Thornhill (provincial electoral district)

It covers the community of Thornhill, Ontario, which is made up of portions of Vaughan and Markham, and was created in 1999 from parts of Markham and York Centre ridings.

It consists of the part of the city of Vaughan that is east of Highway 400 and south of Rutherford Road, and the part of the city of Markham west of Highway 404.

It is the only riding in Ontario with a Jewish plurality. 32.8% of the population is Jewish, the highest in the province. ^[1]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Thornhill
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Markham and York Centre
37th	1999–2003		Tina Molinari	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007		Mario Racco	Liberal
39th	2007–2011		Peter Shurman	Progressive Conservative
40th	2011–2013		Peter Shurman
40th	2014–2014		Gila Martow
41st	2014–Present		Gila Martow

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Gila Martow	21,886	43.95	-3.94
	Liberal	Sandra Yeung Racco	21,780	43.78	+2.18
	New Democratic	Cindy Hackelberg	4,052	8.16	+1.37
	Green	David Bergart	1,229	2.48	+1.04
	Libertarian	Gene Balfour	571	1.16	+0.11
	Freedom	Erin Goodwin	233	0.47	-0.08
Total valid votes			50,291	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.06
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario provincial by-election, February 13, 2014 Resignation of Peter Shurman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Gila Martow	13,438	47.89	+1.18
	Liberal	Sandra Yeung Racco	11,671	41.60	+0.68
	New Democratic	Cindy Hackelberg	1,905	6.79	-2.17
	Green	Teresa Pun	404	1.44	-0.24
	Libertarian	Gene Balfour	296	1.05	-0.34
	Freedom	Erin Goodwin	153	0.55	+0.22
	People's Political Party	Kevin Clarke	144	0.51
	Pauper	John Turmel	47	0.17
Total valid votes			28,058	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			126	0.45
Turnout			28,184	27.36
Eligible voters			103,021
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+0.25
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Shurman	20,971	46.71	+0.81
	Liberal	Bernie Farber	18,373	40.92	-1.38
	New Democratic	Cindy Hackelberg	4,024	8.96	+3.46
	Green	Steff Duncan	756	1.68	-3.54
	Libertarian	Gene Balfour	623	1.39
	Freedom	Erin Gorman	149	0.33	+0.03
Total valid votes			44,896	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			239	0.53
Turnout			45,135	45.35
Eligible voters			99,517
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+1.10
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Shurman	22,153	45.90	+0.74
	Liberal	Mario Racco	20,420	42.31	-4.59
	New Democratic	Sandra Parrott	2,656	5.50	-0.23
	Green	Lloyd Helferty	2,520	5.22	+3.68
	Family Coalition	Nathan Kidd	218	0.45
	Independent	Malcolm Kojokaro	156	0.32
	Freedom	Lindsay King	145	0.30	-0.37
Total valid votes			48,268	100.00

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Mario Racco	21,419	46.90	-0.46
	Progressive Conservative	Tina Molinari	20,623	45.16	-3.05
	New Democratic	Laurie Orrett	2,616	5.73	+2.19
	Green	Bridget Haworth	705	1.54	+0.65
	Freedom	Lindsay G. King	304	0.67
Total valid votes			45,667	100.00

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Tina Molinari	19,580	48.21
	Liberal	Dan Ronen	19,237	47.36
	New Democratic	Nathan David Rotman	1,438	3.54
	Green	Ruth von Bezold	360	0.89
Total valid votes			40,615	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	29,007	62.2
	Mixed member proportional	17,659	37.8
	Total valid votes	46,666	100.0

References

↑ http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=35089&Data=Count&SearchText=Thornhill&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
↑ "General Election Results by District, 089 Thornhill". Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Thornhill by-election" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
↑ "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Thornhill" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

Sources

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

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