Riding profile
Markham--Stouffville
The question
Markham--Stouffville: a safe seat for the Liberal Party?
Editorial read
Markham--Stouffville, a suburban riding in Ontario, elected a member with the Liberal Party in the previous cycle, with a 6-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Liberal Party ahead at 48% vote share, against 39% for the Conservative Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.
Sitting member
Helena Jaczek
Sits with Liberal
Current forecast
Liberal
Safe
- Probability
- 100%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 8.4
- P(close race)
- 3%
In context
How this riding stacks up
| Liberal | Conservative | NDP | PPC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HereMarkham--Stouffville | 47.7% | 39.3% | 5.0% | 1.0% |
| Provincial averageOntario | 45.6% +2.1 | 37.5% +1.9 | 6.4% −1.4 | 1.1% −0.1 |
| National averageCanada | 41.9% +5.8 | 34.8% +4.5 | 14.2% −9.2 | 1.0% |
Provincial averages computed across the 343 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).
Projection track
How the projection has moved
Previous election · FED 2025
Detailed result · FED 2025
Candidates and votes
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helena Jaczek Elected | Liberal | 31,658 | 51.4 | Parliamentarian |
| Niran Jeyanesan | Conservative | 27,898 | 45.3 | Police Officer |
| Serena Cheung | NDP | 1,121 | 1.8 | Environmental Consultant |
| Myles O'Brien | Green | 433 | 0.7 | Sustainability Coordinator |
| René de Vries | PPC | 393 | 0.6 | Environmental Geoscientist |
| Shahzad Ahmed | Other | 141 | 0.2 | Banker |
Demographics
Who lives here
Linguistic profile
- Anglophone 68.8%
- Non-francophone (other) 31.2%
Around the region
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- Last model run
- Cycle
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