Newmarket—Aurora (provincial electoral district)

The major industry in the riding is manufacturing, and auto parts maker Magna International is the largest manufacturer. Average family income in the riding is higher than the national average at slightly over $97,000 a year. Unemployment in the riding is lower than the national average at 3.6%.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Newmarket—Aurora
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from York North and Vaughan—King—Aurora
39th	2007–2011		Frank Klees	Progressive Conservative
40th	2011–2014		Frank Klees	Progressive Conservative
41st	2014–Present		Chris Ballard	Liberal

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Chris Ballard	22,997	43.94	+8.32
	Progressive Conservative	Jane Twinney	19,585	37.42	-9.82
	New Democratic	Angus Duff	6,023	11.51	-2.85
	Green	Andrew Roblin	2,144	4.10	+1.33
	Canadians' Choice	Dorian Baxter	922	1.76
	Libertarian	Jason Jenkins	579	1.11
	Trillium Party of Ontario	Bob Yaciuk	83	0.16
Total valid votes			52,333	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+9.07
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Klees	21,425	47.24	+4.53
	Liberal	Christina Bisanz	16,154	35.62	-4.12
	New Democratic	Robin Wardlaw	6,514	14.36	+7.14
	Green	Kristopher Kuysten	1,256	2.77	-6.41
Total valid votes			45,349	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			151	0.33
Turnout			45,500	49.33
Eligible voters			92,231
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.33
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Klees	19,460	42.72	-2.61
	Liberal	Christina Bisanz	18,105	39.74	-2.36
	Green	John McRogers	4,182	9.18
	New Democratic	Mike Seaward	3,290	7.22	-0.39
	Libertarian	Craig Hodgins	269	0.59
	Family Coalition	Tad Brudzinski	249	0.55
Total valid votes			45,555	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing	-0.13

^ Change based on redistributed results

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	29,470	65.9
	Mixed member proportional	15,226	34.1
	Total valid votes	44,696	100.0

References

↑ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the recores, 053 Newmarket-Aurora" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.
↑ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Newmarket—Aurora" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

Sources

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

Newmarket, Ontario

Municipality	Newmarket Bogarttown Regional Municipality of York

Business and services	Newmarket Public Library Southlake Regional Health Centre Upper Canada Mall

Education	Public: Dr. John M. Denison Secondary School Huron Heights Secondary School Newmarket High School Sacred Heart Catholic High School (Newmarket) Sir William Mulock Secondary School Private: Pickering College

Government	List of mayors Old Newmarket Town Hall and Courthouse Electoral districts: Newmarket—Aurora (federal, provincial) Defunct: Durham—York York—Peel

Transportation	Newmarket Transit (now part of York Region Transit) Newmarket GO Station Newmarket Bus Terminal Ontario Highway 404

Sport	Ray Twinney Complex Newmarket Hurricanes Newmarket Royals Newmarket Saints (OHL) Newmarket Saints (OLA)

Town People

Provincial ridings in Ontario

Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins—James Bay

Eastern	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Prince Edward—Hastings Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Central	Barrie Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Newmarket—Aurora Northumberland—Quinte West Peterborough Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe

Midwestern	Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Waterloo Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Essex Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brampton West Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Mississauga—Streetsville Oakville

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Burlington Halton Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Niagara Falls Niagara West—Glanbrook St. Catharines Welland

Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean

South Durham, York	Ajax—Pickering Markham—Unionville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa

Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest St. Paul's Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

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