Vaughan—King—Aurora

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Vaughan—King—Aurora was a federal electoral riding in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004, and was a provincial electoral riding represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007.

Federal riding

The federal riding was created in 1996 as Vaughan—Aurora from parts of Markham, Oak Ridges, and York North ridings. It was subsequently renamed "Vaughan—King—Aurora".

It existed only for the 1997 and 2000 elections.

It was abolished in 2004, as ridings in York Region were redistributed due to its fast-growing population. The riding was redistributed into Newmarket—Aurora, Oak Ridges—Markham, and Vaughan ridings.

Provincial riding

The provincial riding of Vaughan—King—Aurora was created before the 1999 election when Ontario provincial electoral districts were redefined to be the same as the federal districts. Municipalities in this riding were previously in parts of York Centre (Vaughan) and York—Mackenzie (Newmarket, Aurora, King) ridings.

The riding was last held by Greg Sorbara, representing the Ontario Liberal Party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Sorbara served as the Minister of Finance for the Cabinet of Ontario from 2003 to 2005, and from 2006 to 2007.

In 2007 the riding was abolished to match the boundaries of the federal ridings. The riding was redistributed into Newmarket—Aurora, Oak Ridges—Markham, and Vaughan ridings.

Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BEVILACQUA, Maurizio	33,502
	Progressive Conservative	COOMBS, Lara	8,591
	Reform	HAZELGROVE, Maralyn	7,273
	New Democratic Party	NAVARRETTA, Robert	2,250
	Independent	JAMES, Andrew	524

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BEVILACQUA, Maurizio	38,208
	Canadian Alliance	VISENTIN, Adrian	9,757
	Progressive Conservative	MAZZUCA, Menotti	6,551
	New Democratic Party	BECKLES, Octavia	1,938
	No affiliation	KNIGHT, Lesley Arden	384

Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Greg Sorbara	36928	56.14	15.97
	Progressive Conservative	Carmine Iacono	21744	33.06	-21.64
	New Democratic	Mike Seaward	4697	7.14	4.22
	Green	Adrian Visentin	2412	3.67	2.73

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Al Palladini	28836	54.7
	Liberal	Tony Genco	21173	40.17
	New Democratic	Michael Seaward	1539	2.92
	Libertarian	John W. Genser	670	1.27
	Green	Ernst von Bezold	495	0.94

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