# Ajax—Pickering (provincial electoral district)

Ajax—Pickering was a provincial electoral district in central Ontario, Canada. It was first contested in the 2007 provincial election. 55.2% of the riding came from Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge while 44.8% came from Whitby—Ajax.
The riding included all of the Town of Ajax plus that part of the City of Pickering north of Finch Avenue and east of Brock Road, as well as the area north of Highway 401 and east of Valley Farm Road.
In 2018, the district was dissolved into Pickering—Uxbridge and Ajax.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

Ajax—Pickering :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge and Whitby—Ajax |||||
| 39th | 2007–2011 | Joe Dickson | Liberal |
| 40th | 2011–2014 | Joe Dickson | Liberal |
| 41st | 2014–2018 | Joe Dickson | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into Pickering—Uxbridge and Ajax |||||

## Election results

vte2014 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Joe Dickson | 26,257 | 51.06 | +3.72 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Todd McCarthy | 14,999 | 29.17 | −6.17 |
| | New Democratic | Jermaine King | 8,274 | 16.09 | +1.72 |
| | Green | Adam Narraway | 1,589 | 3.09 | +1.06 |
| | Libertarian | Kyle Stewart | 301 | 0.59 | −0.13 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 51,420 | 100.0 | +23.94 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 580 | 1.12 | +0.71 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,000 | 50.18 | +5.38 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 103,629 | | +11.74 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +4.95 |
| Source(s) Elections Ontario. "Official Return from the Records, 001 Ajax—Pickering" (PDF). Retrieved March 21, 2015. |||||||
vte2011 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Joe Dickson | 19,606 | 47.34 | −1.74 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Todd McCarthy | 14,718 | 35.54 | +1.19 |
| | New Democratic | Evan Wiseman | 5,952 | 14.37 | +6.28 |
| | Green | Steven Toman | 843 | 2.04 | −5.54 |
| | Libertarian | Andrew Delis | 299 | 0.72 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 41,418 | 100.0 | +2.36 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 172 | 0.41 | −0.07 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,590 | 44.8 | −4.5 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 92,745 | | +12.53 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | −1.47 |
| Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate – October 6, 2011 General Election" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Nov 18, 2011. Retrieved May 9, 2014."Statistical Summary – General Elections 2011" ( XLS Spreadsheet). Elections Ontario. October 1, 2013. Retrieved May 9, 2014. |||||||
vte2007 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Joe Dickson | 19,857 | 49.07 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Kevin Ashe | 13,898 | 34.35 |
| | New Democratic | Bala Thavarajasoorier | 3,275 | 8.09 |
| | Green | Cecile Willert | 3,067 | 7.58 |
| | Family Coalition | Andrew Carvalho | 368 | 0.91 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 40,465 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 197 | 0.48 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,662 | 49.3 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 82,416 | |
| Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate – October 10, 2007 General Election" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Aug 14, 2008. Retrieved May 9, 2014."Statistical Summary – General Elections 2007" (PDF). Elections Ontario. May 8, 2008. Retrieved May 9, 2014. |||||||

## 2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum :
| Side | Votes | % |
| First Past the Post | 24,946 | 63.0 |
| Mixed member proportional | 14,657 | 37.0 |
| Total valid votes | 39,603 | 100.0 |