| Thornhill | |
| Province: | Ontario |
| Prov-Status: | active |
| Prov-Created: | 1996 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1999 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2022 |
| Prov-Rep-Party: | PC |
| Demo-Census-Date: | 2016 |
| Demo-Pop: | 112720 |
| Demo-Electors: | 84979 |
| Demo-Electors-Date: | 2018 |
| Demo-Area: | 63 |
| Demo-Cd: | York |
| Demo-Csd: | Markham, Vaughan |
Thornhill is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.
It covers the suburban community of Thornhill, which is made up of portions of the cities of Vaughan and Markham and was created in 1999 from parts of Markham and York Centre ridings.
It consists of the part of the City of Vaughan that is east of Highway 400 and south of Rutherford Road, and the part of the City of Markham west of Bayview Avenue.[1]
It is the only riding in Ontario with a Jewish plurality. 32.8% of the population is Jewish, the highest in the province.[2]
| 2014 general election redistributed results[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |||
| 17,228 | 44.68 | ||||
| 16,688 | 43.28 | ||||
| 3,089 | 8.01 | ||||
| 922 | 2.39 | ||||
| Others | 631 | 1.64 | |||
| 2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | ||
| First Past the Post | 29,007 | 62.2 | ||
| Mixed member proportional | 17,659 | 37.8 | ||
| Total valid votes | 46,666 | 100.0 | ||