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Ajax—Pickering is a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

in Ontario

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, Canada

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, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons

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since 2011 by Conservative MP Chris Alexander.

Its population in 2001 was 100,215. The district includes the Town of Ajax

Ajax, Ontario

Ajax is a town in the Durham Region in the Greater Toronto Area.The town is named for the HMS Ajax a Royal Navy cruiser that served in World War II. Ajax is a part of the Greater Toronto Area and the...

and the northern part of the City of Pickering

Pickering, Ontario

Pickering is a city located in Southern Ontario, Canada immediately east of Toronto in Durham Region. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area, the largest metropolitan area in Canada.- Early Period :...

in the eastern suburbs of Toronto. The electoral district was created in 2003: 57.6% of the population of the riding came from 43.3% of Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge

Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge

Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge was an electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003. This riding was created in 1996, from parts of Durham and Ontario ridings....

and 44.8% from Whitby—Ajax

Whitby—Ajax

Whitby—Ajax was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003, and the in Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007...

.

In September 2009, Chris Alexander, the former Canadian Ambassador to Afghanistan won the Conservative Party of Canada nomination in Ajax—Pickering.

Boundaries

Consisting of that part of the Regional Municipality of Durham composed of:

(a) the Town of Ajax

Ajax, Ontario

; and

(b) that part of the City of Pickering

Pickering, Ontario

lying northerly and easterly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of said city with Finch Avenue; thence easterly along said avenue to Valley Farm Road; thence southerly along said road and its production to Ontario Highway 401; thence northeasterly along said highway to Brock Road; thence southerly along said road and its production to the southerly limit of said city.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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Parliament	Years		Party
Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge was an electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003. This riding was created in 1996, from parts of Durham and Ontario ridings.... and Whitby—Ajax Whitby—Ajax Whitby—Ajax was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003, and the in Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007... prior to 2003
38th Canadian federal election, 2004 The Canadian federal election, 2004 , was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 38th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority, but was able to form a minority government after the elections...	2004–2006	Mark Holland Mark Holland Mark Holland is a Canadian politician. In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a candidate of the Liberal Party in the Ontario riding of Ajax-Pickering. Holland was subsequently re-elected in the 2006 and 2008 federal elections...	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
39th Canadian federal election, 2006 The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:...	2006–2008
40th Canadian federal election, 2008 The 2008 Canadian federal election was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by the Governor General on September 7, 2008...	2008–2011
41st	2011–present	Chris Alexander Christopher Alexander (diplomat) Christopher "Chris" A. Alexander is the Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament for Ajax-Pickering in Ontario.-Background:Alexander earned a B.A. in History and Politics from McGill University in 1989 and an M.A...	Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...

Election results

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Conservative Party of Canada

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gain from Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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Expenditures - 2008

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Boundaries

Member of Parliament

Election results

See also

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