Newmarket—Aurora (provincial electoral district) explained

Province:Ontario
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Created:2006
Prov-Election-First:2007
Prov-Election-Last:2022
Prov-Rep:Dawn Gallagher Murphy
Prov-Rep-Party:Progressive Conservative
Demo-Census-Date:2016
Demo-Pop:117415
Demo-Electors:89076
Demo-Electors-Date:2018
Demo-Area:60
Demo-Cd:York
Demo-Csd:Newmarket, Aurora

Newmarket—Aurora is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2007.

The district contains the towns of Newmarket and Aurora.

The riding was created for the 2004 federal 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 Ontario Legislature 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%.

Election results

2014 general election redistributed results[1]
PartyVote%
 19,062 44.12
 15,865 36.72
 5,157 11.94
 1,749 4.05
 Others 1,371 3.17

|align="left" colspan=2|Progressive Conservative hold |align="right"|Swing|align="right"| -0.13|

^ Change based on redistributed results

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
First Past the Post29,47065.9
Mixed member proportional15,22634.1
Total valid votes44,696100.0

See also

Sources

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 67 - Newmarket-Aurora .