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{{short description|Ontario federal and provincial electoral district}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| name                = Whitby—Ajax
| province            = Ontario
| image               = 
| caption             = 
| fed-status          = defunct
| fed-district-number = 
| fed-created         = 1996
| fed-abolished       = 2003
| fed-election-first  = 1997
| fed-election-last   = 2000
| fed-rep             = 
| fed-rep-party       = 
| fed-rep-color       = 
| demo-pop-ref        = <ref name="profile">{{cite web |title=Profile of the Whitby--Ajax Electoral District |url=http://www.elections.ca/scripts/info/edProfile_e.asp?edID=35096 |website=elections.ca |publisher=Elections Canada |access-date=June 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020712123515/http://www.elections.ca/scripts/info/edProfile_e.asp?edID=35096 |archive-date=July 12, 2002}}</ref>
| demo-area-ref       = <ref name=profile/>
| demo-electors-ref   = <ref name=profile/>
| demo-census-date    = [[2001 Canadian Census|2001]]
| demo-pop            = 128164
| demo-electors       = 83443
| demo-electors-date  = 2002
| demo-area           = 188
| demo-cd             = 
| demo-csd            = [[Whitby, Ontario|Whitby]], [[Ajax, Ontario|Ajax]]
}}

'''Whitby—Ajax''' was a federal and provincial [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in [[Ontario]], Canada. It was represented in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] from 1997 to 2003, and in the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] from 1999 to 2007. It was located to the east of [[Toronto]], consisting of the Town of [[Whitby, Ontario|Whitby]] and the part of the Town of [[Ajax, Ontario|Ajax]] lying to the south of [[Kingston Road, Toronto|Kingston Road]].

The federal riding was created in 1996, from parts of [[Durham (electoral district)|Durham]] and [[Ontario (federal electoral district)|Ontario]] ridings, while the provincial riding was created in 1999 from [[Durham Centre (provincial electoral district)|Durham Centre]], [[Durham East (provincial electoral district)|Durham East]] and [[Durham West (provincial electoral district)|Durham West]].

The federal electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between [[Ajax—Pickering]] and [[Whitby—Oshawa]] ridings. The provincial electoral district was abolished in 2007, when it was also redistributed into [[Ajax—Pickering (provincial electoral district)|Ajax—Pickering]] and [[Whitby—Oshawa (provincial electoral district)|Whitby—Oshawa]].

==Members of Parliament==
===Federal===
{{CanMP}}
{{CanMP nodata|''Riding created from'' [[Durham (electoral district)|Durham]] ''and'' [[Ontario (federal electoral district)|Ontario]]}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 1997
| ToYr = 2000
| Assembly# = 36
| CanParty = Liberal
| RepName = Judi Longfield
| RepTerms# = 2
| PartyTerms# = 2
}}
{{CanMP row
| FromYr = 2000
| ToYr = 2004
| Assembly# = 37
}}
{{CanMP nodata|''Riding dissolved into'' [[Ajax—Pickering]] ''and'' [[Whitby—Oshawa]]}}
{{CanMP end}}

===Provincial===
{{OntMPP|Whitby—Ajax}}
{{OntMPP NoData|''Riding created from'' [[Durham Centre (provincial electoral district)|Durham Centre]], [[Durham East (provincial electoral district)|Durham East]] ''and'' [[Durham West (provincial electoral district)|Durham West]]}}
{{OntMPP Row
  | FromYr       = 1999
  | ToYr         = 2003
  | Assembly#    = 37
  | OntParty     = PC
  | RepName      = Jim Flaherty
  | PartyTerms#  = 3
  | RepTerms#    = 2
  }}
{{OntMPP Row
  | FromYr       = 2003
  | ToYr         = 2006
  | Assembly#    = 38
  | #ByElections = 1
  }}
{{OntMPP Row
  | FromYr       = 2006
  | ToYr         = 2007
  | RepName      = Christine Elliott
  }}
{{OntMPP NoData|''Riding dissolved into'' [[Ajax—Pickering (provincial electoral district)|Ajax—Pickering]] ''and'' [[Whitby—Oshawa (provincial electoral district)|Whitby—Oshawa]]}}
{{OntMPP End}}

==Electoral history==

===Federal elections===

{{2000 Canadian federal election/Whitby—Ajax}}

{{1997 Canadian federal election/Whitby—Ajax}}

===Provincial elections===

{{2006 Ontario provincial by-elections/Whitby—Ajax}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[2003 Ontario general election]]}}
{{CANelec|ON|Progressive Conservatives|[[Jim Flaherty]]| 27,240| 48.3| -9.6}}
{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Dennis Fox| 22,593| 40.1| +6.1}}
{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Dan Edwards| 5,155| 9.1| +1.0}}
{{CANelec |ON |Green |Michael MacDonald | 1,375 | 2.4 | -}}
{{end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Ontario general election]]}}
{{CANelec|ON|Progressive Conservatives|[[Jim Flaherty]]| 27,623| 57.9 | -}}
{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Aldo Digiovanni| 16,235| 34.0| -}}
{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Betty Craig| 3,889| 8.1| -}}
{{end}}

==See also==
* [[List of Canadian electoral districts]]
* [[Historical federal electoral districts of Canada]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* Website of the [https://www.parl.ca/ Parliament of Canada]
* Elections Ontario  [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/1999_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&flag=E&layout=G 1999 results] and [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/2003_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&flag=E&layout=G 2003 results]

{{Ridings in Ontario}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Former federal electoral districts of Ontario]]
[[Category:Former provincial electoral districts of Ontario]]