Newmarket—Aurora (provincial electoral district)
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![]() Newmarket—Aurora in relation to southern Ontario ridings | |||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
Progressive Conservative | ||
District created | 2006 | ||
First contested | 2007 | ||
Last contested | 2018 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2006) | 121,924 | ||
Electors (2018) | 86,286 | ||
Area (km²) | 92 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 1,325.3 | ||
Census division(s) | York | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Newmarket, Aurora |
Newmarket—Aurora is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2007.
The district contains the towns of Newmarket and Aurora.
The riding was created for the 2004 federal election by merging 50% of the riding of York North with 24% of the riding of Vaughan—King—Aurora.
According to the 2006 census, 121,924 people are represented in the Ontario Legislature in this riding.
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.[when?] Unemployment in the riding is lower than the national average at 3.6%.[when?]
Members of Provincial Parliament[]
Newmarket—Aurora | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
Riding created from York North and Vaughan—King—Aurora | ||||
39th | 2007–2011 | Frank Klees | Progressive Conservative | |
40th | 2011–2014 | |||
41st | 2014–2018 | Chris Ballard | Liberal | |
42nd | 2018–Present | Christine Elliott | Progressive Conservative |
Election results[]
2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Christine Elliott | 24,813 | 47.71 | +10.29 | ||||
New Democratic | Melissa Williams | 12,405 | 23.85 | +12.34 | ||||
Liberal | Chris Ballard | 11,840 | 22.76 | -21.18 | ||||
Green | Michelle Bourdeau | 1,859 | 3.57 | -0.53 | ||||
Independent | Dorian Baxter | 447 | 0.86 | -0.9 | ||||
Trillium | Bob Yaciuk | 212 | 0.41 | +0.25 | ||||
Libertarian | Lori Robbins | 192 | 0.37 | -0.74 | ||||
None of the Above | Denis Van Decker | 185 | 0.36 | |||||
Ontario Moderate Party | Denis Gorlynskiy | 60 | 0.12 | |||||
Total valid votes | 52,013 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 518 | 1.00 | ||||||
Turnout | 52,531 | 58.97 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 89,076 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | -1.95 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[1] |
2014 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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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 | Bob Yaciuk | 83 | 0.16 | |||||
Total valid votes | 52,333 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 755 | 1.44 | ||||||
Turnout | 53,088 | 53,40 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 99,407 | |||||||
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +9.07 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[2] |
2011 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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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[3] |
2007 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 282 | 0.62 | ||||||
Turnout | 45,837 | 55.21 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 83,023 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -0.13 |
^ Change based on redistributed results
2007 electoral reform referendum[]
2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum | |||
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Side | Votes | % | |
First Past the Post | 29,470 | 65.9 | |
Mixed member proportional | 15,226 | 34.1 | |
Total valid votes | 44,696 | 100.0 |
See also[]
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
References[]
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 053 Newmarket-Aurora" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Newmarket—Aurora" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.[permanent dead link]
Sources[]
- Aurora, Ontario
- Newmarket, Ontario
- Ontario provincial electoral districts