Markham—Thornhill_(provincial_electoral_district)
Markham—Thornhill (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
Markham—Thornhill is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The riding was created in 2015.[1]
Quick Facts Ontario electoral district, Provincial electoral district ...
 Ontario electoral district | |||
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Markham—Thornhill in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
| MPP |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 2015 | ||
| First contested | 2018 | ||
| Last contested | 2022 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016) | 99,075 | ||
| Electors (2018) | 72,583 | ||
| Area (km²) | 42 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 2,358.9 | ||
| Census division(s) | York | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Markham | ||
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More information Assembly, Years ...
| Markham—Thornhill | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Markham—Unionville and Thornhill | ||||
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | Logan Kanapathi | Progressive Conservative | |
| 43rd | 2022–present | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 2022 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Logan Kanapathi | 14,011 | 48.82 | −1.63 | ||||
| Liberal | Sandra Tam | 10,763 | 37.50 | +13.11 | ||||
| New Democratic | Matthew Henriques | 2,597 | 9.05 | −12.28 | ||||
| Green | Zane Abulail | 733 | 2.55 | +0.27 | ||||
| New Blue | Jennifer Gleason | 376 | 1.31 | |||||
| Ontario Centrist Party | Mansoor Qureshi | 219 | 0.76 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 28,699 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 121 | |||||||
| Turnout | 28,820 | 39.68 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 72,345 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −7.37 | ||||||
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More information 2018 Ontario general election, Party ...
| 2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Logan Kanapathi | 18,943 | 50.45 | |||||
| Liberal | Juanita Nathan | 9,160 | 24.40 | |||||
| New Democratic | Cindy Hackelberg | 8,010 | 21.33 | |||||
| Green | Caryn Bergmann | 859 | 2.29 | |||||
| Libertarian | David Nadler | 408 | 1.09 | |||||
| Independent | Jeff Kuah | 168 | 0.45 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,548 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
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- "Ontario's Liberal government adds 15 new ridings, bringing total to 122". CBC. Canadian Press. December 2, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
- "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.