Richmond Hill (provincial electoral district)

Richmond Hill
Ontario electoral district
	Richmond Hill in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
;
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

Richmond Hill 2003 to 2018

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.

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
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Oak Ridges
39th	2007–2011		Reza Moridi	Liberal
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–Present		Daisy Wai	Progressive Conservative

Election results

Ontario general election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Daisy Wai	22,224	51.24	+14.70
	Liberal	Reza Moridi	12,108	27.92	-19.86
	New Democratic	Marco Coletta	7,490	17.27	+6.30
	Green	Walter Bauer	1,248	2.88	-0.26
	Libertarian	Igor Bily	301	0.69	-0.50
Total valid votes				100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain		Swing
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Reza Moridi	20,455	47.78	+0.86
	Progressive Conservative	Vic Gupta	15,642	36.54	+0.75
	New Democratic	Adam DeVita	4,697	10.97	-2.00
	Green	Rachael Lave	1,344	3.14	-0.16
	Libertarian	Igor Bily	510	1.19	+0.17
	Ontario Moderate Party	Yuri Duboisky	160	0.37
Total valid votes			42,808	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.84
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2011
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^[3]

Ontario general election, 2007
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
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

↑ "Candidate Search". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
↑ "General Election Results by District, 075 Richmond Hill" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Richmond Hill" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

Coordinates: 43°52′N 79°25′W / 43.87°N 79.42°W / 43.87; -79.42

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[1] "Candidate Search". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

[2] "General Election Results by District, 075 Richmond Hill" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

[3] "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Richmond Hill" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

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Durham and York	Ajax Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill Durham King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Newmarket—Aurora Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge Whitby
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See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario