Markham—Unionville (Ontario) 176/338

 Markham—Unionville (Ontario)

Today we're back with Markham—Unionville!

Markham—Unionville has existed as a riding since 2003, created from Markham. The population of the riding was 128,308 in 2021. The riding is in the city of Markham (338,503 in 2021) and contains the neighbourhoods of Unionville, Berczy Village, and Cachet. The riding was 65.6% Chinese, the most Chinese in the country. 

Politically, this seat trended in a certain direction until surprisingly bouncing back in 2021. While this seat was not remotely in its current form until 2015, this seat would've voted for the Liberals until 2011 when the Conservatives swept the York Region. In 2021, the seat swung 10 points towards the Liberals, giving them this seat that wasn't on their radar. This seat is currently held by Liberal MP Paul Chiang.

Former MP Bob Saroya has been an active candidate around the GTA. In 2008, he ran against Kirsty Duncan in Etobicoke North, taking the seat closer than it had been since 1988. In 2011, he ran against past minister John McCallum in today's seat, losing by just 1,695 votes. In 2015, this was the only seat picked up from the Liberals. In 2019, this seat was 37/121 in Ontario and 104/338 in Canada by margin.

The name is good, Unionville is a large neighbourhood. The shape is also very good, clean shape. As for individuality, very interesting swing that happened in 2021 in this and other large Chinese ridings.

Tomorrow we'll be back with Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner!