Voting 2019: Thornhill riding profile (Vaughan)

Thornhill MP Peter Kent running again in federal election

Yorkregion.com
May 9, 2019
Simone Joseph

THE RIDING:

The Thornhill neighbourhood is split between Vaughan and Markham. It includes the part of Vaughan east of Highway 400 and south of Rutherford Road, and the part of Markham west of Bayview Avenue.

Thornhill was a Liberal riding from its creation in 1997, until current Conservative MP Peter Kent won in 2008.

Thornhill has a population of 112,719 with 81,672 registered voters. The riding has a large Jewish population. Markham has a separate riding called Markham-Thornhill. The riding lost its territory east of Bayview Avenue to Markham-Thornhill and gained a small fraction from York Centre in the 2012 redistribution.

Peter Kent, Conservative MP seeking re-election.

BACKGROUND:

Thornhill used to be a Liberal riding with Elinor Caplan (Liberal) serving as MP 1997-2004 and Susan Kadis (Liberal) serving as MP 2004-2008. Then, Thornhill turned blue in 2008 when Kent was elected and has remained Conservative.

Candidates in the last federal election, Monday, Oct. 19, 2015 included: Kent (Conservative Party of Canada), Gene Balfour (Libertarian Party of Canada), Lorne Cherry (New Democratic Party), Nancy Coldham (Liberal Party of Canada), Margaret Leigh Fairbairn (Seniors Party of Canada) and Josh Rachlis (Green Party of Canada).

Go to https://www.elections.ca/home.aspx for more information on the election.