Ajax (electoral district)

For the provincial district, see Ajax (provincial electoral district).

Ajax

Ontario electoral district
Ajax in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts
Coordinates:	43°51′16″N 79°03′36″W Location of the federal constituency office (as of 7 May 2016)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Mark Holland Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)	126,666
Electors (2015)	83,542
Area (km²)	67.00
Pop. density (per km²)	1,890.5
Census division(s)	Durham
Census subdivision(s)	Ajax

Ajax is a federal electoral district in the Durham Region of Ontario.

Ajax was created by the 2012 riding redistribution from the portion of Ajax—Pickering consisting of the entire town of Ajax, Ontario, and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect in time for the 2015 Canadian federal election.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Ajax—Pickering
42nd	2015–2019		Mark Holland	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of general election results in Ajax (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Holland	28,279	56.83	–0.85
	Conservative	Arshad Awan	13,237	26.60	+0.60
	New Democratic	Monique Hughes	6,988	14.04	+2.51
	Green	Leigh Paulseth	1,254	2.52	–0.82
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,658	100.00	–	$120,937.77
Total rejected ballots			525	1.04	+0.25
Turnout			50,283	54.12	–11.86
Eligible voters			92,907
	Liberal hold		Swing		–0.73
Source: Elections Canada

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Holland	35,198	57.68	+1.81	$64,483.26
	Conservative	Tom Dingwall	15,864	26.00	-8.41	$102,214.59
	New Democratic	Shokat Malik	7,033	11.53	+3.30	$9,641.03
	Green	Maia Knight	2,040	3.34	+1.94	$1,882.83
	People's	Susanna Russo	588	0.96		$3,679.53
	Independent	Allen Keith Hadley	186	0.30		$1,441.93
	Independent	Intab Ali	111	0.18		none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			61,020	99.21
Total rejected ballots			487	0.79	+0.43
Turnout			61,507	65.98	-0.31
Eligible voters			93,215
	Liberal hold		Swing		+5.11
Source: Elections Canada

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Holland	31,458	55.87	+17.94	$98,658.57
	Conservative	Chris Alexander	19,374	34.41	−9.82	$154,560.57
	New Democratic	Stephanie Brown	4,630	8.22	−6.78	$3,065.75
	Green	Jeff Hill	788	1.40	−1.32	$717.00
	United	Bob Kesic	57	0.10	-0.02	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			56,307	99.64		$222,192.40
Total rejected ballots			206	0.36	–
Turnout			56,513	66.29	–
Eligible voters			85,251
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+13.88
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election poll-by-poll redistribution
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	19,535	44.23
	Liberal	16,753	37.93
	New Democratic	6,624	15.00
	Green	1,200	2.72
	United	53	0.12