Ajax—Pickering (provincial electoral district)

Ajax—Pickering

Ontario electoral district
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Coordinates:	Location of the constituency office (as of 12 July 2010)
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Joe Dickson Liberal
District created	2005
First contested	2007
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	137,215
Electors (2011)	92,745
Area (km²)	286
Pop. density (per km²)	479.8
Census divisions	Durham
Census subdivisions	Ajax, Pickering

Ajax—Pickering is a provincial electoral district in central Ontario, Canada. It was first contested in the 2007 provincial election. 55.2% of the riding came from Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge while 44.8% came from Whitby—Ajax.

The riding includes all of the Town of Ajax plus that part of the City of Pickering north of Finch Avenue and east of Brock Road, as well as the area north of Highway 401 and east of Valley Farm Road.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Ajax—Pickering
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge and Whitby—Ajax
39th	2007–2011		Joe Dickson	Liberal
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–Present

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Joe Dickson	26,257	51.06	+3.72
	Progressive Conservative	Todd McCarthy	14,999	29.17	−6.17
	New Democratic	Jermaine King	8,274	16.09	+1.72
	Green	Adam Narraway	1,589	3.09	+1.06
	Libertarian	Kyle Stewart	301	0.59	−0.13
Total valid votes			51,420	100.0	+23.94
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			580	1.12	+0.71
Turnout			52,000	50.18	+5.38
Eligible voters			103,629		+11.74
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.95
Source(s)

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Joe Dickson	19,606	47.34	−1.74
	Progressive Conservative	Todd McCarthy	14,718	35.54	+1.19
	New Democratic	Evan Wiseman	5,952	14.37	+6.28
	Green	Steven Toman	843	2.04	−5.54
	Libertarian	Andrew Delis	299	0.72
Total valid votes			41,418	100.0	+2.36
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			172	0.41	−0.07
Turnout			41,590	44.8	−4.5
Eligible voters			92,745		+12.53
	Liberal hold		Swing		−1.47
Source(s)

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joe Dickson	19,857	49.07
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Ashe	13,898	34.35
	New Democratic	Bala Thavarajasoorier	3,275	8.09
	Green	Cecile Willert	3,067	7.58
	Family Coalition	Andrew Carvalho	368	0.91
Total valid votes			40,465	100.0
Total rejected ballots			197	0.48
Turnout			40,662	49.3
Eligible voters			82,416
Source(s)

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	24,946	63.0
	Mixed member proportional	14,657	37.0
	Total valid votes	39,603	100.0