Voters in Ajax elected Rod Phillips of the Progressive Conservative party as their MPP in the 2018 Ontario election.
Candidates
Liberals: Joe Dickson (incumbent)
PC: Rod Phillips (elected)
NDP: Monique Hughes
Green: Stephen Leahy
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Geography
This riding was created in 2015. It consists of the town of Ajax. The electoral district was created from the previous Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge and Whitby—Ajax ridings.
History
Liberal MPP Joe Dickson has held the riding of Ajax—Pickering since 2007, winning re-elections in 2011 and 2014. Dickson won over 50 per cent of the vote in the 2014 provincial elections against then PC candidate Todd McCarthy.