Editing Ajax—Pickering

{{Short description|Former federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada}}
{{for|the provincial electoral district|Ajax—Pickering (provincial electoral district)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| province            = Ontario
| image               = Ajax-pickeringlocation.PNG
| caption             = Ajax—Pickering electoral district
| coordinates         = {{coord|43|51|02|N|79|03|18|W|region:CA-ON_type:landmark_dim:40km|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_caption = Location of the constituency office
| coordinates_date    = 2010-07-12
| fed-status          = defunct
| fed-district-number = 35001
| fed-created         = 2003
| fed-abolished       = 2013
| fed-election-first  = 2004
| fed-election-last   = 2011
| fed-rep             = 
| fed-rep-party       =
| demo-pop-ref        = <ref>[[#2011fed|Statistics Canada]]</ref>
| demo-area-ref       = <ref>[[#2011fed|Statistics Canada]]</ref>
| demo-electors-ref   =
| demo-census-date    = [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]
| demo-pop            = 137217
| demo-electors       = 86159
| demo-electors-date  = 2011
| demo-area           = 272.24
| demo-cd             = [[Durham Regional Municipality, Ontario|Durham]]
| demo-csd            = [[Ajax, Ontario|Ajax]], [[Pickering, Ontario|Pickering]]
}}

'''Ajax—Pickering''' was a federal [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in [[Ontario]], Canada, that had been represented in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] since 2011 by Conservative MP [[Chris Alexander (politician)|Chris Alexander]].

Its population in 2001 was 100,215. The district included the town of [[Ajax, Ontario|Ajax]] and the northern part of the city of [[Pickering, Ontario|Pickering]] in the eastern suburbs of Toronto. The electoral district was created in 2003: 57.6% of the population of the riding came from 43.3% of [[Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge]] and 44.8% from [[Whitby—Ajax]].

Following the [[Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012]], the riding was dissolved. The southern portion–including all of Ajax–became [[Ajax (federal electoral district)|Ajax]], while the northern portion became part of [[Pickering—Uxbridge]].

==Boundaries==
Consisting of that part of the [[Regional Municipality of Durham]] composed of:

(a) the [[Ajax, Ontario|Town of Ajax]]; and

(b) that part of the City of [[Pickering, Ontario|Pickering]] lying northerly and easterly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of said city with Finch Avenue; thence easterly along said avenue to Valley Farm Road; thence southerly along said road and its production to [[Ontario Highway 401]]; thence northeasterly along said highway to Brock Road; thence southerly along said road and its production to the southerly limit of said city.

==Member of Parliament==

This riding has elected the following [[Member of Parliament|members of Parliament]]:

{{CanMP}}
{{CanMP nodata|Ajax—Pickering<br />''Riding created from'' [[Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge]] ''and'' [[Whitby—Ajax]]}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2004
| ToYr = 2006
| Assembly# = 38
| CanParty = Liberal
| RepName = Mark Holland
| RepTerms# = 3
| PartyTerms# = 3
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2006
| ToYr = 2008
| Assembly# = 39
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2008
| ToYr = 2011
| Assembly# = 40
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2011
| ToYr = 2015
| Assembly# = 41
| CanParty = Conservative
| RepName = Chris Alexander
| RepLink = Chris Alexander (politician)
| RepTerms# = 1
| PartyTerms# = 1
}}
{{CanMP nodata|''Riding dissolved into'' [[Pickering—Uxbridge]] ''and'' [[Ajax (federal electoral district)|Ajax]]}}
{{CanMP end}}

==Election results==

{{2011 Canadian federal election/Ajax—Pickering}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2008|Ajax—Pickering|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Mark Holland]]|21,675|44.53|-4.9|$53,225}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Rick Johnson|18,471|37.95|+5.2|$87,925}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Bala Thavarajasoorier|4,422|9.08|-3.6|$1,541}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Mike Harilaid|3,543|7.28|+3.1|$3,531}}
{{CANelec|CA|Christian Heritage|Kevin Norng|398|0.82|0.0|$1,171}}
{{CANelec|CA|Libertarian|Stephanie Wilson|167|0.34| N/A |$20}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|48,676|100|$89,065 }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|186|0.38 }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|48,862| }}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Liberal|-5.05}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2006|Ajax—Pickering|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Mark Holland]]|25,636|49.38|-0.39|$43,781}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Rondo Thomas|16,992|32.73|-0.90|$77,308}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Kevin Modeste|6,655|12.82|+0.70|$8,405}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Russell Korus|2,199|4.24|-0.23|$948}}
{{CANelec|CA|Christian Heritage|Kevin Norng|435|0.84|n/a|$7,950}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|51,917|100.00|$77,681}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Liberal|+0.51}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2004|Ajax—Pickering|percent=yes|change=yes|}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Mark Holland]]|21,706|49.77|-7.67}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|[[René Soetens]]|14,666|33.63|-3.83}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Kevin Modeste|5,286|12.12|+8.10}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Karen MacDonald|1,951|4.47|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|43,609}}
{{CANelec/nothold|CA|Liberal|-3.84}}
{{end}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | [[2000 Canadian federal election|2000 federal election]] poll-by-poll redistribution<ref>[http://www.electionprediction.org/2004_fed/riding/35001-ajax-pickering.htm Election Prediction]</ref>
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] ||align=right| 19,974 ||align=right| 57.44
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Canadian Alliance|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Canadian Alliance]] ||align=right| 8,260 ||align=right| 23.75
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Progressive Conservative|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] ||align=right| 4,767 ||align=right| 13.71
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic]] ||align=right| 1,425 ||align=right| 4.10
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independents|background}} | &nbsp;
| Others ||align=right| 348 ||align=right| 1.00
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Canadian electoral districts]]
* [[Historical federal electoral districts of Canada]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
*{{SCref|unit=fed|accessdate=2012-03-01|name=2011fed|35001}}

==External links==
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1336 Riding history from the] [[Library of Parliament]]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/fin2/summary_report.aspx Expenditures - 2008]

{{Ridings in Southern Durham and York}}
{{Ridings in Ontario}}

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[[Category:Canadian federal electoral districts established in 2003]]
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[[Category:2003 establishments in Ontario]]
[[Category:2013 disestablishments in Ontario]]