Newmarket—Aurora
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Newmarket—Aurora Electoral district |
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Newmarket—Aurora in relation to southern Ontario ridings |
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MP | Belinda Stronach (2004-) |
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Liberal (2005-) |
MPP | TBA |
Party | TBA |
Province | Ontario |
Federal district created | 2003 |
Newmarket—Aurora is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It will elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the next provincial election.
It contains the towns of Newmarket and Aurora.
The riding was created for the 2004 election by merging 50% of the riding of York North with 24% of the riding of Vaughan—King—Aurora.
Slightly over 100,000 people are represented in the Canadian House of Commons in this riding.
The first provincial election involving this riding will be in 2007.
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. Unemployment in the riding is lower than the national average at 3.6%.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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York North and Vaughan—King—Aurora prior to 2003 | ||||
38th | 2004-2005 | Belinda Stronach | Conservative | |
2005-2006 | Liberal | |||
39th | 2006- |
[edit] Federal election results
Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Liberal | Belinda Stronach | 27,176 | 46.22% | |||
Conservative | Lois Brown | 22,371 | 38.05% | |||
New Democrat | Ed Chudak | 5,639 | 9.59% | |||
Green | Glenn Hubbers | 2,805 | 4.77% | |||
Progressive Canadian | Dorian Baxter | 729 | 1.24% | |||
Canadian Action | Peter Maloney | 79 | 0.13% |
Canadian federal election, 2004 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
Conservative | Belinda Stronach | 21,818 | |||
Liberal | Martha Hall Findlay | 21,129 | |||
New Democratic Party | Ed Chudak | 5,111 | |||
Green | Daryl Wyatt | 2,298 | |||
Progressive Canadian | Dorian Baxter | 1,079 |