Ajax (provincial electoral district)

Ajax
Ontario electoral district
	Ajax in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Patrice Barnes; Progressive Conservative
;
District created	2015
First contested	2018
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	119,680
Electors (2018)	90,206
Area (km²)	68
Pop. density (per km²)	1,760
Census division(s)	Durham
Census subdivision(s)	Ajax

Ajax is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. This riding was created in 2015.[1]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Ajax
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Ajax—Pickering
42nd	2018–2022		Rod Phillips	Progressive Conservative
43rd	2022–present		Patrice Barnes	Progressive Conservative

Election results

2022 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Patrice Barnes	15,336	40.69	+1.64
	Liberal	Amber Bowen	13,561	35.98	+10.18
	New Democratic	Christine Santos	6,291	16.69	-14.28
	Green	Neil Runnalls	1,305	3.46	+0.95
	New Blue	Garry Reader	625	1.66
	Ontario Party	Aaron Hopkins	330	0.88
	Independent	Intab Ali	127	0.34
	Independent	Allen Hadley	112	0.30
Total valid votes			37,687
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			209
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

2018 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rod Phillips	19,078	39.05	+10.53
	New Democratic	Monique Hughes	15,130	30.97	+14.70
	Liberal	Joe Dickson	12,607	25.80	-25.97
	Green	Stephen Leahy	1,224	2.51	-0.41
	Libertarian	Marsha Haynes	312	0.64	+0.11
	None of the Above	Frank Lopez	289	0.59
	Independent	Kevin J. Brackley	220	0.45
Total valid votes			48,860	99.15
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			421	0.85
Turnout			49,281	54.63
Eligible voters			90,206
	Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal		Swing		+18.25
Source: Elections Ontario[3]

2014 general election redistributed results[4]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	20,825	51.77
	Progressive Conservative	11,471	28.51
	New Democratic	6,544	16.27
	Green	1,174	2.92
	Libertarian	214	0.53

References

"Ontario's Liberal government adds 15 new ridings, bringing total to 122". CBC. Canadian Press. December 2, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
"Vote Totals from Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
"Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
"1 - Ajax".

External links

Riding map from Elections Ontario

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[1] "Ontario's Liberal government adds 15 new ridings, bringing total to 122". CBC. Canadian Press. December 2, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2017.

[2] "Vote Totals from Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved June 7, 2022.

[3] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[4] "1 - Ajax".

Provincial ridings in Ontario
Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Kiiwetinoong Mushkegowuk—James Bay Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins
Eastern	Bay of Quinte Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Hastings—Lennox and Addington Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Central	Barrie—Innisfil Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Northumberland—Peterborough South Peterborough—Kawartha Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe
Midwestern	Brantford—Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener South—Hespeler Oxford Perth—Wellington Waterloo Wellington—Halton Hills
Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Leamington Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West
Peel	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville
Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara	Burlington Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Milton Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West Oakville North—Burlington Oakville St. Catharines
Ottawa	Carleton Kanata—Carleton Nepean Orléans Ottawa Centre Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean
Durham and York	Ajax Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill Durham King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Newmarket—Aurora Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge Whitby
Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston
See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario