Ajax (electoral district)
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Ontario electoral district | |||
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Ajax in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts | |||
Coordinates: | 43°51′16″N 79°03′36″W / 43.854506°N 79.059892°WCoordinates: 43°51′16″N 79°03′36″W / 43.854506°N 79.059892°W Location of the federal constituency office (as of 7 May 2016[update]) | ||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016)[1] | 119,677 | ||
Electors (2015) | 83,542 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 67.00 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 1,786.2 | ||
Census divisions | Durham | ||
Census subdivisions | Ajax |
Ajax is a federal electoral district in the Durham Region of Ontario.
Ajax was created by the 2012 riding redistribution from the portion of Ajax—Pickering[3] consisting of the town of Ajax, Ontario, and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect in time for the 2015 Canadian federal election.[4]
Members of Parliament[edit]
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Riding created from Ajax—Pickering | ||||
42nd | 2015–present | Mark Holland | Liberal |
Election results[edit]
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Mark Holland | 31,458 | 55.87 | +17.94 | $98,658.57 | |||
Conservative | Chris Alexander | 19,374 | 34.41 | −9.82 | $154,560.57 | |||
New Democratic | Stephanie Brown | 4,630 | 8.22 | −6.78 | $3,065.75 | |||
Green | Jeff Hill | 788 | 1.40 | −1.32 | $717.00 | |||
United | Bob Kesic | 57 | 0.10 | -0.02 | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 56,307 | 100.00 | $222,192.40 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 206 | 0.36 | – | |||||
Turnout | 56,513 | 66.81 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 84,584 | |||||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.88 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[5][6][7] |
2011 federal election poll-by-poll redistribution[8] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 19,535 | 44.23 | |
Liberal | 16,753 | 37.93 | |
New Democratic | 6,624 | 15.00 | |
Green | 1,200 | 2.72 | |
United | 53 | 0.12 |
References[edit]
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2017
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2017
- ^ Final Report – Ontario
- ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Ajax, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections