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%.
2014 general election redistributed results[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Vote | % | |||
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 Ontario electoral reform referendum | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Side | Votes | % | ||
First Past the Post | 29,470 | 65.9 | ||
Mixed member proportional | 15,226 | 34.1 | ||
Total valid votes | 44,696 | 100.0 |