Richmond Hill (electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Richmond Hill (provincial electoral district).

Richmond Hill

Ontario electoral district
Richmond Hill in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Costas Menegakis Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
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

Map of Richmond Hill riding

Richmond Hill is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

It was created in 2003 from parts of Oak Ridges riding.

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.

Member of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Oak Ridges prior to 2003
38th	2004–2006		Bryon Wilfert	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present		Costas Menegakis	Conservative

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Costas Menegakis	22,078	44.14	+8.45
	Liberal	Bryon Wilfert	17,671	35.33	-11.66
	New Democrat	Adam DeVita	8,433	16.86	+6.97
	Green	Cameron Hastings	1,832	3.66	-3.75
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,014	100.00
Total rejected ballots			221	0.44	-0.05
Turnout			50,235	55.96	+3.91
Eligible voters			89,765

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bryon Wilfert	21,488	46.99	-6.58	$76,540
	Conservative	Chungsen Leung	16,318	35.69	+3.81	$86,007
	New Democrat	Wess Dowsett	4,526	9.89	-0.07	$8,114
	Green	Dylan Marando	3,388	7.41	+2.84	$6,267
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,720	100.00		$90,834
Total rejected ballots			223	0.49	+0.16
Turnout			45,943	52.05	-9.69
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.2

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bryon Wilfert	27,837	53.57	-4.91
	Conservative	Joe Di Paola	16,564	31.88	+7.00
	New Democrat	Wess Dowsett	5,176	9.96	+0.26
	Green	Tim Rudkins	2,379	4.57	-0.06
Total valid votes			51,956	100.00
Total rejected ballots			170	0.33
Turnout			52,126	61.74

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Bryon Wilfert	27,102	58.48
	Conservative	Pete Merrifield	11,530	24.88
	New Democrat	Nella Cotrupi	4,495	9.70
	Green	Tim Rudkins	2,144	4.63
	Progressive Canadian	Ellena Lam	1,074	2.32
Total valid votes			46,345	100.00

See also

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

Sources

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada