Newmarket—Aurora is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, which has been represented in the House of Commons since 2004.
The district contains the towns of Newmarket, Aurora, and a very small portion of East Gwillimbury.
The riding was created for the 2004 election by merging 50% of the riding of York North with 24% of the riding of Vaughan—King—Aurora.
According to the 2006 census, 121,924 people are represented in the House of Commons in this riding.
A suburban swing riding; the major industry in the riding is manufacturing, and auto parts maker Magna International is the largest manufacturer. According to the 2006 census, the average family income is $118,060 which is higher than the national average. Unemployment in the riding is lower than the national average at 3.6%. Retail trade and the service sector are also important to the economy.
Boundaries
The riding consists of that part of the Regional Municipality of York comprising the town of Newmarket, the part of the town of Aurora north of Wellington street, and the part of the town of East Gwillimbury south of Green Lane and west of Highway 404.
Demographics
:According to the 2021 Canadian census
Ethnic groups: 60.5% White, 13.8% Chinese, 6.6% West Asian, 4.4% South Asian, 2.6% Black, 2.1% Filipino, 2.0% Southeast Asian, 1.6% Latin American, 1.5% Indigenous, 1.2% Korean, 1.1% Arab<br />
Languages: 61.2% English, 6.3% Mandarin, 4.8% Persian, 3.8% Cantonese, 2.8% Russian, 1.5% Italian, 1.4% Spanish, 1.0% French, 1.0% Tagalog<br />
Religions: 49.7% Christian (23.5% Catholic, 4.7% Christian Orthodox, 3.9% Anglican, 3.4% United Church, 1.5% Presbyterian, 12.7% Other), 6.1% Muslim, 2.2% Buddhist, 1.9% Jewish, 1.5% Hindu, 37.6% None<br />
Median income: $42,800 (2020)<br />
Average income: $59,350 (2020)
Riding associations
Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:
{| class="wikitable"
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| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top" | Party
| valign="top" |Association name
| valign="top" |CEO
| valign="top" |HQ city
|Newmarket--Aurora Conservative Association
|Blake C. Koehler
|Newmarket
|Newmarket--Aurora Federal Liberal Association
|Matt Gunning
|Aurora
|Newmarket--Aurora Federal NDP Riding Association
|Brian Trujillo
|Ottawa
|}
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | 2021 federal election redistributed results
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
| |
| Liberal ||align=right| 22,067 ||align=right| 43.78
|-
| |
| Conservative ||align=right| 19,236 ||align=right| 38.16
|-
| |
| New Democratic ||align=right| 5,824 ||align=right| 11.55
|-
| |
| People's ||align=right| 2,114 ||align=right| 4.19
|-
| |
| Green ||align=right| 929 ||align=right| 1.84
|-
| |
| Others ||align=right| 240 ||align=right| 0.48
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | 2011 federal election redistributed results
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
| |
| Conservative ||align=right| 25,557 ||align=right| 54.05
|-
| |
| Liberal ||align=right| 11,207 ||align=right| 23.70
|-
| |
| New Democratic ||align=right| 7,467 ||align=right| 15.79
|-
| |
| Green ||align=right| 2,072 ||align=right| 4.38
|-
| |
| Others ||align=right| 977 ||align=right| 2.07
|}
See also
- List of Canadian electoral districts
- Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
- 2011 results from Elections Canada
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada