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Newmarket—Aurora
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
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Newmarket—Aurora in relation to southern Ontario ridings

Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP       Lois Brown
Conservative
District created 2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2008
District webpage profile, map
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP       Frank Klees
Progressive Conservative
District created 2006
First contested 2007
Demographics
Population (2006) 121,924
Electors (2007) 82,376
Area (km²) 92
Pop. density (per km²) 1,325.3
Census divisions York
Census subdivisions Newmarket, Aurora

Newmarket—Aurora is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004 and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2007.

The district contains the towns of Newmarket and Aurora.

The riding was created for the 2004 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 House of Commons 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. Unemployment in the riding is lower than the national average at 3.6%.

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Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
York North and Vaughan—King—Aurora prior to 2003
38th 2004-2005     Belinda Stronach Conservative
2005-2006     Liberal
39th 2006-2008
40th 2008-present     Lois Brown Conservative

Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Lois Brown 24,873 46.73% +8.68% $57,856
     Liberal Tim Jones 18,250 34.29% -11.93% $64,060
     New Democrat Mike Seaward 4,508 8.47% -1.12% $6,085
     Green Glenn Hubbers 4,381 8.23% +3.46% $5,981
Progressive Canadian Dorian Baxter 1,004 1.89% +0.65% $3,426
     Christian Heritage Ray Luff 211 0.40% N/A $1,150
Total valid votes/Expense limit 53,227 100% $89,219
     Conservative gain from Liberal
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Belinda Stronach 27,176 46.22% +5.14%
     Conservative Lois Brown 22,371 38.05% -4.37%
     New Democrat Ed Chudak 5,639 9.59% -0.34%
     Green Glenn Hubbers 2,805 4.77% +0.30%
Progressive Canadian Dorian Baxter 729 1.24% -0.86%
     Canadian Action Peter Maloney 79 0.13% N/A
     Liberal gain from Conservative Swing -4.8
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %
     Conservative Belinda Stronach 21,818 42.42%
     Liberal Martha Hall Findlay 21,129 41.08%
     New Democrat Ed Chudak 5,111 9.93%
     Green Daryl Wyatt 2,298 4.47%
Progressive Canadian Dorian Baxter 1,079 2.10%

Provincial election results[1]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Frank Klees 19,435 42.6%
     Liberal Christina Bisanz 18,088 39.7%
     Green John McRogers 4,281 9.4%
     New Democrat Mike Seaward 3,285 7.2%
     Libertarian Craig Hodgins 268 0.6%
     Family Coalition Tad Brudzinski 249 0.6%
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 29,470 65.9%
Mixed member proportional 15,226 34.1%

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