Ontario electoral district | |||
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Newmarket—Aurora in relation to southern Ontario ridings | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Conservative |
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District created | 2003 | ||
First contested | 2004 | ||
Last contested | 2011 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2006) | 121,924 | ||
Electors (2011) | 86,113 | ||
Area (km²) | 92 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 1,325.3 | ||
Census divisions | York | ||
Census subdivisions | Newmarket, Aurora |
Newmarket—Aurora is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.
The district 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.
According to the 2006 census, 121,924 people are represented in the House of Commons 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. Unemployment in the riding is lower than the national average at 3.6%.
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The riding consists of that part of the Regional Municipality of York comprising the towns of Newmarket and Aurora.
Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:
Party | Association Name | CEO | HQ Address | HQ City | |
Conservative Party of Canada | Conservative Party of Canada Newmarket—Aurora Electoral District Association | Greg Rider | 248 Tamarac Trail | Aurora | |
Liberal Party of Canada | Newmarket—Aurora Federal Liberal Association | Kyle Jeremy Peterson | 619 Queen Street | Newmarket | |
New Democratic Party | Newmarket—Aurora New Democratic Party Federal Riding Association | Gerald Fox | 131 Orsi Drive | Newmarket | |
Green Party of Canada | Newmarket—Aurora Federal Green Party Association | Carter Apps | 132 Patterson Street | Newmarket | |
Progressive Canadian Party | Newmarket—Aurora P.C. Party Association | Sinclair Stevens | 730 Davis Drive, Suite 200 | Newmarket |
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 | 2006–2008 | |||
40th | 2008–2011 | Lois Brown | Conservative | |
41st | 2011–present |
Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Conservative | Lois Brown | 31,600 | 54.29 | +7.56 | ||
Liberal | Kyle Peterson | 13,908 | 23.90 | -10.39 | ||
New Democrat | Kassandra Bidarian | 8,886 | 15.27 | +6.80 | ||
Green | Vanessa Long | 2,628 | 4.52 | -3.71 | ||
Progressive Canadian | Dorian Baxter | 998 | 1.71 | -0.18 | ||
Animal Alliance | Yvonne Mackie | 182 | 0.31 | - | ||
Total valid votes | 58,202 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 219 | 0.37 | ||||
Turnout | 58,421 | 64.01 | ||||
Eligible voters | 91,275 |
Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
Conservative | Lois Brown | 24,873 | 46.73 | +8.68 | $57,856 | |
Liberal | Tim Jones | 18,250 | 34.29 | -11.93 | $64,060 | |
New Democrat | Mike Seaward | 4,508 | 8.47 | -1.12 | $6,085 | |
Green | Glenn Hubbers | 4,381 | 8.23 | +3.46 | $5,981 | |
Progressive Canadian | Dorian Baxter | 1,004 | 1.89 | +0.65 | $3,426 | |
Christian Heritage | Ray Luff | 211 | 0.40 | N/A | $1,150 | |
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 53,227 | 100.00 | $89,219 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Liberal | Belinda Stronach | 27,176 | 46.22 | +5.14 | ||
Conservative | Lois Brown | 22,371 | 38.05 | -4.37 | ||
New Democrat | Ed Chudak | 5,639 | 9.59 | -0.34 | ||
Green | Glenn Hubbers | 2,805 | 4.77 | +0.30 | ||
Progressive Canadian | Dorian Baxter | 729 | 1.24 | -0.86 | ||
Canadian Action | Peter Maloney | 79 | 0.13 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 58,799 | 100.00 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | -4.8 |
Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
Conservative | Belinda Stronach | 21,818 | 42.42 | -2.43 | ||
Liberal | Martha Hall Findlay | 21,129 | 41.08 | -9.48 | ||
New Democrat | Ed Chudak | 5,111 | 9.93 | +6.18 | ||
Green | Daryl Wyatt | 2,298 | 4.47 | |||
Progressive Canadian | Dorian Baxter | 1,079 | 2.10 | |||
Total valid votes | 51,435 | 100.00 |
Change is from redistributed 2000 results. Conservative change is from the total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative votes.
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