Richmond Hill (federal electoral district)

Richmond Hill
Ontario electoral district
	Richmond Hill in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Majid Jowhari; Liberal
;
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)	114,180
Electors (2021)	83,148
Area (km²)	39.83
Pop. density (per km²)	2,866.7
Census division(s)	York
Census subdivision(s)	Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

It was created in 2003 from parts of Oak Ridges riding.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be renamed Richmond Hill South at the first election held after approximately April 2024.^[2] It will gain all of Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill south of Elgin Mills Road (Rouge Woods area).

Geography

The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Elgin Mills, Bayview North, Bayview South, North Richvale, Hillsview, Bayview Hill, South Richvale, Langstaff and Doncrest in the City of Richmond Hill.

The electoral district consists of the part of Richmond Hill lying south of a line starting at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Elgin Mills Road West, east along Elgin Mills to Bayview, south along Bayview to the unnamed creek north of Taylor Mills Drive North, along the creek to Shirley Drive, Shirley Drive south to Major Mackenzie Drive, and east on Major Mackenzie to the eastern city limits. It also contains the part of the City of Markham east of Bayview Avenue, north of Highway 407, and west of Highway 404.^[3]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census; 2013 representation^[4]

Languages: 32.8% English, 13.2% Yue, 11.6% Mandarin, 10.4% Iranian Persian, 4.1% Russian, 2.6% Italian, 2.5% Korean, 1.8% Persian, 1.2% Arabic, 1.2% Tagalog, 1.2% Spanish
Religions: 39.5% Christian (18.1% Catholic, 4.8% Christian Orthodox, 1.4% Anglican, 1.3% United Church, 1.1% Baptist, 1% Presbyterian), 37.6% No religion, 12.7% Muslim, 4.4% Jewish, 2.3% Buddhist, 2.3% Hindu
Median income (2020): $35,600
Average income (2020): $55,000

Ethnicity groups: Chinese: 32.6%, White: 32.4%, West Asian: 13.9%, South Asian: 6.8%, Korean: 3.4%, Black: 2.4%, Filipino: 2.4%, Arab: 1.3%, Latin American: 1.3%

Ethnic origins: Chinese 28.7%, Iranian 10.8%, Italian 6.4%, English 4.4%, Canadian 4.3%, Indian 4.1%, Russian 4.0%, Persian 4.0%, Irish 3.8%, Scottish 3.4%

Member of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years		Party
Richmond Hill Riding created from Oak Ridges
38th	2004–2006	Bryon Wilfert	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	Costas Menegakis	Conservative
42nd	2015–2019	Majid Jowhari	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of general election results in Richmond Hill (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Majid Jowhari	21,784	47.71	+4.23	$100,540.48
	Conservative	Costas Menegakis	17,715	38.80	-4.26	$94,783.92
	New Democratic	Adam DeVita	3,995	8.75	-0.05	$3,001.25
	People's	Igor Tvorogov	1,363	2.98	+1.98	$1,539.41
	Independent	Charity DiPaola	619	1.36	–	$31,134.43
	Independent	Angelika Keller	186	0.41	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,662	–	–	$112,849.20
Total rejected ballots			543
Turnout			46,205	55.57	-4.33
Eligible voters			83,148
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.25
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

2021 federal election redistributed results^[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	23,683	47.83
	Conservative	19,190	38.76
	New Democratic	4,334	8.75
	People's	1,462	2.95
	Others	847	1.71

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Majid Jowhari	21,804	43.48	-3.42	$83,458.04
	Conservative	Costas Menegakis	21,592	43.06	-0.26	$108,773.79
	New Democratic	Adam DeVita	4,425	8.80	+0.76	$4,207.04
	Green	Ichha Kohli	1,695	3.40	+1.66	$0.00
	People's	Igor Tvorogov	507	1.0		none listed
	Rhinoceros	Otto Wevers	126	0.2		none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,149	100.0
Total rejected ballots			584
Turnout			50,733	59.9
Eligible voters			84,660
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.58
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Majid Jowhari	23,032	46.90	+11.28	$92,372.40
	Conservative	Michael Parsa	21,275	43.32	-0.23	$139,598.40
	New Democratic	Adam DeVita	3,950	8.04	-8.99	$11,776.30
	Green	Gwendolyn Veenema	856	1.74	-2.05	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,113	100.0		$215,221.97
Total rejected ballots			253	–	–
Turnout			49,366	61.39	+5.43
Eligible voters			80,402
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+5.76%
Source: Elections Canada^[10]^[11]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[12]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	18,521	43.55
	Liberal	15,160	35.62
	New Democratic	7,245	17.03
	Green	1,612	3.79
	Others	4	0.01

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Costas Menegakis	22,078	44.14	+8.45
	Liberal	Bryon Wilfert	17,671	35.33	-11.66
	New Democratic	Adam DeVita	8,433	16.86	+6.97
	Green	Cameron Hastings	1,832	3.66	-3.75
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,014	100.00
Total rejected ballots			221	0.44	-0.05
Turnout			50,235	55.96	+3.91
Eligible voters			89,765	–	–
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+10.05%

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bryon Wilfert	21,488	46.99	-6.58	$76,540
	Conservative	Chungsen Leung	16,318	35.69	+3.81	$86,007
	New Democratic	Wess Dowsett	4,526	9.89	-0.07	$8,114
	Green	Dylan Marando	3,388	7.41	+2.84	$6,267
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,720	100.00	$90,834
Total rejected ballots			223	0.49	+0.16
Turnout			45,943	52.05	-9.69
	Liberal hold		Swing		-5.70%

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bryon Wilfert	27,837	53.57	-4.91
	Conservative	Joe Di Paola	16,564	31.88	+7.00
	New Democratic	Wess Dowsett	5,176	9.96	+0.26
	Green	Tim Rudkins	2,379	4.57	-0.06
Total valid votes			51,956	100.00
Total rejected ballots			170	0.33
Turnout			52,126	61.74
	Liberal hold		Swing		-5.95%

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Bryon Wilfert	27,102	58.48
	Conservative	Pete Merrifield	11,530	24.88
	New Democratic	Nella Cotrupi	4,495	9.70
	Green	Tim Rudkins	2,144	4.63
	Progressive Canadian	Ellena Lam	1,074	2.32
Total valid votes			46,345	100.00

References

"Richmond Hill (federal electoral district) (Code 35075) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Census Profile, 2021 Census Richmond Hill". Statistics Canada. 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
^ "New Federal Electoral Map for Ontario".
^ "Richmond Hill district map". www.elections.ca. Elections Canada. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
^ "2021 National Household Survey Profile - Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". December 15, 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
^ "2021 Election Results by Electoral District". Retrieved December 27, 2021.
^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Richmond Hill, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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[pop-1] "Census Profile, 2021 Census Richmond Hill". Statistics Canada. 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[2] "New Federal Electoral Map for Ontario".

[bounds12-3] "Richmond Hill district map". www.elections.ca. Elections Canada. Retrieved January 29, 2020.

[4] "2021 National Household Survey Profile - Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". December 15, 2021.

[5] "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.

[6] "2021 Election Results by Electoral District". Retrieved December 27, 2021.

[7] "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.

[8] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.

[9] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 4, 2019.

[10] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Richmond Hill, 30 September 2015

[11] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

[12] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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