Markham—Thornhill is a federal
electoral district
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in
Ontario
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, Canada, that has been represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
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since 2015. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of
Markham—Unionville and
Thornhill.
Markham—Thornhill was created by
2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the
dropping of the writs for the
2015 federal election.
Demographics
Markham—Thornhill loses more people than any other federal electoral district in the 905 region. The population in 2016 was 99,078 which is a 3.1% drop from 102,221 in 2011.
:''According to the
Canada 2011 Census''
Ethnic groups: 35.2% Chinese, 30.8% South Asian, 17.9% White, 4.1% Black, 3.0% Filipino, 2.3% West Asian, 1.2% Korean, 1.1% Southeast Asian
Languages: 36.2% English, 29.8% Chinese, 9.1% Tamil, 3.7% Urdu, 3.1% Punjabi, 2.5% Gujarati, 2.2%
Persian
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, 1.7% Tagalog, 1.2% Hindi, 1.0% Korean
Religions: 33.4% Christian (17.4% Catholic, 2.6% Christian Orthodox, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.4% Anglican, 1.4% Baptist, 1.0% United Church, 8.0% Other Christian), 16.8% Hindu, 10.4% Muslim, 5.5% Buddhist, 4.9% Jewish, 2.7% Sikh, 25.7% None.
Median income: $22,619 (2010)
Average income: $33,775 (2010)
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following
Members of Parliament
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:
Election results
2021 general election
2019 general election
2017 by-election
A by-election was held on April 3, 2017, following John McCallum's appointment as Ambassador to China on January 10, 2017.
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2015 general election
References
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Ontario federal electoral districts
Politics of Markham, Ontario
2013 establishments in Ontario