Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Markham—Stouffville

Federal riding · Ontario · York and Durham

Forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Liberal Party a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 14.3 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Liberal 50.7%
  • Conservative 36.4%
  • NDP 3.8%
  • PPC 1.8%
  • Green 0.6%

Thin vertical mark: 2025 result.

Compared with the average

Liberal Conservative NDP PPC
Markham—Stouffville 50.7%36.4%3.8%1.8%
Provincial averageOntario 48.6%+2.1 34.4%+2.0 5.4%−1.6 1.8%−0.1
National averageCanada 47.0%+3.7 30.4%+6.0 11.8%−8.0 2.1%−0.3

Simple average of the 343 ridings, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Language spoken most often at home
  • English 68.8%
  • Other languages (French included) 31.2%

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (single responses)

Current member

Helena Jaczek · Liberal

In office since April 28, 2025. 45th Parliament.

Previous election (2025)

The Liberal Party won by 6.1 points, with 69.2% turnout.

Our current projection: the Liberal Party ahead by 14.3 points.

Candidates and votes in 2025

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Helena Jaczek Elected Liberal 31,658 51.1 Parliamentarian
Niran Jeyanesan Conservative 27,898 45.0 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
Other candidates 333 0.5

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. Central NewfoundlandLiberal66%1.2-point gap
  2. Niagara WestConservative53%1.2-point gap
  3. Windsor WestConservative56%1.3-point gap
Forecast updated