Global News is projecting Liberal incumbent Tony Van Bynen getting re-elected in Newmarket–Aurora.
The Newmarket–Aurora riding is comprised of the town of Newmarket, north Aurora and part of East Gwillimbury. It borders the electoral districts of Aurora–Oak Ridges–Richmond Hill, King–Vaughan, York–Simcoe and Markham–Stouffville.
Van Bynen won this riding in 2019. He previously served as Newmarket’s mayor from 2006 to 2018. Van Bynen beat the Conservative Party’s Lois Brown, who served as the riding’s MP from 2008 to 2015.
Since the riding formed in 2004, it’s gone back and forth between Conservative and Liberal leadership.
Newmarket–Aurora is home to 117,418 residents and 91,880 registered voters.
Close to 30 per cent of this riding’s population consists of immigrants, with some of the most popular languages in the region being Mandarin, Cantonese and Russian, according to the 2016 census.
Candidates
Liberal: Tony Van Bynen (incumbent)
Conservative: Harold Kim
NDP: Yvonne Kelly
Green Party: Tim Flemming
People’s Party of Canada: Andre Gagnon
Independent: Dorian Baxter
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