts of York North and York Centre riding in 1987
34th	1987–1990		Don Cousens	Progressive Conservative
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1997		David Tsubouchi	Progressive Conservative
36th	1999–2003
36th	2003–2007		Tony C. Wong	Liberal
	2007–2007		Michael Chan	Liberal
			Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Redistributed into Markham—Unionville and Oak Ridges—Markham ridings after 2007

Election results

Ontario general election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Don Cousens	19,224	44.20
	Liberal	Gail Newall	18,543	42.63
	New Democratic	Anne Swarbrick	4,323	9.94
	Family Coalition	Rina Puleo	1,403	3.23
Total valid votes			43,493	100.0

Ontario general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Don Cousens	25,595	49.97	+5.77
	Liberal	Frank Scarpitti	15,128	29.53	-13.10
	New Democratic	Rob Saunders	8,459	16.51	+6.57
	Family Coalition	Eric Skura	1,086	2.12	-1.11
	Libertarian	Ian Hutchison	642	1.25
	Independent	Gary Walsh	311	0.61
Total valid votes			51,221	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+9.44

Ontario general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	David Tsubouchi	37,314	64.81	+14.84
	Liberal	Khalid Usman	10,770	18.71	-10.82
	New Democratic	Mike Tang	7,779	13.51	-3.00
	Family Coalition	Patrick Redmond	1,088	1.89	-0.23
	Natural Law	Stephen Porter	626	1.09
Total valid votes			57,577	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+12.83

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	David Tsubouchi	26,083	63.05	-1.76
	Liberal	Steven Kirsch	12,859	31.08	+12.37
	New Democratic	Janice Hagan	1,594	3.85	-9.66
	Green	Bernadette Manning	437	1.06	-
	Family Coalition	Patrick Redmond	399	0.96	-0.93
Total valid votes			41,372	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-7.07

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Tony Wong	27,253	51.70	+20.62
	Progressive Conservative	David Tsubouchi	21,257	40.33	-22.72
	New Democratic	Janice Hagan	2,679	5.08	+1.23
	Green	Bernadette Manning	824	1.56	+0.50
	Family Coalition	Patrick Redmond	697	1.32	+0.36
Total valid votes			52,710	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+21.67

Ontario provincial by-election, February 8, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Michael Chan	9,080	49.32%	−2.38
	Progressive Conservative	Alex Yuan	6,420	34.87%	−5.46
	New Democratic	Janice Hagan	1,492	8.10%	+3.02
	Green	Bernadette Manning	999	5.43%	+3.87
	Freedom	Cathy McKeever	159	0.86%	–
	Family Coalition	Patrick Redmond	135	0.73%	−0.59
	Libertarian	Jay Miller	126	0.69%	–
Total valid votes			18,411	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.25

References

1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For Don Cousen's Legislative Assembly information see "W. Donald Cousens, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
   • For David Tsubouchi's Legislative Assembly information see "David H. Tsubouchi, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
   • For Tony Wong's Legislative Assembly information see "Tony C. Wong, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
   • For Michael Chan's Legislative Assembly information see "Michael Chan, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-08.

External links

• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results