Richmond Hill (provincial electoral district)
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| File:Richmond Hill, riding.png
Richmond Hill in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
| MPP |
Liberal |
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| District created | 2003 | ||
| First contested | 2007 | ||
| Last contested | 2014 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2006) | 122,614 | ||
| Electors (2011) | 88,261 | ||
| Area (km²) | 49 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 2,502.3 | ||
| Census divisions | York | ||
| Census subdivisions | Richmond Hill | ||
File:Richmond Hill (riding map).png
Map of Richmond Hill riding
Richmond Hill is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election.
It was created in 2003 from parts of Oak Ridges riding.
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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 Town of Richmond Hill.
It consists of the part of the Town of Richmond Hill lying south and west of a line drawn from west to east along Gamble Road, south along Yonge Street, and east along Elgin Mills Road East.
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Richmond Hill | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Oak Ridges | ||||
| 39th | 2007–2011 | Reza Moridi | Liberal | |
| 40th | 2011–2014 | |||
| 41st | 2014–Present | |||
Election results
| Ontario general election, 2014 | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Reza Moridi | 21,049 | 48.48 | +1.56 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Vic Gupta | 15,482 | 35.66 | -0.13 | ||||
| New Democratic | Adam DeVita | 4,817 | 11.09 | -1.88 | ||||
| Green | Rachael Lave | 1,335 | 3.07 | -0.23 | ||||
| Libertarian | Igor Bily | 549 | 1.26 | +0.24 | ||||
| Ontario Moderate Party | Yuri Duboisky | 187 | 0.43 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 43,419 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.84 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[1] | ||||||||
| Ontario general election, 2011 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Reza Moridi | 18,042 | 46.92 | -0.91 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Vic Gupta | 13,763 | 35.79 | +1.06 | ||||
| New Democratic | Adam DeVita | 4,987 | 12.97 | +4.27 | ||||
| Green | Brian Chamberlain | 1,268 | 3.30 | -4.59 | ||||
| Libertarian | Tamas Demjen | 394 | 1.02 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 38,454 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 216 | 0.56 | ||||||
| Turnout | 38,670 | 42.49 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 91,010 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -0.99 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| Ontario general election, 2007 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Reza Moridi | 19,456 | 47.83 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alex Yuan | 14,127 | 34.73 | |||||
| New Democratic | Nella Cotrupi | 3,565 | 8.7 | |||||
| Green | Liz Couture | 3,210 | 7.89 | |||||
| Family Coalition | Lisa Kidd | 318 | 0.78 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 40,676 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario | ||||||||
2007 electoral reform referendum
| Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 | |||
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| Side | Votes | % | |
| First Past the Post | 23,187 | 58.8 | |
| Mixed member proportional | 16,219 | 41.2 | |
| Total valid votes | 39,406 | 100.0 | |
Sources
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