Ajax—Pickering
 Ontario electoral district
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Ajax—Pickering electoral district
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43°51′02″N 79°03′18″W / 43.85056°N 79.05500°WCoordinates: 43°51′02″N 79°03′18″W / 43.85056°N 79.05500°W Location of the constituency office (as of 12 July 2010[update]) |
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 2003 |
| District abolished | 2013 |
| First contested | 2004 |
| Last contested | 2011 |
| District webpage | profile, map |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2011) | 137,217 |
| Electors (2011) | 86,159 |
| Area (km²) | 272.24 |
| Census divisions | Durham |
| Census subdivisions | Ajax, Pickering |
Ajax—Pickering was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that had been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2011 by Conservative MP Chris Alexander.
Its population in 2001 was 100,215. The district includes the Town of Ajax and the northern part of the City of Pickering 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 and 44.8% from Whitby—Ajax.
Following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, the riding was dissolved. The southern portion became Ajax, while the northern portion was transferred to Pickering—Uxbridge.
Consisting of that part of the Regional Municipality of Durham composed of:
(a) the Town of Ajax; and
(b) that part of the City of Pickering 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 Ontario Highway 401; thence northeasterly along said highway to Brock Road; thence southerly along said road and its production to the southerly limit of said city.
This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:
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