Vaughan—King—Aurora

Vaughan—King—Aurora was a federal electoral riding in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004, and was a provincial electoral riding represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007.

Federal riding

The federal riding was created in 1996 as Vaughan—Aurora, and was subsequently renamed "Vaughan—King—Aurora" from parts of Markham, Oak Ridges, and York North ridings.

It existed only for the 1997 and 2000 elections.

It was abolished in 2004, as ridings in York Region were redistributed due to its fast-growing population. The riding was redistributed into Newmarket—Aurora, Oak Ridges—Markham, and Vaughan ridings.

Provincial riding

The provincial riding of Vaughan—King—Aurora was created before the 1999 election when Ontario provincial electoral districts were redefined to be the same as the federal districts. Municipalities in this riding were previously in parts of York Centre (Vaughan) and York—Mackenzie (Newmarket, Aurora, King) ridings.

Currently, the riding is held by the Honourable Greg Sorbara, representing the Ontario Liberal Party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Sorbara served as the Minister of Finance for the Cabinet of Ontario from 2003 until his resignation in October 2005, however he was reinstated in may 2006.

Federal election results

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Liberal
BEVILACQUA, Maurizio
align="right"| 33,502
Progressive Conservative
COOMBS, Lara
align="right"| 8,591
Reform
HAZELGROVE, Maralyn
align="right"| 7,273
New Democratic Party
NAVARRETTA, Robert
align="right"| 2,250
Independent
JAMES, Andrew
align="right"|524

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Liberal
BEVILACQUA, Maurizio
align="right"|38,208
Canadian Alliance
VISENTIN, Adrian
align="right"| 9,757
Progressive Conservative
MAZZUCA, Menotti
align="right"| 6,551
New Democratic Party
BECKLES, Octavia
align="right"|1,938
No affiliation
KNIGHT, Lesley Arden
align="right"|384

Provincial election results

Election box begin | title=Ontario general election, 2003
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Greg Sorbara
align="right"|36928
align="right"|56.14
align="right"|15.97
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Carmine Iacono
align="right"|21744
align="right"|33.06
align="right"|-21.64
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Mike Seaward
align="right"|4697
align="right"|7.14
align="right"|4.22
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Adrian Visentin
align="right"|2412
align="right"|3.67
align="right"|2.73

OntElec5|1999
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Al Palladini
align="right"|28836
align="right"|54.7
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Tony Genco
align="right"|21173
align="right"|40.17
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Michael Seaward
align="right"|1539
align="right"|2.92
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John W. Genser
align="right"|670
align="right"|1.27
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Ernst von Bezold
align="right"|495
align="right"|0.94

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=1078 Library of Parliament: Vaughan-King-Aurora federal riding information]
* [http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=90 Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Greg Sorbara]
* Elections Ontario [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/1999_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&
] and [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/2003_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&
]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/ontariovotes2003/riding/092/ CBC: Ontario Votes 2003 - Vaughan-King-Aurora Riding Profile]