Oak Ridges (electoral district)

Oak Ridges
Ontario electoral district
	Map of the riding
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1996
District abolished	2003
First contested	1997
Last contested	2000
Demographics
Population (2001)	173,378
Electors (2002)	99,152
Area (km²)	432

Oak Ridges was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2003 and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007. This riding was created in 1996, from parts of Markham—Whitchurch—Stouffville and York North ridings.

It consisted of the towns of Richmond Hill and Whitchurch-Stouffville, and the part of the town of Markham (now a city) north of 16th Avenue.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Oak Ridges—Markham and Richmond Hill ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Markham—Whitchurch—Stouffville and York North
36th	1997–2000	Bryon Wilfert	Liberal
37th	2000–2004	Bryon Wilfert	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Oak Ridges—Markham and Richmond Hill

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bryon Wilfert	27,394
	Progressive Conservative	John Andersen	12,232
	Reform	Edward Sarafian	7,568
	New Democratic	Wynne Hartviksen	2,411
	Natural Law	William Ayling	281
	Canadian Action	Dean Force	167

2000 Canadian federal election: Oak Ridges
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bryon Wilfert	33,058
	Alliance	Bob Callow	11,714
	Progressive Conservative	John Oostrom	8,409
	New Democratic	Joseph Thevarkunnel	1,623
	Green	Steven Haylestrom	672
	Natural Law	Mary Wan	172

2003 Ontario general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Frank Klees	32,647	47.27	-12.72
Liberal	Helena Jaczek	30,126	43.62	+9.27
New Democratic	Pamela Courtot	4,464	6.46	+2.60
Green	Steven Haylestrom	1,821	2.64	+0.84

^ ^a ^b ^c "Profile of the Oak Ridges Electoral District". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Archived from the original on January 25, 2003. Retrieved June 6, 2020.