Ajax (electoral district)
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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 | ||
Last contested | 2019 | ||
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 division(s) | Durham | ||
Census subdivision(s) | 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 entire 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 | 2015–2019 | Mark Holland | Liberal | |
43rd | 2019–present |
Election results[edit]
Graph of general election results in Ajax (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||||||
Liberal | Mark Holland | 35,198 | 57.7 | $64,483.26 | ||||||||
Conservative | Tom Dingwall | 15,864 | 26.0 | $102,214.59 | ||||||||
New Democratic | Shokat Malik | 7,033 | 11.5 | $9,641.03 | ||||||||
Green | Maia Knight | 2,040 | 3.3 | $1,882.83 | ||||||||
People's | Susanna Russo | 588 | 1.0 | - | $3,679.53 | |||||||
Independent | Allen Keith Hadley | 186 | 0.3 | - | $1,441.93 | |||||||
Independent | Intab Ali | 111 | 0.2 | - | none listed | |||||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 61,020 | 100.0 | ||||||||||
Total rejected ballots | 487 | |||||||||||
Turnout | 61,507 | 66.3 | ||||||||||
Eligible voters | 92,761 | |||||||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | {{{3}}}|- | Source: Elections Canada[5][6] |
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[7][8][9] |
2011 federal election poll-by-poll redistribution[10] | |||
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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
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- ^ 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