{"id":18146,"date":"2025-02-25T21:36:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T21:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/ontario-election-2025-ajax-globalnews-ca\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T21:36:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T21:36:02","slug":"ontario-election-2025-ajax-globalnews-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/ontario-election-2025-ajax-globalnews-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario election 2025: Ajax | Globalnews.ca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<p>Ajax is a provincial riding located in the Greater Toronto Area. This riding is currently represented by PC Party of Ontario MPP Patrice Barnes who first took office in 2022. Barnes collected 15,336 votes, winning 40.69 per cent of the vote in the 2022 Ontario provincial election. <\/p>\n<p>Voters will decide who will represent Ajax in the Greater Toronto Area during the upcoming Ontario provincial election on February 27, 2025. Visit this page on election night for a complete breakdown of up to the minute results.<\/p>\n<div data-shortcode=\"election-candidates\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"l-article__sectionAnchor c-sectionHeading__anchor\" id=\"candidates\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"c-sectionHeading__title\">\n\t\t\t\tCandidates\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>PC Party of Ontario:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPatrice Barnes\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Incumbent)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Ontario NDP:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArthur Augustine\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Ontario Liberal Party:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRob Cerjanec\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Green Party of Ontario:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCory Feferman\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Ontario Centris:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSarah Qureshi\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>New Blue:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Rees\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11025787\/ontario-election-2025-ajax\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ajax is a provincial riding located in the Greater Toronto Area. 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