Markham—Stouffville is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Markham—Unionville and Oak Ridges—Markham.
Markham—Stouffville was created by the 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. Helena Jaczek has represented the riding since the 2019 federal election.
Geography
The territory of the riding (map) consists of the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville and part of the City of Markham The riding's population is estimated at 109,780.
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census
Ethnic groups: 36.0% White, 27.7% Chinese, 19.0% South Asian, 3.7% Black, 3.6% Filipino, 1.1% Arab, 1.1% West Asian
Languages: 51.2% English, 12.7% Cantonese, 7.1% Mandarin, 4.9% Tamil, 1.6% Italian, 1.6% Urdu, 1.4% Tagalog, 1.0% Gujarati
Religions: 47.0% Christian (22.3% Catholic, 4.3% Christian Orthodox, 2.6% Anglican, 2.2% United Church, 1.3% Baptist, 1.1% Presbyterian, 13.2% Other), 10.2% Hindu, 6.9% Muslim, 2.4% Buddhist, 1.0% Sikh, 31.5% None
Median income: $43,200 (2020)
Average income: $59,800 (2020)
Riding associations
Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top" | Party
| valign="top" |Association name
| valign="top" |CEO
| valign="top" |HQ city
|Conservative Party of Canada
|Markham—Stouffville Conservative Association
|Jeyaprakash N. Kirthiraj
|Whitchurch-Stouffville
|Green Party of Canada
|Markham—Stouffville Green Party Association
|Mary-Louise A. Prosen
|Markham
|Liberal Party of Canada
|Markham—Stouffville Federal Liberal Association
|Catherine E. Harris
|Markham
|New Democratic Party
|Markham—Stouffville Federal NDP Riding Association
|Jessica Pointon
|Ottawa
|}
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="4" | 2021 federal election redistributed results
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
| |
| Liberal ||align=right| 25,391 ||align=right| 51.55
|-
| |
| Conservative ||align=right| 17,118 ||align=right| 34.75
|-
| |
| New Democratic ||align=right| 4,329 ||align=right| 8.79
|-
| |
| People's ||align=right| 1,448 ||align=right| 2.94
|-
| |
| Green ||align=right| 972 ||align=right| 1.97
|}
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="4" | 2011 federal election redistributed results
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
| |
| Conservative ||align=right| 23,820 ||align=right| 50.49
|-
| |
| Liberal ||align=right| 13,662 ||align=right| 28.96
|-
| |
| New Democratic ||align=right| 8,010 ||align=right| 16.98
|-
| |
| Green ||align=right| 1,284 ||align=right| 2.72
|-
| |
| Others ||align=right| 406 ||align=right| 0.86
|-
| colspan="2"|Total ||align=right| 47,182 ||align=right| 100.00
|}
See also
- List of Canadian electoral districts
- Historical federal electoral districts of Canada