Markham—Unionville (provincial electoral district)

Markham—Unionville
Ontario electoral district
	Markham—Unionville in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Billy Pang; Progressive Conservative
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District created	2003
First contested	2007
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	123,320
Electors (2018)	86,671
Area (km²)	84
Pop. density (per km²)	1,468.1
Census division(s)	York
Census subdivision(s)	Markham

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

Markham—Unionville 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.

In the 2018 election, incumbent Michael Chan did not run for re-election. Liberal candidate Amanda Yeung Collucci, a sitting Markham councillor, drew attention for campaign signs that omitted her party's name and logo, and for a Facebook post in 2012 suggesting that the 9/11 terror attacks was an inside job.^[1]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Markham—Unionville
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Markham
39th	2007–2011		Michael Chan	Liberal
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022		Billy Pang	Progressive Conservative
43rd	2022–present		Billy Pang	Progressive Conservative

Election results

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Billy Pang	19,985	56.42	−6.01
	Liberal	Emily Li	10,774	30.42	+12.40
	New Democratic	Senthil Mahalingam	2,579	7.28	−9.29
	Green	Shanta Sundarason	1,299	3.67	+1.55
	New Blue	Trina Kollis	536	1.51
	Ontario Party	Naz Obredor	249	0.70
Total valid votes			35,422	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			216
Turnout			35,638	39.12
Eligible voters			89,975
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−9.21
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Billy Pang	29,305	62.44	+28.46
	Liberal	Amanda Yeung Collucci	8,456	18.01	-33.32
	New Democratic	Sylvie David	7,778	16.57	+6.54
	Green	Deborah Moolman	996	2.12	-1.48
	Libertarian	Allen Small	244	0.52	-0.54
	Moderate	Anastasia Afonina	161	0.34
Total valid votes			46,940	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			505	1.08
Turnout			47,445	57.74
Eligible voters			86,671
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+30.89
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

2014 Ontario general election
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
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			563	1.34
Turnout			42,479	44.54
Eligible voters			95,367
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.88
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

v t e 2011 Ontario general election
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) "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Markham—Unionville" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

v t e 2007 Ontario general election
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

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
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

^ Kelly, Tim (May 19, 2018). "Markham-Unionville Liberal 'sorry' for posting 9/11 was 'cover up' on Facebook". YorkRegion.com. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ "Official result from the records, 046 Markham—Unionville" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

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[1] Kelly, Tim (May 19, 2018). "Markham-Unionville Liberal 'sorry' for posting 9/11 was 'cover up' on Facebook". YorkRegion.com. Retrieved June 11, 2018.

[2] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[3] "Official result from the records, 046 Markham—Unionville" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

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