# Thornhill (provincial electoral district)

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.
It is the only riding in Ontario with a Jewish plurality. 32.8% of the population is Jewish, the highest in the province.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

Thornhill :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Markham and York Centre |||||
| 37th | 1999–2003 | Tina Molinari | Progressive Conservative |
| 38th | 2003–2007 | Mario Racco | Liberal |
| 39th | 2007–2011 | Peter Shurman | Progressive Conservative |
| 40th | 2011–2013 | Peter Shurman | Progressive Conservative |
| 40th | 2014–2014 | Gila Martow | Progressive Conservative |
| 41st | 2014–2018 | Gila Martow | Progressive Conservative |
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | Gila Martow | Progressive Conservative |
| 43rd | 2022–2025 | Laura Smith | Progressive Conservative |
| 44th | 2025–present | Laura Smith | Progressive Conservative |

## Election results

2025 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Laura Smith | 22,829 | 64.0 | +10.7 |
| | Liberal | Ben Dooley | 10,105 | 28.3 | –1.4 |
| | New Democratic | Faiz Qureshi | 1,282 | 3.6 | –4.2 |
| | Green | Marcelo Levy | 768 | 2.2 | –1.2 |
| | New Blue | Luca Mele | 523 | 1.5 | –1.2 |
| | Moderate | Aleksei Polyakov | 170 | 0.5 | +0.2 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.5 | –0.4 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 90,343 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +6.1 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vte2022 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Laura Smith | 18,395 | 53.28 | −7.84 |
| | Liberal | Laura Mirabella | 10,247 | 29.68 | +14.90 |
| | New Democratic | Jasleen Kambo | 2,698 | 7.82 | −11.51 |
| | Green | Daniella Mikanovsky | 1,155 | 3.35 | +1.14 |
| | New Blue | Yakov Zarkhine | 931 | 2.70 | |
| | Ontario Party | Igor Tvorogov | 351 | 1.02 | |
| | Independent | Jacob Joel Ginsberg | 261 | 0.76 | |
| | No affiliation | Hiten Patel | 195 | 0.56 | |
| | Moderate | Aleksei Polyakov | 105 | 0.30 | −0.07 |
| | Independent | Brandon Ying | 100 | 0.29 | |
| | Freedom of Choice | Roman Pesis | 84 | 0.24 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 34,522 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 298 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,820 | 39.88 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 87,082 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | −11.37 |
| Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18."Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21. |||||||
2018 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Gila Martow | 28,889 | 61.13 | +16.45 |
| | New Democratic | Ezra Tanen | 9,134 | 19.33 | +11.32 |
| | Liberal | Sabi Ahsan | 6,985 | 14.78 | -28.50 |
| | Green | Rachel Dokhoian | 1,043 | 2.21 | -0.18 |
| | Libertarian | Mike Holmes | 621 | 1.31 | |
| | None of the Above | Above Znoneofthe | 410 | 0.87 | |
| | Moderate | Aleksei Polyakov | 177 | 0.37 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 47,259 | 99.03 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 465 | 0.97 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,724 | 56.16 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 84,979 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +2.57 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
2014 general election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Progressive Conservative | 17,228 | 44.68 |
| Liberal | 16,688 | 43.28 |
| New Democratic | 3,089 | 8.01 |
| Green | 922 | 2.39 |
| Others | 631 | 1.64 |
2014 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Gila Martow | 21,886 | 43.95 | -3.94 |
| | Liberal | Sandra Yeung Racco | 21,780 | 43.78 | +2.18 |
| | New Democratic | Cindy Hackelberg | 4,052 | 8.16 | +1.37 |
| | Green | David Bergart | 1,229 | 2.48 | +1.04 |
| | Libertarian | Gene Balfour | 571 | 1.16 | +0.11 |
| | Freedom | Erin Goodwin | 233 | 0.47 | -0.08 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 49,751 | 100.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -3.06 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
Ontario provincial by-election, February 13, 2014 Resignation of Peter Shurman :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Gila Martow | 13,438 | 47.89 | +1.18 |
| | Liberal | Sandra Yeung Racco | 11,671 | 41.60 | +0.68 |
| | New Democratic | Cindy Hackelberg | 1,905 | 6.79 | -2.17 |
| | Green | Teresa Pun | 404 | 1.44 | -0.24 |
| | Libertarian | Gene Balfour | 296 | 1.05 | -0.34 |
| | Freedom | Erin Goodwin | 153 | 0.55 | +0.22 |
| | People's Political Party | Kevin Clarke | 144 | 0.51 | |
| | Pauper | John Turmel | 47 | 0.17 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,058 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 126 | 0.45 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,184 | 27.36 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 103,021 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +0.25 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
2011 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Peter Shurman | 20,971 | 46.71 | +0.81 |
| | Liberal | Bernie Farber | 18,373 | 40.92 | -1.38 |
| | New Democratic | Cindy Hackelberg | 4,024 | 8.96 | +3.46 |
| | Green | Steff Duncan | 756 | 1.68 | -3.54 |
| | Libertarian | Gene Balfour | 623 | 1.39 | |
| | Freedom | Erin Gorman | 149 | 0.33 | +0.03 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 44,896 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 239 | 0.53 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,135 | 45.35 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 99,517 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +1.10 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
2007 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Peter Shurman | 22,153 | 45.90 | +0.74 |
| | Liberal | Mario Racco | 20,420 | 42.31 | -4.59 |
| | New Democratic | Sandra Parrott | 2,656 | 5.50 | -0.23 |
| | Green | Lloyd Helferty | 2,520 | 5.22 | +3.68 |
| | Family Coalition | Nathan Kidd | 218 | 0.45 | |
| | Independent | Malcolm Kojokaro | 156 | 0.32 | |
| | Freedom | Lindsay King | 145 | 0.30 | -0.37 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 48,268 | 100.00 |
2003 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Mario Racco | 21,419 | 46.90 | -0.46 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Tina Molinari | 20,623 | 45.16 | -3.05 |
| | New Democratic | Laurie Orrett | 2,616 | 5.73 | +2.19 |
| | Green | Bridget Haworth | 705 | 1.54 | +0.65 |
| | Freedom | Lindsay G. King | 304 | 0.67 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 45,667 | 100.00 |
1999 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Tina Molinari | 19,580 | 48.21 |
| | Liberal | Dan Ronen | 19,237 | 47.36 |
| | New Democratic | Nathan David Rotman | 1,438 | 3.54 |
| | Green | Ruth von Bezold | 360 | 0.89 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 40,615 | 100.00 |

## 2007 electoral reform referendum

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 |