On June 12, voters head to the polls in the 2014 Ontario election. Learn more about the candidates and political history of the riding of Newmarket-Aurora.
Candidates
Liberals: Chris Ballard
Progressive Conservatives: Jane Twinney
NDP: Angus Duff
Green: Andrew Roblin
Geography
History
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Retiring PC MPP Frank Klees was re-elected with just under 4,000 votes here in 2011, his fifth straight win in a York-based riding. While the area generally favours the Progressive Conservatives, riding boundaries in north York have changed regularly over the years – this area was represented by Liberal MPP Greg Sorbara from 2003 to 2007, when it was Vaughan-King-Aurora.
By the numbers
Home to Magna International, the employment rate was measured at 71.7 per cent in the 2011 census, second-highest in Ontario. Seventy-eight per cent identified English as their mother tongue, the highest amount for a riding completely in York or Toronto.
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The Tories hope to hold Newmarket-Aurora – one of their only GTA ridings – even without veteran Frank Klees.
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