Whitby—Ajax

Whitby—Ajax
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1996
District abolished	2003
First contested	1997
Last contested	2000
Demographics
Population (2001)	128,164
Electors (2002)	83,443
Area (km²)	188
Census subdivision(s)	Whitby, Ajax

Whitby—Ajax was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2003, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007. It was located to the east of Toronto, consisting of the Town of Whitby and the part of the Town of Ajax lying to the south of Kingston Road.

The federal riding was created in 1996, from parts of Durham and Ontario ridings, while the provincial riding was created in 1999 from Durham Centre, Durham East and Durham West.

The federal electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Ajax—Pickering and Whitby—Oshawa ridings. The provincial electoral district was abolished in 2007, when it was also redistributed into Ajax—Pickering and Whitby—Oshawa.

Members of Parliament[]

Federal[]

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Durham and Ontario
36th	1997–2000	Judi Longfield	Liberal
37th	2000–2004	Judi Longfield	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Ajax—Pickering and Whitby—Oshawa

Provincial[]

Whitby—Ajax
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Durham Centre, Durham East and Durham West
37th	1999–2003		Jim Flaherty	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2006		Jim Flaherty
38th	2006–2007		Christine Elliott
Riding dissolved into Ajax—Pickering and Whitby—Oshawa

Electoral history[]

Federal elections[]

v t 2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Judi Longfield	25,693	52.68	$68,465.75
	Alliance	Shaun Gillespie	13,159	26.98	$28,304.89
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Chopowick	7,563	15.51	$12,247.43
	New Democratic	Vic Perroni	2,359	4.84	$2,493.06
Total valid votes			48,774	100.00
Total rejected ballots			153
Turnout			48,927	58.64
Electors on the lists			83,443
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t 1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Judi Longfield	23,551	47.69	$43,611
	Reform	Bill Serjeantson	11,977	24.25	$157
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Snyder	10,107	20.47	$44,118
	New Democratic	Karen Dolan	3,354	6.79	$30,424
	Canadian Action	Robert Charles Radford	394	0.80	$1,904
Total valid votes			49,383	100.00
Total rejected ballots			248
Turnout			49,631	66.83
Electors on the lists			74,268
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Provincial elections[]

v t Ontario provincial by-election, March 30, 2006 Resignation of Jim Flaherty
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Christine Elliott	15,843	46.23	−2.2
	Liberal	Judi Longfield	14,529	42.40	+2.2
	New Democratic	Julie Gladman	3,204	9.35	+0.2
	Green	Nick Boileau	307	0.90	−1.5
	Freedom	Paul McKeever	197	0.57	–
	Family Coalition	Victor Carvalho	102	0.30	–
	Libertarian	Marty Gobin	87	0.25	–
Total valid votes			34,269	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			107	0.31
Turnout			34,376	32.42
Eligible voters			106,028
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing
Source(s) "SUMMARY OF VALID BALLOTS CAST FOR EACH CANDIDATE - Whitby—Ajax" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2015.

2003 Ontario general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Jim Flaherty	27,240	48.3	-9.6
Liberal	Dennis Fox	22,593	40.1	+6.1
New Democratic	Dan Edwards	5,155	9.1	+1.0
Green	Michael MacDonald	1,375	2.4	-

1999 Ontario general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Jim Flaherty	27,623	57.9	-
Liberal	Aldo Digiovanni	16,235	34.0	-
New Democratic	Betty Craig	3,889	8.1	-

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Profile of the Whitby--Ajax Electoral District". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Archived from the original on July 12, 2002. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

External links[]

Website of the Parliament of Canada
Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results

[profile-1] "Profile of the Whitby--Ajax Electoral District". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Archived from the original on July 12, 2002. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

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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