Oak Ridges—Markham (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Oak Ridges—Markham.

Oak Ridges—Markham

Oak Ridges—Markham is in south-central Ontario, just north of Toronto

Coordinates:

43°55′45″N 79°31′37″W / 43.92917°N 79.52694°WCoordinates: 43°55′45″N 79°31′37″W / 43.92917°N 79.52694°W
Location of the federal district constituency office in King City (as of 26 August 2010)

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

MPP

Helena Jaczek
Liberal

District created

2005

First contested

2007

Last contested

2014

Demographics

Population (2011)

228,997

Electors (2011)

151,584

Area (km²)

718

Pop. density (per km²)

318.9

Census divisions

York

Census subdivisions

Markham, Richmond Hill, Whitchurch–Stouffville, King

Map of Oak Ridges-Markham

Oak Ridges—Markham is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election. Its population in 2006 was 169,645,^[1] with 136,755 electors, the highest of any riding in Ontario. It is the fastest growing riding in the province, having experienced a 52.5% increase in population from 2001 to 2006.

The district covers part of the suburbs north of Toronto. It includes the town of Whitchurch–Stouffville, most of the township of King (excepting extreme northeast) the northern portions of the town of Richmond Hill (including all of Oak Ridges), and the northern and eastern portions of the city of Markham.

The electoral district was created in 2004 52.5% from Oak Ridges, 30% from Markham, 13% from Vaughan—King—Aurora district and 4.5% from York North riding.

Demographics

Communities in Oak Ridges—Markham are the destination for many immigrants to Canada, composing about 41.6% of the population, or about 70,000 of its residents.^[1] For 72,440 residents, neither English nor French, the official languages of Canada, is their mother tongue,^[1] though most have knowledge of English (148,975), French (160), or both (12,885).^[1] Most immigrants become citizens, as 11,155 immigrants were not Canadian citizens as of the Canada 2006 Census.^[1]

The primarily urban district has a low proportion of Aboriginal residents compared to other parts of Canada, with just 625 people identifying themselves of such descent.^[1] It is also home to 70,070 residents who identify themselves as visible minorities, more than half of which are Chinese Canadians^[1] and about 20% are Black Canadians.^[1]

At the 2006 census, the participation rate of residents in the work force was 71.3%, and the electoral district unemployment rate was 5%,^[1] below the national average of 6.3%.^[2]

The district is the second-largest electoral district in Ontario by population, next to Brampton West which had 170,422 residents at the 2006 census.^[3]

Geography

The riding consists of part of the Regional Municipality of York including:

the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville;
the part of the Township of King to the south of Highway No. 9;
the part of the Town of Richmond Hill to the north and east of Gamble Road, Yonge Street, and Elgin Mills Road East; and
the part of the City of Markham to the north and east of 16th Avenue, McCowan Road, Highway No. 7, and 9th Line.

Communities represented

Members of Provincial Parliament

Oak Ridges—Markham
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Markham, Vaughan—King—Aurora and York North
39th	2007–2011		Helena Jaczek	Liberal
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–Present

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Helena Jaczek	36,858	45.52	+0.74
	Progressive Conservative	Farid Wassef	30,259	37.37	+0.23
	New Democratic	Miles Krauter	9,483	11.71	−1.55
	Green	Emilia Melara	2,762	3.41	+0.98
	Libertarian	Karl Boelling	1,384	1.71	+0.07
	Trillium Party of Ontario	Gennady Vilensky	233	0.29
Total valid votes			80,979	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.26
Source(s) "Election Night Results – General Election Results by District – 059, Oak Ridges—Markham – Unofficial". Elections Ontario. Retrieved June 14, 2014.

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Helena Jaczek	28,878	44.78	−3.43	$ 83,066.00
	Progressive Conservative	Farid Wassef	23,950	37.14	+1.07	146,606.59
	New Democratic	Joe Whitfeld	8,548	13.26	+5.33	11,142.60
	Green	Trifon Haitas	1,569	2.43	−4.01	350.00
	Libertarian	Karl Boelling	1,057	1.64		213.07
	Independent	Ruida Lu	484	0.75		2,766.14
Total valid votes / Expense limit			64,486	100.00	+8.85	$180,834,78
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			395	0.61	−0.13
Turnout			64,881	42.70	−5.07
Eligible voters			151,959		+21.63
	Liberal hold		Swing		−2.25
Source(s) "Summary of valid votes cast for each candidate – October 6, 2011 General Election" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2014-05-23. "Statistical Summary" ( Excel Spreadsheet). Elections Ontario. 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2014-05-23. "2011 Candidate Campaign Returns - CR-1". Elections Ontario.

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Helena Jaczek	28,564	48.22
	Progressive Conservative	Phil Bannon	21,367	36.07
	New Democratic	Janice Hagan	4,698	7.93
	Green	Attila Nagy	3,815	6.44
	Family Coalition	Patrick Redmond	455	0.77
	Independent	Doug Ransom	342	0.58
Total valid votes			59,241	100.0
Total rejected ballots			444	0.74
Turnout			59,685	47.77
Eligible voters			124,939
Sources:"Summary of valid votes cast for each candidate – October 10, 2007 General Election" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2014-05-23. "Statistical Summary" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2008-05-08. Retrieved 2014-05-23.

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	35,444	61.7
	Mixed member proportional	21,975	38.3
	Total valid votes	57,419	100.0

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Federal Electoral District Profile of Oak Ridges — Markham, Ontario (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
↑ "Work — Unemployment Rate". Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and federal electoral districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (sorted by 2006 population)". Federal electoral districts (FEDs) – 2003 Representation Order. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-04.

Sources

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

Provincial ridings in Ontario

Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins—James Bay

Eastern	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Prince Edward—Hastings Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Central	Barrie Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Newmarket—Aurora Northumberland—Quinte West Peterborough Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe

Midwestern	Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Waterloo Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Essex Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brampton West Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Mississauga—Streetsville Oakville

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Burlington Halton Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Niagara Falls Niagara West—Glanbrook St. Catharines Welland

Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean

South Durham, York	Ajax—Pickering Markham—Unionville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa

Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest St. Paul's Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

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