Vaughan—King—Aurora was a federal electoral riding in

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, 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.

Federal riding

The federal riding was created in 1996 as Vaughan—Aurora from parts of

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, Oak Ridges, and

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ridings. It was subsequently renamed "Vaughan—King—Aurora". It existed only for the

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and

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elections. It was abolished in 2004, as ridings in York Region were redistributed due to its fast-growing population. The riding was redistributed into

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, and

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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

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(Vaughan) and York—Mackenzie (Newmarket, Aurora, King) ridings. The riding was last held by

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, representing the

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in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Sorbara served as the

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for the

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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

, and

ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following

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Federal election results

, - ,

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, Maurizio Bevilacqua , align="right", 33,502 , Progressive Conservative , Lara Coombs , align="right", 8,591 , New Democratic , Robert Navarretta , align="right", 2,250 ,

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, Andrew James , align="right", 524 , - ,

, Maurizio Bevilacqua , align="right", 38,208 , Progressive Conservative , Menotti Mazzuca , align="right", 6,551 , New Democratic , Octavia Beckles , align="right", 1,938 , No affiliation , Lesley Arden Knight , align="right", 384

Provincial election results

References

External links

Library of Parliament: Vaughan-King-Aurora federal riding information

Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Greg Sorbara
* Elections Ontario
1999 results
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2003 results

CBC: Ontario Votes 2003 - Vaughan-King-Aurora Riding Profile
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