Whitby—Ajax

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Whitby—Ajax is an electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003, and has been represented in Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. It is located to the east of Toronto.

The federal riding was created in 1996, from parts of Durham and Ontario ridings. The provincial riding was created in 1998 from Durham Centre, Durham East and Durham West.

Whitby—Ajax consists of the Town of Whitby and the part of the Town of Ajax lying to the south of Kingston Road.

The federal electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Ajax—Pickering and Whitby—Oshawa ridings; however, it will remain in use provincially until the next provincial election. A by-election was held on March 30, 2006 as a result of the resignation of Member of Provincial Parliament Jim Flaherty, who defeated the federal Member of Parliament Judi Longfield in Whitby—Oshawa in the January 2006 federal election. Progressive Conservative candidate Christine Elliott, Flaherty's wife, defeated Liberal candidate Longfield, NDP candidate Julie Gladman, and Freedom Party candidate and leader, Paul McKeever.

1 Electoral history
- 1.1 Federal elections
- 1.2 Provincial elections
2 See also
3 External links

[edit] Electoral history

[edit] Federal elections

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	LONGFIELD, Judi	25,693
	Canadian Alliance	GILLESPIE, Shaun	13,159
	Progressive Conservative	CHOPOWICK, Rob	7,563
	New Democratic Party	PERRONI, Vic	2,359

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	LONGFIELD, Judi	23,551
	Reform	SERJEANTSON, Bill	11,977
	Progressive Conservative	SNYDER, Frank	10,107
	New Democratic Party	DOLAN, Karen	3,354
	Canadian Action	RADFORD, Robert Charles	394

[edit] Provincial elections

March 30, 2006 by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Campaign website
	Progressive Conservative	Christine Elliott	15,843	46.2	-2.1
	Liberal	Judi Longfield	14,529	42.3	+2.2	[1]
	New Democrat	Julie Gladman	3,204	9.3	+0.2	[2]
	Green	Nick Boileau	307	0.9	-1.5
	Freedom Party	Paul McKeever	198	0.6	-	[3]
	Libertarian Party	Marty Gobin	139	0.4	-
	Family Coalition	Victor Carvalho	102	0.3	-

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