Thornhill (electoral district)

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Thornhill is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

It 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 Town of Markham west of Highway 404.

Contents 1 Provincial electoral district 2 Members of Provincial Parliament 3 Federal electoral district 3.1 Members of Parliament 4 Federal election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Provincial electoral district

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

1. Tina Molinari, Progressive Conservative (1999-2003)
2. Mario Racco, Liberal (2003-present)

[edit] Federal electoral district

[edit] Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Markham—Whitchurch—Stouffville and York North prior to 1996
36th	1997-2000		Elinor Caplan	Liberal
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006		Susan Kadis	Liberal
39th	2006-

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Susan Kadis	29,934	53.10
	Conservative	Anthony Reale	19,005	33.71
	New Democrat	Simon Strelchik	4,405	7.81
	Green	Lloyd Helferty	1,934	3.43
	Progressive Canadian	Mark Abramowitz	1,094	1.94

Source: CBC Ridings Results

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Susan Kadis	28,709	54.58
	Conservative	Josh Cooper	18,125	34.46
	New Democrat	Rick Morelli	3,671	6.98
	Green	Lloyd Helferty	1,622	3.08
	Independent	Benjamin Fitzerman	241	0.46
	Independent	Simion Iron	233	0.44

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Elinor Caplan	27,152	64.59
	Canadian Alliance	Robert Goldin	6,643	15.80
	Progressive Conservative	Lou Watson	6,338	15.08
	New Democrat	Nathan Rotman	1,653	3.93
	Canadian Action	Art Jaszczyk	254	0.60

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 Democrat	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

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Federal Ridings in Greater Toronto
Liberal	Ajax—Pickering | Beaches—East York | Bramalea—Gore—Malton | Brampton—Springdale | Brampton West | Davenport | Don Valley East | Don Valley West | Eglinton—Lawrence | Etobicoke Centre | Etobicoke—Lakeshore | Etobicoke North | Markham—Unionville | Mississauga—Brampton South | Mississauga East—Cooksville | Mississauga—Erindale | Mississauga South | Mississauga—Streetsville* | Oak Ridges—Markham | Pickering—Scarborough East | Richmond Hill | St. Paul's | Scarborough—Agincourt | Scarborough Centre | Scarborough—Guildwood | Scarborough—Rouge River | Scarborough Southwest | Thornhill | Toronto Centre | Vaughan | Willowdale | York Centre | York South—Weston | York West
New Democratic	Parkdale—High Park | Toronto—Danforth | Trinity—Spadina
Conservative	Mississauga—Streetsville* | Oshawa | Whitby—Oshawa
* Mississauga—Streetsville MP Wajid Khan was elected as a Liberal, but has crossed the floor to the Conservatives.

Federal Ridings in Ontario
Central Ontario	Barrie | Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound | Dufferin—Caledon | Durham | Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock | Newmarket—Aurora | Northumberland—Quinte West | Peterborough | Simcoe—Grey | Simcoe North | York—Simcoe
Eastern Ontario	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell | Kingston and the Islands | Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington | Leeds—Grenville | Prince Edward—Hastings | Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke | Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Toronto (S Durham & York, Suburbs, Downtown, Brampton & Mississauga)	Ajax—Pickering | Beaches—East York | Bramalea—Gore—Malton | Brampton—Springdale | Brampton West | Davenport | Don Valley East | Don Valley West | Eglinton—Lawrence | Etobicoke Centre | Etobicoke—Lakeshore | Etobicoke North | Markham—Unionville | Mississauga—Brampton South | Mississauga East—Cooksville | Mississauga—Erindale | Mississauga South | Mississauga—Streetsville | Oak Ridges—Markham | Oshawa | Parkdale—High Park | Pickering—Scarborough East | Richmond Hill | St. Paul's | Scarborough—Agincourt | Scarborough Centre | Scarborough—Guildwood | Scarborough—Rouge River | Scarborough Southwest | Thornhill | Toronto Centre | Toronto—Danforth | Trinity—Spadina | Vaughan | Whitby—Oshawa | Willowdale | York Centre | York South—Weston | York West
Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale | Burlington | Halton | Hamilton Centre | Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | Hamilton Mountain | Niagara Falls | Niagara West—Glanbrook | Oakville | St. Catharines | Welland
Midwestern Ontario	Brant | Cambridge | Guelph | Haldimand—Norfolk | Huron—Bruce | Kitchener Centre | Kitchener—Conestoga | Kitchener—Waterloo | Oxford | Perth—Wellington | Wellington—Halton Hills
Northern Ontario	Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing | Kenora | Nickel Belt | Nipissing—Timiskaming | Parry Sound—Muskoka | Sault Ste. Marie | Sudbury | Thunder Bay—Rainy River | Thunder Bay—Superior North | Timmins—James Bay
Southwestern Ontario	Chatham-Kent—Essex | Elgin—Middlesex—London | Essex | Lambton—Kent—Middlesex | London—Fanshawe | London North Centre | London West | Sarnia—Lambton | Windsor—Tecumseh | Windsor West
Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills | Nepean—Carleton | Ottawa Centre | Ottawa—Orléans | Ottawa South | Ottawa—Vanier | Ottawa West—Nepean