Vaughan—King—Aurora

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Vaughan—King—Aurora
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1996
District abolished2003
First contested 1997
Last contested 2000
Demographics
Population (2001) [1] 164,590
Electors (2000) [2] 98,805
Area (km²) [1] 494

Vaughan—King—Aurora was a federal electoral riding in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004, and was a provincial electoral riding represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007.

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Federal riding

The federal riding was created in 1996 as Vaughan—Aurora from parts of Markham, Oak Ridges, and York North ridings. It was subsequently renamed "Vaughan—King—Aurora".

It existed only for the 1997 and 2000 elections.

It was abolished in 2004, as ridings in York Region were redistributed due to its fast-growing population. The riding was redistributed into Newmarket—Aurora, Oak Ridges—Markham, and Vaughan ridings.

Provincial riding

The provincial riding of Vaughan—King—Aurora was created before the 1999 election when Ontario provincial electoral districts were redefined to be the same as the federal districts. Municipalities in this riding were previously in parts of York Centre (Vaughan) and York—Mackenzie (Newmarket, Aurora, King) ridings.

The riding was last held by Greg Sorbara, representing the Ontario Liberal Party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Sorbara served as the Minister of Finance for the Cabinet of Ontario from 2003 to 2005, and from 2006 to 2007.

In 2007 the riding was abolished to match the boundaries of the federal ridings. The riding was redistributed into Newmarket—Aurora, Oak Ridges—Markham, and Vaughan ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Markham, Oak Ridges and York North
36th  1997–2000   Maurizio Bevilacqua Liberal
37th  2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Vaughan, Newmarket—Aurora
and Oak Ridges—Markham

Federal election results

1997 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Maurizio Bevilacqua 33,502
  Progressive Conservative Lara Coombs8,591
Reform Maralyn Hazelgrove7,273
  New Democratic Robert Navarretta2,250
  Independent Andrew James524
2000 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Maurizio Bevilacqua 38,208
Alliance Adrian Visentin9,757
  Progressive Conservative Menotti Mazzuca6,551
  New Democratic Octavia Beckles1,938
 No affiliationLesley Arden Knight384

Provincial election results

2003 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Greg Sorbara 3692856.1415.97
Progressive Conservative Carmine Iacono2174433.06-21.64
New Democratic Mike Seaward46977.144.22
Green Adrian Visentin24123.672.73
1999 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Al Palladini 2883654.7
Liberal Tony Genco2117340.17
New Democratic Michael Seaward15392.92
Libertarian John W. Genser6701.27
Green Ernst von Bezold4950.94

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Profile of the Vaughan--King--Aurora Electoral District". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Archived from the original on 12 July 2002. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Electoral Districts: Vaughan--King--Aurora - Past Results". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Archived from the original on 11 July 2002. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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