Newmarket—Aurora (provincial electoral district)

Newmarket—Aurora
Ontario electoral district
	Newmarket—Aurora in relation to southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Dawn Gallagher Murphy; Progressive Conservative
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District created	2006
First contested	2007
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	117,415
Electors (2018)	89,076
Area (km²)	60
Pop. density (per km²)	1,956.9
Census division(s)	York
Census subdivision(s)	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.^[when?] Unemployment in the riding is lower than the national average at 3.6%.^[when?]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Newmarket—Aurora
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*Riding created from York North and Vaughan—King—Aurora*
39th	2007–2011		Frank Klees	Progressive Conservative
40th	2011–2014		Frank Klees	Progressive Conservative
41st	2014–2018		Chris Ballard	Liberal
42nd	2018–2022		Christine Elliott	Progressive Conservative
43rd	2022–present		Dawn Gallagher Murphy	Progressive Conservative

Election results

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dawn Gallagher Murphy	18,671	44.97	−2.74
	Liberal	Sylvain Roy	13,069	31.47	+8.71
	New Democratic	Denis Heng	5,281	12.72	−11.13
	Green	Carolina Rodriguez	2,332	5.62	+2.04
	New Blue	Iwona Czarnecka	1,520	3.66
	Ontario Party	Krista Mckenzie	532	1.28
	Moderate	Yuri Duboisky	118	0.28	+0.17
Total valid votes			41,523	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			220
Turnout			41,743	44.42
Eligible voters			93,342
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−5.73
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

v t e 2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Christine Elliott	24,813	47.71	+10.98
	New Democratic	Melissa Williams	12,405	23.85	+11.91
	Liberal	Chris Ballard	11,840	22.76	-21.36
	Green	Michelle Bourdeau	1,859	3.57	-0.47
	Independent	Dorian Baxter	447	0.86
	Trillium	Bob Yaciuk	212	0.41
	Libertarian	Lori Robbins	192	0.37
	None of the Above	Denis Van Decker	185	0.36
	Moderate	Denis Gorlynskiy	60	0.12
Total valid votes			52,013	99.01
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			518	0.99
Turnout			52,531	58.97
Eligible voters			89,076
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+16.17
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

2014 general election redistributed results^[2]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	19,062	44.12
	Progressive Conservative	15,865	36.72
	New Democratic	5,157	11.94
	Green	1,749	4.05
	Others	1,371	3.17

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Ballard	22,997	43.94	+8.32
	Progressive Conservative	Jane Twinney	19,585	37.42	-9.82
	New Democratic	Angus Duff	6,023	11.51	-2.85
	Green	Andrew Roblin	2,144	4.10	+1.33
	Canadians' Choice	Dorian Baxter	922	1.76
	Libertarian	Jason Jenkins	579	1.11
	Trillium	Bob Yaciuk	83	0.16
Total valid votes			52,333	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			755	1.44
Turnout			53,088	53,40
Eligible voters			99,407
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+9.07
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Klees	21,425	47.24	+4.53
	Liberal	Christina Bisanz	16,154	35.62	-4.12
	New Democratic	Robin Wardlaw	6,514	14.36	+7.14
	Green	Kristopher Kuysten	1,256	2.77	-6.41
Total valid votes			45,349	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			151	0.33
Turnout			45,500	49.33
Eligible voters			92,231
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.33
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Klees	19,460	42.72	-2.61
	Liberal	Christina Bisanz	18,105	39.74	-2.36
	Green	John McRogers	4,182	9.18
	New Democratic	Mike Seaward	3,290	7.22	-0.39
	Libertarian	Craig Hodgins	269	0.59
	Family Coalition	Tad Brudzinski	249	0.55
Total valid votes			45,555	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			282	0.62
Turnout			45,837	55.21
Eligible voters			83,023
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing	-0.13

^ Change based on redistributed results

2007 electoral reform referendum

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

References

^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
^ "67 - Newmarket-Aurora".
^ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 053 Newmarket-Aurora" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Newmarket—Aurora" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Sources

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[1] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

[2] "67 - Newmarket-Aurora".

[3] Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 053 Newmarket-Aurora" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Newmarket—Aurora" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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Newmarket—Aurora (provincial electoral district)

Contents

Members of Provincial Parliament

Election results

2007 electoral reform referendum

See also

References

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