WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MARKHAM-THORNHILL

THE RIDING

Markham-Thornhill: It is comprised of parts of Markham and Thornhill and is bounded by Bayview Avenue on the west, Highway 407 on the north, the Rouge River on the east and Steeles Avenue on the south. The population in 2016 was 99,078, a 3.1 per cent drop from 102,221 in 2011. The major ethnic groups in the riding are: Chinese (35.2 per cent), South Asian (30.8 per cent) and white (17.9 per cent). The major languages are: English (36.2 per cent), Chinese (29.8 per cent) and Tamil (9.1 per cent).

THE RACE

Ontario PC party: Logan

Kanapathi

Liberal party: Sandra Tam

NDP: Matthew Henriques

New Blue: Jennifer Gleason

BACKGROUND

The riding of Markham-Thornhill has a brief history, having been created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries commission out of portions of what are currently Markham-Unionville and Thornhill ridings to accommodate Markham and Thornhill's growing population.

In the 2018 provincial election, Ontario PC candidate Logan Kanapathi took more than 50 per cent of the vote, almost 19,000 votes, according to unofficial results, in his romp to

victory in the 2018 Ontario election's riding of Markham-Thornhill. The 12year veteran of Markham council's victory was part of a huge blue tidal wave of support across York region and much of southern Ontario.

The next closest candidate was the Ontario Liberal Juanita Nathan, a Markham school trustee, who won just over 9,000 votes.