Ajax—Pickering (provincial electoral district)

Ajax—Pickering
Ontario electoral district
Coordinates:	43°51′02″N 79°01′27″W / 43.85056°N 79.02417°W; Location of the constituency office (as of 12 July 2010)
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	2005
First contested	2007
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	137,215
Electors (2011)	92,745
Area (km²)	286
Census division(s)	Durham
Census subdivision(s)	Ajax, Pickering

Ajax—Pickering was a provincial electoral district in central Ontario, Canada. It was first contested in the 2007 provincial election. 55.2% of the riding came from Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge while 44.8% came from Whitby—Ajax.

The riding included all of the Town of Ajax plus that part of the City of Pickering north of Finch Avenue and east of Brock Road, as well as the area north of Highway 401 and east of Valley Farm Road.

In 2018, the district was dissolved into Pickering—Uxbridge and Ajax.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Ajax—Pickering
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge and Whitby—Ajax
39th	2007–2011		Joe Dickson	Liberal
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018
Riding dissolved into Pickering—Uxbridge and Ajax

Election results

v t e 2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Dickson	26,257	51.06	+3.72
	Progressive Conservative	Todd McCarthy	14,999	29.17	−6.17
	New Democratic	Jermaine King	8,274	16.09	+1.72
	Green	Adam Narraway	1,589	3.09	+1.06
	Libertarian	Kyle Stewart	301	0.59	−0.13
Total valid votes			51,420	100.0	+23.94
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			580	1.12	+0.71
Turnout			52,000	50.18	+5.38
Eligible voters			103,629		+11.74
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.95
Source(s) Elections Ontario. "Official Return from the Records, 001 Ajax—Pickering" (PDF). Retrieved March 21, 2015.

v t e 2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Dickson	19,606	47.34	−1.74
	Progressive Conservative	Todd McCarthy	14,718	35.54	+1.19
	New Democratic	Evan Wiseman	5,952	14.37	+6.28
	Green	Steven Toman	843	2.04	−5.54
	Libertarian	Andrew Delis	299	0.72
Total valid votes			41,418	100.0	+2.36
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			172	0.41	−0.07
Turnout			41,590	44.8	−4.5
Eligible voters			92,745		+12.53
	Liberal hold		Swing		−1.47
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate – October 6, 2011 General Election" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Nov 18, 2011. Retrieved May 9, 2014. "Statistical Summary – General Elections 2011" ( XLS Spreadsheet). Elections Ontario. October 1, 2013. Retrieved May 9, 2014.

v t e 2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joe Dickson	19,857	49.07
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Ashe	13,898	34.35
	New Democratic	Bala Thavarajasoorier	3,275	8.09
	Green	Cecile Willert	3,067	7.58
	Family Coalition	Andrew Carvalho	368	0.91
Total valid votes			40,465	100.0
Total rejected ballots			197	0.48
Turnout			40,662	49.3
Eligible voters			82,416
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate – October 10, 2007 General Election" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Aug 14, 2008. Retrieved May 9, 2014. "Statistical Summary – General Elections 2007" (PDF). Elections Ontario. May 8, 2008. Retrieved May 9, 2014.

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	24,946	63.0
	Mixed member proportional	14,657	37.0
	Total valid votes	39,603	100.0

v t e 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

Ajax—Pickering (provincial electoral district)

Members of Provincial Parliament

Election results

2007 electoral reform referendum

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