Thornhill (electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Thornhill (provincial electoral district).

Thornhill

Ontario electoral district
Thornhill in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2003 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Peter Kent Conservative
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	110,427
Electors (2015)	80,288
Area (km²)	66
Pop. density (per km²)	1,673.1
Census divisions	York
Census subdivisions	Markham, Vaughan

Map of Thornhill riding (2003 boundaries)

Thornhill is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

It covers the community of Thornhill, which is made up of portions of Vaughan and Markham, and was created in 1996 from parts of Markham—Whitchurch—Stouffville and York North 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 Bayview Avenue.

It is one of only two ridings in Canada with a Jewish plurality (the other being Mount Royal in Quebec). 32.8% of the population is Jewish, the highest in Canada. The Thornhill riding also has the highest percentage of Russians (12.9%) of all Canadian ridings (implying the presence of a strong community of Russian Jews).

The Thornhill riding has the highest percentage of population with an educational attainment of "University certificate or diploma above bachelor level" (i.e. above-bachelor-level certificate or diploma other than doctorate, master, or medicine etc. degrees) with 5.0%.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation

Ethnic groups: 68.2% White, 7.6% Chinese, 6.5% South Asian, 4.6% Filipino, 3.7% Korean, 3.3% West Asian, 1.9% Black, 1.1% Southeast Asian
Languages: 49.9% English, 13.0% Russian, 6.2% Chinese, 3.1% Persian, 3.2% Korean, 3.7% Hebrew, 3.0% Italian, 2.2% Tagalog, 1.7% Spanish 1.4% French, 1.0% Gujarati
Religions: 37.5% Christian (18.8% Catholic, 6.2% Christian Orthodox, 2.0% Presbyterian, 1.6% Anglican, 1.5% United Church, 7.3% Other Christian), 37.1% Jewish, 4.3% Muslim, 3.4% Hindu, 2.0% Buddhist, 14.7% None.
Median income: $30,798 (2010)
Average income: $47,097 (2010)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Thornhill Riding created from Markham—Whitchurch—Stouffville and York North
36th	1997–2000		Elinor Caplan	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006		Susan Kadis
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Peter Kent	Conservative
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–Present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Peter Kent	31,911	58.60	-4.59	–
	Liberal	Nancy Coldham	18,395	33.80	+11.31	–
	New Democratic	Lorne Cherry	2,814	5.20	-6.29	–
	Green	Josh Rachlis	627	1.20	-1.28	–
	Libertarian	Gene Balfour	587	1.10	–	–
	Seniors	Margaret Leigh Fairbairn	157	0.30	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,491	100.0		$215,928.93
Total rejected ballots			324	–	–
Turnout			67.20	–	–
Eligible voters			81,106
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	29,140	63.19
	Liberal	10,373	22.49
	New Democratic	5,299	11.49
	Green	1,142	2.48
	Others	160	0.35

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Peter Kent	36,629	61.38	+12.37
	Liberal	Karen Mock	14,125	23.67	-15.76
	New Democratic	Simon Strelchik	7,141	11.97	+5.35
	Green	Norbert Koehl	1,562	2.62	-2.32
	Animal Alliance	Liz White	215	0.36	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			59,672	100.00
Total rejected ballots			275	0.46	–
Turnout			59,947	60.98	–
Eligible voters			98,312	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Peter Kent	26,660	49.01	+15.30	$91,400
	Liberal	Susan Kadis	21,448	39.43	-13.67	$62,484
	New Democratic	Simon Strelchik	3,601	6.62	-1.19	$4,835
	Green	Norbert Koehl	2,686	4.94	+1.51	$7,314
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,395	100.00	$95,547

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Susan Kadis	29,934	53.10	-1.48
	Conservative	Anthony Reale	19,005	33.71	-0.75
	New Democratic	Simon Strelchik	4,405	7.81	+0.83
	Green	Lloyd Helferty	1,934	3.43	+0.35
	Progressive Canadian	Mark Abramowitz	1,094	1.94
Total valid votes			56,372	100.00

Source: CBC Ridings Results

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Susan Kadis	28,709	54.58	-10.01
	Conservative	Josh Cooper	18,125	34.46	+3.58
	New Democratic	Rick Morelli	3,671	6.98	+3.05
	Green	Lloyd Helferty	1,622	3.08
	Independent	Benjamin Fitzerman	241	0.46
	Independent	Simion Iron	233	0.44
Total valid votes			52,601	100.00

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Elinor Caplan	27,152	64.59	+5.59
	Alliance	Robert Goldin	6,643	15.80	+7.91
	Progressive Conservative	Lou Watson	6,338	15.08	-11.31
	New Democratic	Nathan Rotman	1,653	3.93	-0.67
	Canadian Action	Art Jaszczyk	254	0.60
Total valid votes			42,040	100.00

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Elinor Caplan	25,747	59.00
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Fisch	11,517	26.39
	Reform	Aurel David	3,441	7.89
	New Democratic	Helen Breslauer	2,008	4.60
	Independent	Rick Levine	303	0.69
	Natural Law	Linda Martin	261	0.60
	Independent	Sid Soban	238	0.55
	Independent	Shel Bergson	124	0.28
Total valid votes			43,639	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

Sources

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 results from Elections Canada
• [www.elections.ca Campaign expense data from Elections Canada]