Newmarket—Aurora (provincial electoral district)

Newmarket—Aurora
Ontario electoral district
	Newmarket—Aurora in relation to southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Christine Elliott; Progressive Conservative
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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
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	2014–2018		Chris Ballard	Liberal
42nd	2018–Present		Christine Elliott	Progressive Conservative

Election results[]

v t 2018 Ontario general election
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
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
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
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
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[]

^ "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[]

Coordinates: 44°01′37″N 79°26′56″W / 44.027°N 79.449°W / 44.027; -79.449

[1] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

[2] Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 053 Newmarket-Aurora" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Newmarket—Aurora" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

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v t 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 (AHL) Newmarket Saints (OLA)
Town People

v t Provincial ridings in Ontario
Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Kiiwetinoong Mushkegowuk—James Bay Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins
Eastern	Bay of Quinte Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Hastings—Lennox and Addington Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Central	Barrie—Innisfil Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Northumberland—Peterborough South Peterborough—Kawartha Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe
Midwestern	Brantford—Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener South—Hespeler Oxford Perth—Wellington Waterloo Wellington—Halton Hills
Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Leamington Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West
Peel	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville
Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara	Burlington Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Milton Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West Oakville North—Burlington Oakville St. Catharines
Ottawa	Carleton Kanata—Carleton Nepean Orléans Ottawa Centre Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean
Durham and York	Ajax Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill Durham King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Newmarket—Aurora Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge Whitby
Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston
See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

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Contents

Members of Provincial Parliament[]

Election results[]

2007 electoral reform referendum[]

See also[]

References[]

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