Ajax—Pickering

For the provincial electoral district, see Ajax—Pickering (provincial electoral district).

Ajax—Pickering
Ontario electoral district
Ajax—Pickering electoral district
Coordinates:	43°51′02″N 79°03′18″W / 43.85056°N 79.05500°W / 43.85056; -79.05500Coordinates: 43°51′02″N 79°03′18″W / 43.85056°N 79.05500°W / 43.85056; -79.05500 Location of the constituency office (as of 12 July 2010)
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2013
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)^[1]	137,217
Electors (2011)	86,159
Area (km²)^[2]	272.24
Census divisions	Durham
Census subdivisions	Ajax, Pickering

Ajax—Pickering was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2011 by Conservative MP Chris Alexander.

Its population in 2001 was 100,215. The district includes the Town of Ajax and the northern part of the City of Pickering in the eastern suburbs of Toronto. The electoral district was created in 2003: 57.6% of the population of the riding came from 43.3% of Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge and 44.8% from Whitby—Ajax.

Following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, the riding will be dissolved. The southern portion will become Ajax, while the northern portion will be transferred to Pickering—Uxbridge.

Boundaries

Consisting of that part of the Regional Municipality of Durham composed of:

(a) the Town of Ajax; and

(b) that part of the City of Pickering lying northerly and easterly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of said city with Finch Avenue; thence easterly along said avenue to Valley Farm Road; thence southerly along said road and its production to Ontario Highway 401; thence northeasterly along said highway to Brock Road; thence southerly along said road and its production to the southerly limit of said city.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Ajax—Pickering Riding created from Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge and Whitby—Ajax
38th	2004–2006	Mark Holland	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	Chris Alexander	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Pickering—Uxbridge and Ajax

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Chris Alexander	24,797	44.07	+6.12
	Liberal	Mark Holland	21,569	38.33	-6.20
	New Democratic	Jim Koppens	8,284	14.72	+5.64
	Green	Mihkel Harilaid	1,621	2.88	-4.40
	United	Bob Kesic	72	0.13	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			56,268	100.00
Total rejected ballots			187	0.33	-0.05
Turnout			56,455	61.22
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.16

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Holland	21,675	44.53	-4.9	$53,225
	Conservative	Rick Johnson	18,471	37.95	+5.2	$87,925
	New Democratic	Bala Thavarajasoorier	4,422	9.08	-3.6	$1,541
	Green	Mike Harilaid	3,543	7.28	+3.1	$3,531
	Christian Heritage	Kevin Norng	398	0.82	0.0	$1,171
	Libertarian	Stephanie Wilson	167	0.34	N/A	$20
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,676	100	$89,065
Total rejected ballots			186	0.38
Turnout			48,862
	Liberal hold		Swing		-5.05

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Holland	25,636	49.38	-0.39	$43,781
	Conservative	Rondo Thomas	16,992	32.73	-0.90	$77,308
	New Democratic	Kevin Modeste	6,655	12.82	+0.70	$8,405
	Green	Russell Korus	2,199	4.24	-0.23	$948
	Christian Heritage	Kevin Norng	435	0.84	n/a	$7,950
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,917	100.00	$77,681
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.51

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Mark Holland	21,706	49.77	-7.67
	Conservative	René Soetens	14,666	33.63	-3.83
	New Democratic	Kevin Modeste	5,286	12.12	+8.10
	Green	Karen MacDonald	1,951	4.47	–
Total valid votes			43,609
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		-3.84

2000 federal election poll-by-poll redistribution^[3]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	19,974	57.44
	Canadian Alliance	8,260	23.75
	Progressive Conservative	4,767	13.71
	New Democratic	1,425	4.10
	Others	348	1.00

References

"(Code 35001) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-01.

Notes

External links

Federal ridings in Southern Durham and York

Liberal	Ajax Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Vaughan—Woodbridge Whitby

Conservative	Markham—Unionville Oshawa Thornhill

Federal ridings in Ontario

Central Ontario

Eastern Ontario

S Durham & York

Southwestern Durham	Ajax Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Whitby

Southern York	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge

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See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario

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