Ajax (provincial electoral district)

For the federal district, see Ajax (federal electoral district).

Ajax

Ontario electoral district
Ajax in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Patrice Barnes Progressive Conservative
District created	2015
First contested	2018
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	119,680
Electors (2018)	90,206
Area (km²)	68
Pop. density (per km²)	1,760
Census division(s)	Durham
Census subdivision(s)	Ajax

Ajax is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. This riding was created in 2015. ^[1]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Ajax
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Ajax—Pickering
42nd	2018–2022		Rod Phillips	Progressive Conservative
43rd	2022–present		Patrice Barnes	Progressive Conservative

Election results

v t e 2025 Ontario general election
The 2025 general election will be held on February 27.
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Arthur Augustine
	Progressive Conservative	Patrice Barnes
	Liberal	Robert Cerjanec
Total valid vote/expense limits
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Patrice Barnes	15,336	40.69	+1.65
	Liberal	Amber Bowen	13,561	35.98	+10.18
	New Democratic	Christine Santos	6,291	16.69	−14.27
	Green	Neil Runnalls	1,305	3.46	+0.96
	New Blue	Garry Reader	625	1.66
	Ontario Party	Aaron Hopkins	330	0.88
	Independent	Intab Ali	127	0.34
	Independent	Allen Hadley	112	0.30
Total valid votes			37,687	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			209
Turnout			37,896	39.96
Eligible voters			94,295
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−4.27
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rod Phillips	19,078	39.05	+10.53
	New Democratic	Monique Hughes	15,130	30.97	+14.70
	Liberal	Joe Dickson	12,607	25.80	-25.97
	Green	Stephen Leahy	1,224	2.51	-0.41
	Libertarian	Marsha Haynes	312	0.64	+0.11
	None of the Above	Frank Lopez	289	0.59
	Independent	Kevin J. Brackley	220	0.45
Total valid votes			48,860	99.15
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			421	0.85
Turnout			49,281	54.63
Eligible voters			90,206
	Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal		Swing		+18.25
Source: Elections Ontario [2]

2014 general election redistributed results [3]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	20,825	51.77
	Progressive Conservative	11,471	28.51
	New Democratic	6,544	16.27
	Green	1,174	2.92
	Libertarian	214	0.53

References

1. "Ontario's Liberal government adds 15 new ridings, bringing total to 122". CBC. Canadian Press. December 2, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
2. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
3. "1 - Ajax".

External links

• Riding map from Elections Ontario

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