On June 12, voters head to the polls in the 2014 Ontario election. Learn more about the candidates and political history of the riding of Markham-Unionville.
Candidates
Liberals: Michael Chan
Progressive Conservatives: Shan Thayaparan
NDP: Nadine Hawkins
Green: Myles O’Brien
Geography
History
Michael Chan has held this riding for the Liberals since a 2007 by-election when he replaced fellow Liberal MPP Tony Wong. When the riding was part of the much larger Markham electoral district, it was held by PC MPPs from 1987 to 2003.
By the numbers
Suburb centre: The average household size of 3.7 people is not only the largest in all of Ontario, it’s the largest for any federal riding in Canada. In addition, only 7.4 per cent of households have one person, also the lowest number in the nation. Only 34 per cent of people have English as their mother tongue, while it’s Cantonese for 17.46 per cent of residents – the highest number in Ontario.
Riding in a tweet
The gap between the Liberals and PCs in many 905 suburbs is closing, but Markham-Unionville is still favoured to re-elect Michael Chan.
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