Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill (federal electoral district)

For the provincial district, see Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill (provincial electoral district).

Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill

Ontario electoral district
Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts
Coordinates:	43.940326°N 79.453999°W / 43.940326; -79.453999 Location of the federal constituency office (as of 7 May 2016^[update])
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Leah Taylor Roy Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	118,883
Electors (2015)	78,848
Area (km²)[1]	94.63
Pop. density (per km²)	1,256.3
Census division(s)	York Region
Census subdivision(s)	Aurora, Richmond Hill

Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It has been represented by Leah Taylor Roy, a Liberal, since 2021.

It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Newmarket—Aurora, Oak Ridges—Markham, and Richmond Hill.^[2]

Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the dropping of the writs for the 2015 federal election.^[3]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[4]

Languages: 41.0% English, 12.6% Mandarin, 8.9% Cantonese, 7.7% Persian, 4.0% Russian, 2.4% Italian, 1.9% Korean, 1.3% Arabic, 1.1% Spanish
Religions: 42.3% Christian (20.9% Catholic, 5.7% Christian Orthodox, 1.9% Anglican, 1.6% United Church, 1.1% Presbyterian, 11.1% Other), 11.7% Muslim, 3.7% Jewish, 2.3% Hindu, 1.9% Buddhist, 37.0% None
Median income: $39,600 (2020)
Average income: $63,900 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[5]		2016[6]		2011[7]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	47,605	40.48%	54,785	47.93%	59,560	56.87%
East Asian[b]	36,690	31.2%	30,715	26.87%	20,580	19.65%
Middle Eastern[c]	14,950	12.71%	11,435	10%	8,460	8.08%
South Asian	8,840	7.52%	9,065	7.93%	8,430	8.05%
Southeast Asian[d]	2,395	2.04%	2,525	2.21%	2,520	2.41%
African	2,355	2%	2,330	2.04%	2,015	1.92%
Latin American	1,280	1.09%	905	0.79%	1,190	1.14%
Indigenous	345	0.29%	445	0.39%	205	0.2%
Other/multiracial[e]	3,130	2.66%	2,115	1.85%	1,760	1.68%
Total responses	117,595	98.92%	114,305	99.2%	104,730	98.74%
Total population	118,883	100%	115,227	100%	106,064	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Newmarket—Aurora, Oak Ridges—Markham, and Richmond Hill
42nd	2015–2018		Leona Alleslev	Liberal
	2018–2019			Conservative
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present		Leah Taylor Roy	Liberal

Election results

Graph of general election results in Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Leah Taylor Roy	20,764	45.24	+2.86	$102,230.88
	Conservative	Leona Alleslev	19,304	42.06	-2.32	$96,732.68
	New Democratic	Janice Hagan	3,594	7.83	+0.63	$25.50
	People's	Anthony Siskos	1,734	3.78	+2.78	$1,630.40
	Libertarian	Serge Korovitsyn	500	1.09	+0.09	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,896	–	–	$113,842.33
Total rejected ballots			509
Turnout			46,405	55.01	-9.39
Eligible voters			84,361
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+2.59
Source: Elections Canada[8]

2021 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	21,005	44.76
	Conservative	19,766	42.12
	New Democratic	3,770	8.03
	People's	1,818	3.87
	Green	86	0.18
	Others	478	1.02

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Leona Alleslev	23,568	44.38	-0.81	$100,442.03
	Liberal	Leah Taylor Roy	22,508	42.38	-4.96	$100,105.74
	New Democratic	Aaron Brown	3,820	7.20	+1.49	$282.50
	Green	Timothy Flemming	2,154	4.0	+2.72	$2,471.02
	People's	Priya Patil	530	1.0		$500.00
	Libertarian	Serge Korovitsyn	529	1.0		none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,109	100.0
Total rejected ballots			454
Turnout			53563	64.4%
Eligible voters			83156
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+2.08
Source: Elections Canada[10] CBC News[11]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Leona Alleslev	24,132	47.34	+19.47	$76,512.44
	Conservative	Costas Menegakis	23,039	45.19	−6.31	$150,877.75
	New Democratic	Brenda Power	2,912	5.71	−10.24	$1,887.13
	Green	Randi Ramdeen	654	1.28	−2.19	–
	Animal Alliance	Kyle Bowles	243	0.48	–	$5,898.62
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,980	100.00		$212,912.36
Total rejected ballots			204	0.40	–
Turnout			51,184	64.91	–
Eligible voters			78,848
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+12.89
Source: Elections Canada[12][13][14]

2011 federal election redistributed results[15]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	20,221	51.51
	Liberal	10,941	27.87
	New Democratic	6,263	15.95
	Green	1,363	3.47
	Others	471	1.20

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

References

1. "Census Profile, 2021 Census Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill". Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
2. Final Report – Ontario
3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
4. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Aurora--Oak Ridges--Richmond Hill [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
5. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
6. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
7. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
8. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
9. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
10. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
11. "Canada Votes 2019". CBC News. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
12. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill, 30 September 2015
13. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
14. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
15. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections