Ajax (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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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]
 Ontario electoral district | |||
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Ajax in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
| MPP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2015 | ||
| First contested | 2018 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016) | 119,680 | ||
| Electors (2018) | 90,206 | ||
| Area (km²) | 68 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1,760 | ||
| Census division | Durham | ||
| Census subdivision | Ajax | ||
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Ajax | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Ajax—Pickering | ||||
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | Rod Phillips | Progressive Conservative | |
| 43rd | 2022–2025 | Patrice Barnes | ||
| 44th | 2025–present | Rob Cerjanec | Liberal | |
Election results
| 2025 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Cerjanec | 18,499 | 44.96 | +8.98 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Patrice Barnes | 18,168 | 44.16 | +3.47 | ||||
| New Democratic | Arthur Augustine | 2,884 | 7.01 | –9.68 | ||||
| Green | Cory Feferman | 866 | 2.10 | –1.36 | ||||
| New Blue | Chris Rees | 413 | 1.00 | –0.66 | ||||
| Centrist | Sarah Qureshi | 312 | 0.76 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid vote/expense limits | 41,142 | 99.64 | +0.19 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 148 | 0.36 | –0.19 | |||||
| Turnout | 41,290 | 41.56 | +1.60 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 99,349 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +2.76 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 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 | 99.45 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 209 | 0.55 | -0.30 | |||||
| Turnout | 37,896 | 39.96 | -14.67 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 94,835 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −4.27 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| 2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| 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[3] | ||||||||
| 2014 general election redistributed results[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
