Ajax (electoral district)

Ajax

Ontario electoral district
Coordinates:	Location of the federal constituency office (as of 7 May 2016)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Mark Holland Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	109,600
Electors (2015)	83,542
Area (km²)	71
Pop. density (per km²)	1,543.7
Census divisions	Durham
Census subdivisions	Ajax

Ajax is a federal electoral district in the Durham Region of Ontario.

Ajax was created by the 2012 riding redistribution from the portion of Ajax—Pickering consisting of the town of Ajax, Ontario, and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect in time for the 42nd Canadian federal election.

Liberal Heart and Stroke executive and former MP Mark Holland won out against the immigration minister Chris Alexander to once again become MP for Ajax.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Ajax—Pickering
42nd	2015–Present		Mark Holland	Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Holland	31,458	55.87	+17.94	–
	Conservative	Chris Alexander	19,374	34.41	−9.82	–
	New Democratic	Stephanie Brown	4,630	8.22	−6.78	–
	Green	Jeff Hill	788	1.40	−1.32	–
	United	Bob Kesic	57	0.10	-0.02	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			56,307	100.00		$221,131.96
Total rejected ballots			206	0.36	–
Turnout			56,513	66.81	–
Eligible voters			84,584
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+13.88
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election poll-by-poll redistribution
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	19,535	44.23
	Liberal	16,753	37.93
	New Democratic	6,624	15.00
	Green	1,200	2.72
	United	53	0.12