Ajax (federal electoral district)
| Ontario electoral district | |||
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Ajax in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts
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| Coordinates: |
43°51′16″N 79°03′36″W Location of the federal constituency office (as of 7 May 2016) |
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| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal |
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| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021) | 126,666 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 83,542 | ||
| Area (km²) | 67.00 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1,890.5 | ||
| Census division(s) | Durham | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | 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 entire town of Ajax, Ontario, and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect in time for the 2015 Canadian federal election.
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canada Census
Languages: 64.8% English, 5.0% Tamil, 3.7% Urdu, 2.2% Tagalog, 1.5% Dari, 1.2% Gujarati, 1.2% Arabic, 1.1% French, 1.0% Punjabi, 1.0% Spanish, 1.0% Mandarin
Religions: 50.8% Christian (22.2% Catholic, 3.7% Pentecostal, 3.5% Anglican, 2.5% Christian Orthodox, 2.1% United Church, 1.3% Baptist, 1.1% Presbyterian, 14.4% None), 14.1% Muslim, 11.6% Hindu, 1.3% Sikh, 20.8% None
Median income: $42,400 (2020)
Average income: $54,300 (2020)
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |||||||||||
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| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
| European | 43,420 | 34.39% | 50,450 | 42.33% | 58,145 | 53.24% | ||||||||
| South Asian | 33,055 | 26.18% | 24,895 | 20.89% | 15,020 | 13.75% | ||||||||
| African | 21,210 | 16.8% | 19,860 | 16.66% | 17,505 | 16.03% | ||||||||
| Southeast Asian | 7,495 | 5.94% | 6,350 | 5.33% | 5,465 | 5% | ||||||||
| Middle Eastern | 6,250 | 4.95% | 4,875 | 4.09% | 2,935 | 2.69% | ||||||||
| East Asian | 4,240 | 3.36% | 3,785 | 3.18% | 3,070 | 2.81% | ||||||||
| Latin American | 1,695 | 1.34% | 1,670 | 1.4% | 1,070 | 0.98% | ||||||||
| Indigenous | 1,270 | 1.01% | 1,190 | 1% | 1,080 | 0.99% | ||||||||
| Other/multiracial | 7,615 | 6.03% | 6,095 | 5.11% | 4,935 | 4.52% | ||||||||
| Total responses | 126,245 | 99.67% | 119,175 | 99.58% | 109,220 | 99.65% | ||||||||
| Total population | 126,666 | 100% | 119,677 | 100% | 109,600 | 100% | ||||||||
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Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. |
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Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Riding created from Ajax—Pickering | ||||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Mark Holland | Liberal | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–present | |||
Election results
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mark Holland | 28,279 | 56.83 | –0.85 | $61,841.13 | |||
| Conservative | Arshad Awan | 13,237 | 26.60 | +0.60 | $37,722.66 | |||
| New Democratic | Monique Hughes | 6,988 | 14.04 | +2.51 | $3,075.61 | |||
| Green | Leigh Paulseth | 1,254 | 2.52 | –0.82 | $11,493.41 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 49,658 | 100.00 | – | $120,937.77 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 525 | 1.04 | +0.25 | |||||
| Turnout | 50,283 | 54.12 | –11.86 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 92,907 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | –0.73 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mark Holland | 35,198 | 57.68 | +1.81 | $64,483.26 | |||
| Conservative | Tom Dingwall | 15,864 | 26.00 | -8.41 | $102,214.59 | |||
| New Democratic | Shokat Malik | 7,033 | 11.53 | +3.30 | $9,641.03 | |||
| Green | Maia Knight | 2,040 | 3.34 | +1.94 | $1,882.83 | |||
| People's | Susanna Russo | 588 | 0.96 | $3,679.53 | ||||
| Independent | Allen Keith Hadley | 186 | 0.30 | $1,441.93 | ||||
| Independent | Intab Ali | 111 | 0.18 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 61,020 | 99.21 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 487 | 0.79 | +0.43 | |||||
| Turnout | 61,507 | 65.98 | -0.31 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 93,215 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +5.11 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mark Holland | 31,458 | 55.87 | +17.94 | $98,658.57 | |||
| Conservative | Chris Alexander | 19,374 | 34.41 | −9.82 | $154,560.57 | |||
| New Democratic | Stephanie Brown | 4,630 | 8.22 | −6.78 | $3,065.75 | |||
| Green | Jeff Hill | 788 | 1.40 | −1.32 | $717.00 | |||
| United | Bob Kesic | 57 | 0.10 | -0.02 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 56,307 | 99.64 | $222,192.40 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 206 | 0.36 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 56,513 | 66.29 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 85,251 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.88 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election poll-by-poll redistribution | |||
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| 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 | |