Ajax—Pickering was a federal electoral district in

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, Canada, that had been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2011 by Conservative MP Chris Alexander. Its population in 2001 was 100,215. The district included the Town of

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and the northern part of the City of

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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 was an electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2003. This riding was created in 1996, from parts of Durham (electoral dis ...

and 44.8% from

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

. Following the

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, the riding was dissolved. The southern portion–including all of Ajax–became

, while the northern portion became part of

Pickering—Uxbridge Pickering—Uxbridge is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It consists of the City of Pickering and the Township of Uxbridge. Pickering—Uxbridge was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally de ...

Boundaries

Consisting of that part of the

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composed of: (a) the Town of Ajax; and (b) that part of the City of

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

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; 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

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Election results

References

Notes

External links

Riding history from the

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