- Oak Ridges—Markham (provincial electoral district)
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For the federal electoral district, see Oak Ridges—Markham.
Oak Ridges—Markham (provincial electoral district) 
Ontario electoral district
Oak Ridges—Markham is in south-central Ontario, just north of Toronto Coordinates: 43°55′45″N 79°31′37″W / 43.92917°N 79.52694°WCoordinates: 43°55′45″N 79°31′37″W / 43.92917°N 79.52694°W
Location of the federal district constituency office in King City (as of 26 August 2010[update])Provincial electoral district Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario MPP
Helena Jaczek
LiberalDistrict created 2006 First contested 2007 Demographics Population (2006) 169,645 Electors (2011) 151,584 Area (km²) 718 Pop. density (per km²) 236.3 Census divisions York Census subdivisions Markham, Richmond Hill, Whitchurch–Stouffville, King 
Map of Oak Ridges-Markham
Oak Ridges—Markham is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election. Its population in 2006 was 169,645,[1] with 136,755 electors, the highest of any riding in Ontario. It is the fastest growing riding in the province, having experienced a 52.5% increase in population from 2001 to 2006.
The district covers part of the suburbs north of Toronto. It includes the town of Whitchurch–Stouffville, most of the township of King (excepting extreme northeast) the northern portions of the town of Richmond Hill (including all of Oak Ridges), and the northern and eastern portions of the town of Markham.
The electoral district was created in 2004 52.5% from Oak Ridges, 30% from Markham, 13% from Vaughan—King—Aurora district and 4.5% from York North riding.
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Demographics
Communities in Oak Ridges—Markham are the destination for many immigrants to Canada, composing about 41.6% of the population, or about 70,000 of its residents.[1] For 72,440 residents, neither English nor French, the official languages of Canada, is their mother tongue,[1] though most have knowledge of English (148,975), French (160), or both (12,885).[1] Most immigrants become citizens, as 11,155 immigrants were not Canadian citizens as of the Canada 2006 Census.[1]
The primarily urban district has a low proportion of Aboriginal residents compared to other parts of Canada, with just 625 people identifying themselves of such descent.[1] It is also home to 70,070 residents who identify themselves as visible minorities, more than half of which are Chinese Canadians[1] and about 20% are Black Canadians.[1]
At the 2006 census, the participation rate of residents in the work force was 71.3%, and the electoral district unemployment rate was 5%,[1] below the national average of 6.3%.[2]
The district is the second-largest electoral district in Ontario by population, next to Brampton West which had 170,422 residents at the 2006 census.[3]
Geography
The riding consists of part of the Regional Municipality of York including:
- the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville;
- the part of the Township of King to the south of Highway No. 9;
- the part of the Town of Richmond Hill to the north and east of Gamble Road, Yonge Street, and Elgin Mills Road East; and
- the part of the Town of Markham to the north and east of 16th Avenue, McCowan Road, Highway No. 7, and 9th Line.
Towns represented
- Ballantrae
- King City
- Gormley
- Kettleby
- King City
- Lake Wilcox
- Lloydtown
- Markham
- Nobleton
- Oak Ridges
- Pottageville
- Schomberg
- Snowball
- Temperanceville
- Whitchurch–Stouffville
Members of Provincial Parliament
Parliament Years Member Party 39th 2007–2011 Helena Jaczek Liberal 40th 2011–present Election results
Ontario general election, 2011 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Helena Jaczek 28,722 44.73 - Progressive Conservative Farid Wassef [4] 23,569 36.71 - New Democrat Joe Whitfeld [5] 8,444 13.15 - Green Trifon Haitas [6] 1,731 2.7 - Libertarian Karl Boelling [7] 1,115 1.74 - Independent Ruida Lu [8] 630 0.98 - Total valid votes 64,211 100.0 Note: the 2011 election will be held on October 6, 2011.
Ontario general election, 2007 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Helena Jaczek 28,382 47.9 - Progressive Conservative Phil Bannon 21,369 36.1 - New Democrat Janice Hagan 4,801 8.1 - Green Attila Nagy 3,877 6.5 - Family Coalition Patrick Redmond 476 0.8 - Independent Doug Ransom 341 0.6 - Total valid votes 59,246 100.0 2007 electoral reform referendum
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 Side Votes % First Past the Post 35,444 61.7 Mixed member proportional 21,975 38.3 Total valid votes 57,419 100.0 References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Federal Electoral District Profile of Oak Ridges — Markham, Ontario (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census". Statistics Canada. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-595/P2C.cfm?TPL=RETR&LANG=E&GC=35059. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
- ^ "Work — Unemployment Rate". Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. http://www4.hrsdc.gc.ca/.3ndic.1t.4r@-eng.jsp?iid=16. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and federal electoral districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (sorted by 2006 population)". Federal electoral districts (FEDs) – 2003 Representation Order. Statistics Canada. http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=501&SR=1&S=3&O=D&RPP=9999&PR=0&CMA=0. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
- ^ http://www.yorkregion.com/news/article/1013965--provincial-candidates-set
- ^ http://www.yorkregion.com/news/article/1033906--markham-teacher-gets-ndp-nod
- ^ http://www.gpo.ca/riding/59/candidate
- ^ http://libertarian.on.ca/users/Karl-Boelling
- ^ http://www.ruidalu.ca/
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