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 Newmarket—Aurora (Ontario)

Today we're back in the GTA with Newmarket—Aurora!

Newmarket—Aurora has existed as a riding since 2004. The population of the riding was 127,134 in 2021. The riding contains the city of Newmarket (87,942 in 2021), Aurora (62,057 in 2021, shared with Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill), and East Gwillimbury (34,637 in 2021, shared with York—Simcoe).

Politically, this seat is a typical Liberal-Conservative York Region race, even including a floor-crossing from the Conservatives to the Liberals. There is usually sizable NDP support comparative to the region, in 2019 and 2020 this was the one riding where the NDP got over 10%. This seat is currently represented by Liberal MP Tony Van Bynen.

A name that political junkies in Ontario should know the name of Dorian Baxter. Dorian Baxter has run in elections since 2004, mostly in Newmarket—Aurora, but has run around the province in a few by-elections. His best performance in vote total was in the 2014 Newmarket mayoral election when he got 1,407 votes and 7% of the vote. In 2019, this seat was 16/121 in Ontario and 50/338 in Canada by margin.

The name is good, I don't see any other way to make it better. The shape is good too, it's just a straight up rectangle. As for individuality, it's a Liberal/Conservative race in York Region, shocker. 

Tomorrow we'll be back in Niagara Centre!