Durham West (provincial electoral district)
Former provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the former provincial electoral district. For the former federal electoral district, see Durham West. For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Durham (Province of Canada electoral district).
Durham West was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation. It contained the towns of Pickering and Ajax.
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
District created | 1867 |
District abolished | 1999 |
First contested | 1867 |
Last contested | 1995 |
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The riding first existed from 1867 until 1926, when it was distributed into the Durham riding. When Durham was split back into Durham East and Durham West, as well as Durham North in 1975, the riding existed until 1999 when it was redistributed into Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge and Whitby—Ajax.