Whitby—Ajax

Whitby—Ajax was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2003, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007. It was located to the east of Toronto, consisting of the Town of Whitby and the part of the Town of Ajax lying to the south of Kingston Road.

The federal riding was created in 1996, from parts of Durham and Ontario ridings, while the provincial riding was created in 1999 from Durham Centre, Durham East and Durham West.

The federal electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Ajax—Pickering and Whitby—Oshawa ridings. The provincial electoral district was abolished in 2007, when it was also redistributed into Ajax—Pickering and Whitby—Oshawa.

Members of Parliament

Federal

Whitby—Ajax
Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Durham and Ontario
36th	1997–2000		Judi Longfield	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Ajax—Pickering and Whitby—Oshawa

Provincial

Whitby—Ajax
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Durham Centre, Durham East and Durham West
37th	1999–2003		Jim Flaherty	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2006
	2006–2007		Christine Elliott
Riding dissolved into Ajax—Pickering and Whitby—Oshawa

Electoral history

Provincial elections

Ontario provincial by-election, March 30, 2006 Resignation of Jim Flaherty
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Christine Elliott	15,843	46.23	−2.2
	Liberal	Judi Longfield	14,529	42.40	+2.2
	New Democratic	Julie Gladman	3,204	9.35	+0.2
	Green	Nick Boileau	307	0.90	−1.5
	Freedom	Paul McKeever	197	0.57	–
	Family Coalition	Victor Carvalho	102	0.30	–
	Libertarian	Marty Gobin	87	0.25	–
Total valid votes			34,269	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			107	0.31
Turnout			34,376	32.42
Eligible voters			106,028
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing
Source(s) "SUMMARY OF VALID BALLOTS CAST FOR EACH CANDIDATE - Whitby—Ajax" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2015.

Ontario general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Flaherty	27,240	48.3	-9.6
	Liberal	Dennis Fox	22,593	40.1	+6.1
	New Democratic	Dan Edwards	5,155	9.1	+1.0
	Green	Michael MacDonald	1,375	2.4	-

Ontario general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Flaherty	27,623	57.9	-
	Liberal	Aldo Digiovanni	16,235	34.0	-
	New Democratic	Betty Craig	3,889	8.1	-

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results