Legislature House of Commons First contested 1997 District webpage profile, map Elector 80,288 | District created 1996 Last contested 2015 Province Ontario | |
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MP Peter Kent
Conservative Census divisions Regional Municipality of York, Markham, Vaughan | ||
Thornhill is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
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It covers the community of Thornhill, which is made up of portions of Vaughan and Markham, and 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 city of Markham west of Bayview Avenue.
It is one of only two ridings in Canada with a Jewish plurality (the other being Mount Royal in Quebec). 32.8% of the population is Jewish, the highest in Canada. Thornhill also has the highest percentage of Russians (12.9%) of all Canadian ridings (implying the presence of a strong community of Russian Jews).
The Thornhill riding has the highest percentage of population with an educational attainment of "University certificate or diploma above bachelor level" (i.e. above-bachelor-level certificate or diploma other than doctorate, master, or medicine etc. degrees) with 5.0%.
The riding lost all of its territory east of Bayview Avenue to Markham-Thornhill, and gained a small fraction from York Centre in the 2012 redistribution.
Demographics
According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representationEthnic groups: 68.2% White, 7.6% Chinese, 6.5% South Asian, 4.6% Filipino, 3.7% Korean, 3.3% West Asian, 1.9% Black, 1.1% Southeast Asian
Languages: 49.9% English, 13.0% Russian, 6.2% Chinese, 3.1% Persian, 3.2% Korean, 3.7% Hebrew, 3.0% Italian, 2.2% Tagalog, 1.7% Spanish 1.4% French, 1.0% Gujarati
Religions: 37.5% Christian (18.8% Catholic, 6.2% Christian Orthodox, 2.0% Presbyterian, 1.6% Anglican, 1.5% United Church, 7.3% Other Christian), 37.1% Jewish, 4.3% Muslim, 3.4% Hindu, 2.0% Buddhist, 14.7% None.
Median income: $30,798 (2010)
Average income: $47,097 (2010)
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Election results
Source: CBC Ridings Results
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.