Markham—Unionville (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Markham—Unionville.

Markham—Unionville

Ontario electoral district
File:Markham Unionville.png Markham—Unionville in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Michael Chan Liberal
District created	2003
First contested	2007
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	136,857
Electors (2011)	88,931
Area (km²)	64
Pop. density (per km²)	2,138.4
Census divisions	York
Census subdivisions	Markham

File:Markham-Unionville (riding map).png

Map of Markham-Unionville

Markham—Unionville is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election.

History

It is located in the province of Ontario, and covers suburban areas north of Toronto. It was created in 2003 from Markham.

It consists of the part of the city of Markham south of a line drawn from the southern limit of the city north on Highway 404, east along 16th Avenue, south along McCowan Road, east along Highway 7, and south along 9th Line to the southern limit of the city.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Markham—Unionville
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Markham
39th	2007–2011		Michael Chan	Liberal
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–Present

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Michael Chan	21,517	51.33	-1.25
	Progressive Conservative	Shan Thayaparan	14,241	33.98	+2.51
	New Democratic	Nadine Kormos Hawkins	4,205	10.03	-2.26
	Green	Myles O'Brien	1,509	3.60	+0.64
	Libertarian	Allen Small	444	1.06	+0.36
Total valid votes			41,916	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.88
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Michael Chan	19,579	52.58	−6.74
	Progressive Conservative	Shan Thayaparan	11,720	31.47	+4.47
	New Democratic	P.C. Choo	4,575	12.29	+4.97
	Green	Myles O'Brien	1,104	2.96	−2.42
	Libertarian	Allen Small	259	0.70
Total valid votes			37,237	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			284	0.76
Turnout			37,521	40.68
Eligible voters			92,232
	Liberal hold		Swing		−5.61
Source(s)

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Michael Chan	21,054	59.32
	Progressive Conservative	Ki Kit Li	9,581	27.00
	New Democratic	Andy Arifin	2,599	7.32
	Green	Bernadette Manning	1,911	5.38
	Family Coalition	Leon Williams	345	0.97
Total valid votes			35,490	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	20,156	58.8
	Mixed member proportional	14,143	41.2
	Total valid votes	34,299	100.0

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results