Ajax—Pickering

Ajax—Pickering
Ontario electoral district
	Ajax—Pickering electoral district
Coordinates:	43°51′02″N 79°03′18″W / 43.85056°N 79.05500°WCoordinates: 43°51′02″N 79°03′18″W / 43.85056°N 79.05500°W; 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)	137,217
Electors (2011)	86,159
Area (km²)	272.24
Census division(s)	Durham
Census subdivision(s)	Ajax, Pickering

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

Its population in 2001 was 100,215. The district included 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 was dissolved. The southern portion–including all of Ajax–became Ajax, while the northern portion became part of 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[]

hide2011 Canadian federal election
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

hide2008 Canadian federal election
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

hide2006 Canadian federal election
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

hide2004 Canadian federal election
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[]

^ Statistics Canada
^ Statistics Canada
^ Election Prediction

External links[]

Riding history from the Library of Parliament
Expenditures - 2008

[1] Statistics Canada

[2] Statistics Canada

[3] Election Prediction

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show v t Federal ridings in Southern Durham and York
Liberal	Ajax King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Vaughan—Woodbridge Whitby
Conservative	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill Markham—Unionville Oshawa Thornhill

show v t Historical federal ridings in Ontario
Until 2015	Ajax—Pickering Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Barrie Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brant Carleton—Mississippi Mills Chatham-Kent—Essex Halton Kitchener—Waterloo Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Nepean—Carleton Niagara West—Glanbrook Northumberland—Quinte West Oak Ridges—Markham Ottawa—Orléans Peterborough Pickering—Scarborough East Prince Edward—Hastings St. Paul's Scarborough—Rouge River Trinity—Spadina Vaughan Welland Whitby—Oshawa York West
Until 2006	Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound Middlesex—Kent—Lambton
Until 2004	Algoma—Manitoulin Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale Brampton Centre Brampton West—Mississauga Bruce—Grey Carleton—Lanark Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey Durham Erie—Lincoln Guelph—Wellington Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Haliburton—Victoria—Brock Hamilton East Hamilton West Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Kenora—Rainy River Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Markham Mississauga Centre Mississauga East Mississauga West Niagara Centre Nipissing Northumberland Oak Ridges Perth—Middlesex Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge Scarborough East Stoney Creek Stormont—Dundas—Charlotenburgh Thunder Bay—Atikokan Timiskaming—Cochrane Toronto Centre—Rosedale Vaughan—King—Aurora Waterloo—Wellington Whitby—Ajax Windsor—St. Clair York North
Until 2000	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Broadview—Greenwood Carleton—Gloucester Kent—Essex London—Adelaide Stormont—Dundas Victoria—Haliburton Wentworth—Burlington
Until 1997	Algoma Beaches—Woodbine Brampton Cochrane—Superior Don Valley North Elgin—Norfolk Erie Essex—Kent Essex—Windsor Haldimand—Norfolk Halton—Peel Hamilton—Wentworth Kent Kitchener Lambton—Middlesex Lincoln London East London—Middlesex Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville Nepean Oakville—Milton Ontario Ottawa West Perth—Wellington—Waterloo Rosedale Scarborough West Simcoe Centre Thunder Bay—Nipigon Timiskaming—French River Timmins—Chapleau Waterloo Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe York—Simcoe
Until 1993	Brampton—Malton Elgin Markham Renfrew Timiskaming Windsor—Lake St. Clair
Until 1988	Beaches Brampton—Georgetown Durham—Northumberland Grey—Simcoe Guelph Halton Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton Mississauga North Nepean—Carleton Ottawa—Carleton Perth Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Simcoe South Spadina Trinity Welland Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe Windsor—Walkerville York East York—Peel York—Scarborough
Until 1984	Cochrane Hastings—Frontenac Sarnia
Until 1979	Broadview Bruce Don Valley Eglinton Etobicoke Fort William Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Greenwood Grenville—Carleton Halton—Wentworth Hastings High Park—Humber Valley Huron—Middlesex Kent—Essex Lambton—Kent Leeds Middlesex—London—Lambton Mississauga Norfolk—Haldimand Northumberland—Durham Oshawa—Whitby Parkdale Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe Perth—Wilmot Port Arthur Renfrew North—Nipissing East Sarnia—Lambton Thunder Bay Timmins Toronto—Lakeshore Waterloo—Cambridge Wellington Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo York—Simcoe York South
Until 1974	Huron Middlesex Ottawa East Peel South Waterloo
Until 1972	Essex Glengarry—Prescott High Park Lakeshore Lanark and Renfrew Perth Renfrew North Sarnia Wellington—Grey
Until 1968	Algoma East Algoma West Brant—Haldimand Brantford Carleton Danforth Dufferin—Simcoe Durham Essex East Essex South Essex West Grenville—Dundas Grey—Bruce Grey North Hamilton South Hastings—Frontenac Hastings South Kent Kingston Lambton West Lanark London Middlesex East Middlesex West Norfolk Northumberland Peel Prince Edward—Lennox Renfrew South Russell Simcoe East Stormont Victoria Waterloo North Waterloo South Wellington—Huron Wellington South Wentworth York—Humber
Until 1953	Brant—Wentworth Frontenac—Addington Glengarry Haldimand Hastings—Peterborough Huron North Huron—Perth Kingston City Peterborough West Prescott Wellington North
Until 1949	Brant Brantford City Muskoka—Ontario Parry Sound
Until 1935	Bruce North Bruce South Elgin West Grey Southeast Huron South Lambton East Norfolk—Elgin City of Ottawa Oxford North Oxford South Perth North Perth South Port Arthur—Thunder Bay Timiskaming North Timiskaming South Toronto East Toronto East Centre Toronto—High Park Toronto Northeast Toronto Northwest Toronto—Scarborough Toronto South Toronto West Centre
Until 1925	Brantford Dufferin Dundas Elgin East Essex North Fort William and Rainy River Frontenac Glengarry and Stormont Grenville Hastings East Hastings West Kingston Lennox and Addington Muskoka Norfolk North Oxford Ontario North Ontario South Peterborough East Port Arthur and Kenora Prince Edward Simcoe South South Oxford Timiskaming Toronto Centre Toronto North Toronto West York East
Until 1917	Brockville Glengarry Grey East Grey South Huron East Huron West Kent East Kent West Lanark North Lanark South Middlesex North Northumberland East Northumberland West Stormont Thunder Bay and Rainy River York Centre
Until 1904	Addington Algoma Bothwell Brant South Bruce East Bruce West Cardwell Centre Toronto Cornwall and Stormont Durham East Durham West East York Grenville South Haldimand and Monck Hamilton Hastings North Kent Leeds North and Grenville North Leeds South Lennox Lincoln and Niagara Middlesex South Muskoka and Parry Sound Norfolk North Norfolk South Ontario West Victoria North Victoria South Wellington Centre Wentworth North and Brant Wentworth South West Toronto York West
Until 1896	Brant North Haldimand Monck Wentworth North
Until 1882	Bruce South Cornwall Essex Huron Centre Huron North Lambton Lincoln Muskoka Niagara Stormont