Newmarket—Aurora (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Newmarket—Aurora (federal electoral district).
Newmarket—Aurora
Ontario electoral district
Newmarket—Aurora in relation to southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 		 
Dawn Gallagher Murphy
Progressive Conservative
District created2006
First contested2007
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2016)117,415
Electors (2018)89,076
Area (km²)60
Pop. density (per km²)1,956.9
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
41st  2014–2018     Chris Ballard Liberal
42nd  2018–2022     Christine Elliott Progressive Conservative
43rd  2022–present     Dawn Gallagher Murphy Progressive Conservative

Election results

2022 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Dawn Gallagher Murphy 18,671 44.97 −2.74
Liberal Sylvain Roy 13,069 31.47 +8.71
New Democratic Denis Heng 5,281 12.72 −11.13
Green Carolina Rodriguez 2,332 5.62 +2.04
New Blue Iwona Czarnecka 1,520 3.66  
Ontario Party Krista Mckenzie 532 1.28  
Moderate Yuri Duboisky 118 0.28 +0.17
Total valid votes 41,523 100.0  
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 220
Turnout 41,743 44.42
Eligible voters 93,342
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −5.73
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.
2018 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Christine Elliott 24,813 47.71 +10.98
New Democratic Melissa Williams 12,405 23.85 +11.91
Liberal Chris Ballard 11,840 22.76 -21.36
Green Michelle Bourdeau 1,859 3.57 -0.47
Independent Dorian Baxter 447 0.86
Trillium Bob Yaciuk 212 0.41
Libertarian Lori Robbins 192 0.37
None of the Above Denis Van Decker 185 0.36
Moderate Denis Gorlynskiy 60 0.12
Total valid votes 52,013 99.01
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 518 0.99
Turnout 52,531 58.97
Eligible voters 89,076
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +16.17
Source: Elections Ontario[1]
2014 general election redistributed results[2]
Party Vote %
  Liberal 19,062 44.12
  Progressive Conservative 15,865 36.72
  New Democratic 5,157 11.94
  Green 1,749 4.05
  Others 1,371 3.17
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[3]
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[4]
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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  2. ^ "67 - Newmarket-Aurora".
  3. ^ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 053 Newmarket-Aurora" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Newmarket—Aurora" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.[permanent dead link‍]

Sources

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