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Markham - Unionville

2008 Results

Markham-Unionville
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Nov. 7, 2008 5:00 PM EST		216/216 polls
LIB	John McCallum	25,195	54.90	Elected
CON	Duncan Fletcher	13,855	30.19
NDP	Nadine Hawkins	4,682	10.20
GRN	Leonard Aitken	1,931	4.21
LTN	Allen Small	229	0.50

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This ethnically diverse southern Ontario riding contains part of the town of Markham.

The riding stretches from Steeles Avenue East in the south to 16th Avenue, McCowan Road and Highway 7 in the north and lies between Highway 404 and 9th Line.

Immigrants make up 62 per cent of the population, one of the highest rates in Canada. According to the 2006 census 40 per cent of the population is ethnically Chinese, also one of the highest rates in the country. Only 34 per cent of residents listed English as their mother tongue.

The major source of employment is manufacturing. Markham is home to more than 8,000 businesses, many of which are in the high-technology sector. Average family income is $99,803 and unemployment is 7.1 per cent. More than 90 per cent of residents own their homes.

Markham-Unionville was created in 2004 when the eastern boundary of the former Markham riding moved west to Ninth Line. In the 1996 redistribution, the riding of Markham-Whitchurch-Stouffville was divided into three ridings, including Markham. Markham-Whitchurch-Stouffville was created in the 1986 redistribution from 53 per cent of York North and 12 per cent of York-Peel.

Population: 127,191 (2006 census; an increase of 13.5% since 2001)

Political History

Liberal John McCallum is serving his third term. In the 2006 election, McCallum received 61 per cent of the vote and gained a substantial win over Conservative Joe Li.

In 2004, McCallum won two-thirds of the vote when he faced Li for the first time. McCallum was named minister of national defence in 2002 and minister of veteran's affairs in 2003. He became minister of national revenue in 2004.

In 1997, Tory Jim Jones was elected in Markham, but he was excluded from the PC caucus in 2000 and joined the Canadian Alliance. McCallum defeated him in 2000.

Liberal Jag Bhaduria was elected in 1993 but left the Liberal caucus to sit as an Independent in 1994. Party officials had challenged the initials he used after his name, which appeared to indicate he was a lawyer. Bhaduria said he never claimed to be lawyer.

Markham-Whitchurch-Stouffville:

1988 - PC
1993 - LIB

Markham:

1997 - PC
2000 - LIB

Markham-Unionville:

2004, 2006 - LIB

Overall Results

Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share (%)
Updated: Nov. 7, 2008, 5:00 PM EST
CON	143	0	143	37.63
LIB	77	0	77	26.24
BQ	49	0	49	9.97
NDP	37	0	37	18.20
IND	2	0	2	0.65
GRN	0	0	0	6.80
OTH	0	0	0	0.51

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