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Markham was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada created in 1986. Also known as Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville, it was a federal electoral district that elected representatives to the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2000.

Contents 1 Federal district 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 Election results 2.1.1 Markham 2.1.2 Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville 2.1.3 Markham 3 Provincial district 3.1 Members of Provincial Parliament 3.2 2007 by-election 3.3 Election results 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

Markham riding was created from parts of York North and York—Peel ridings. It initially consisted of the towns of Markham and Whitchurch-Stouffville in the Regional Municipality of York.

The name of the electoral district was changed in 1989 to "Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville".

The electoral district was redistributed 1996 into Markham, Oak Ridges and Thornhill ridings.

The new Markham riding consisted of the part of the Town of Markham east of Highway No. 404 and south of 16th Avenue.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Markham—Unionville and Oak Ridges—Markham ridings.

• Bill Attewell, Progressive Conservative, 1988-1993
• Jag Bhaduria, Liberal/Independent, 1993-1997
• H. James Jones, Progressive Conservative/Canadian Alliance, 1997-2000
• John McCallum, Liberal, 2000-2003

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Attewell	36,673
	Liberal	Jag Bhaduria	21,973
	New Democrat	Susan Krone	6,209
	Not affiliated	John A. Gamble	3,643
	Libertarian	Ian Hutchison	568

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jag Bhaduria	34,263
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Attewell	18,414
	Reform	Joe Sherren	16,965
	New Democrat	Jack Grant	1,600
	National	Sheldon Bergson	927
	Natural Law	Stephen R. Porter	449
	Independent	Paul Wang	444
	Abolitionist	Dean Papadopoulos	83

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	H. James Jones	20,449
	Liberal	Gobinder Randhawa	16,810
	Reform	John Paloc	4,947
	Independent	Jag Bhaduria	1,584
	New Democrat	Bhanu Gaunt	1,482
	Natural Law	Stephen R. Porter	258
	Canadian Action	Jeff Baulch	218

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John McCallum	32,104
	Canadian Alliance	H. James Jones	9,015
	Progressive Conservative	David Scrymgeour	5,085
	New Democrat	Janice Hagan	1,129
	Green	Bernadette Manning	493
	Independent	Akber Choudhry	222
	Canadian Action	Jim Conrad	130

1. W. Donald Cousens, Progressive Conservative (1987-1994)
2. David Tsubouchi, Progressive Conservative (1995-2003)
3. Tony C. Wong, Liberal (2003-2006)

Tony Wong resigned in the fall of 2006 to successfully seek election to York Regional Council. His provincial seat was filled in a by-election on February 8, 2007. However the riding will be abolished at the October 4, 2007 provincial election, and redistributed between the new provincial ridings of Markham—Unionville and Oak Ridges—Markham as its federal counterpart already has been.

The Ontario Liberal Party candidate Michael Chan, the Liberal Party of Canada federal riding association president, defeated Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate Alex Yuan.^[1] The Ontario New Democratic Party candidate is Janice Hagan. She was also the party's candidate in the 2003 General Election.^[2] The Green Party candidate is Bernadette Manning. She was also the party's candidate in the 2003 General Election.^[3]

By-election, February 8, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	Michael Chan	9,080	49.3%	-1.4%
	Progressive Conservative	Alex Yuan	6,420	34.9%	-5.4%
	New Democrat	Janice Hagan	1,492	8.1%	+3.0%
	Green	Bernadette Manning	999	5.4%	+3.8%
	Freedom	Cathy McKeever	159	0.9%	*
	Family Coalition	Patrick Redmond	135	0.7%	-0.6%
	Libertarian	Jay Miller	126	0.7%	*

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	Tony Wong	27,253	51.70	+20.62
	Progressive Conservative	David Tsubouchi	21,257	40.33	-22.72
	New Democrat	Janice Hagan	2,679	5.08	+1.23
	Green	Bernadette Manning	824	1.56	+0.50
	Family Coalition	Patrick Redmond	697	1.32	+0.36

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	David Tsubouchi	26,083	63.05	-1.76
	Liberal	Steven Kirsch	12,859	31.08	+12.37
	New Democrat	Janice Hagan	1,594	3.85	-9.66
	Green	Bernadette Manning	437	1.06
	Family Coalition	Patrick Redmond	399	0.96	-0.93

Ontario general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	David Tsubouchi	37,314	64.81	+14.84
	Liberal	Khalid Usman	10,770	18.71	-10.82
	New Democrat	Mike Tang	7,779	13.51	-3.00
	Family Coalition	Patrick Redmond	1088	1.89	-0.23
	Natural Law	Stephen Porter	626	1.09

Ontario general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	Don Cousens	25,595	49.97	+5.77
	Liberal	Frank Scarpitti	15,128	29.53	-13.10
	New Democrat	Rob Saunders	8,459	16.51	+6.57
	Family Coalition	Eric Skura	1,086	2.12	-1.11
	Libertarian	Ian Hutchison	642	1.25
	Independent	Gary Walsh	311	0.61

Ontario general election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	Don Cousens	19,224	44.20
	Liberal	Gail Newall	18,543	42.63
	New Democrat	Anne Swarbrick	4,323	9.94
	Family Coalition	Rina Puleo	1,403	3.23

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

1. ^ Grech, Caroline Grech. "No call, but parties still prepping for Markham byelection", York Region.Com, December 13, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-01-19. (English) 
2. ^ Markham Candidates (HTML). Elections Ontario, Government of Ontario (January 19, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-01-19.
3. ^ Green Party of Ontario (2007-01-17). "Green Party will Field Full Slate in Provincial By-Elections". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-01-19.

• Parliamentary website: Markham
• Parliamentary website: Markham-Whitchurch-Stouffville
• Parliamentary website: Markham
• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results