Government Information

Current Government Information
for the Ajax Area

Canada's Federal Government
Last General Election: April 28, 2025 for Canada's 45th Parliament
Elections must be held at least once every five years
as stated in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Section 4.(1)

Government of Canada Organizational Chart

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Other Emblems and origin of the name: Canada

The Prime Minister is The Right Honourable Mark Carney • Contact the Prime Minister.

The political party in power is The Liberal Party of Canada
The Governor General is The Right Honourable Mary Simon E-mail: info@gg.ca

Contact the Governor General

Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons is Pierre Poilievre
of the Conservative Party of Canada

Members of the Federal Cabinet (Ministers)
Ministries of the Canadian Government

Members of the House of Commons
Members of the Senate

Canada is divided into 343 Electoral Districts or Ridings.

Ajax Electoral Districts:

Pickering-Scarborough East: (Riding No. 35072)
Member of Parliament (MP) is Daniel McTeague Email: McTeague.D@parl.gc.ca
Constituency Office:
6758 Kingston Road, Unit 3, Toronto, Ontario, M1B 1G8....Tel: (416) 287-0110
The political party the MP belongs to is The Liberal Party of Canada

Ajax-Pickering: (Riding No. 35001)
Member of Parliament (MP) is Mark Holland Email: Holland.M@parl.gc.ca
Constituency Office:
92 Church Street South, Suite 106, Ajax, Ontario, L1S 6B4....Tel: (905) 426-6808
The political party the MP belongs to is The Liberal Party of Canada

Current Party Standings

The Federal political parties and their leaders:

Party Name	Number of Seats	Party Leader	Leader's Email Address
The Bloc Quebecois	54	Gilles Duceppe	Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca
The New Democratic Party	19	Jack Layton	Layton.J@parl.gc.ca
The Conservative Party of Canada	98	Stephen Harper	Harper.S@parl.gc.ca
The Liberal Party	133	The Right Honourable Paul Martin	pm@pm.gc.ca
Independent Members	3	...	...

The above parties all have elected representatives.
See also Elections Canada: All Registered Parties.

Ontario Provincial Government
Last Election: October 2, 2003
Elections must be held at least once every five years
as stated in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Section 4.(1)

The Premier is Dalton McGuinty Email: dalton.mcguinty@premier.gov.on.ca, Tel (416) 325-1941
Address: Office of the Premier, Legislative Building, Queen's Park, Toronto ON, M7A 1A1
The political party in power is The Ontario Liberal Party
The Lieutenant Governor is The Honourable James K. Bartleman (416) 325-7780
Email the Lieutenant Governor at: ltgov@gov.on.ca

Ajax Electoral Districts:

Pickering-Ajax-Uxbridge: (Riding No. 35068)

The Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) is Wayne Arthurs
Email the MPP at the Ontario Legislature: wayne_arthurs@ontla.ola.org
The political party the MPP belongs to is The Ontario Liberal Party

Queen's Park Office
The Hon. Wayne Arthurs
M.P.P. (Pickering-Ajax-Uxbridge)
Mowat Block, 22nd Floor
900 Bay Street
Toronto ON M7A 1L2
Tel: 416-325-2600 Fax: 416-325-2608
Email: wayne_arthurs@ontla.ola.org

Constituency Office
The Hon. Wayne Arthurs
M.P.P. (Pickering-Ajax-Uxbridge)
213-1550 Kingston Road
Pickering, Ontario L1V 1C3
Tel: 905-420-0829 Fax: 905-420-5351

Whitby-Ajax: (Riding No. 35096)

The Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) is Jim Flaherty
Email the MPP at the Ontario Legislature: jim_flaherty@ontla.ola.org
Jim Flaherty's own website: www.jimflaherty.com
The political party the MPP belongs to is The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

Queen's Park Office
The Hon. Jim Flaherty, M.P.P. (Whitby-Ajax)
720 Bay Street
11th Floor
Toronto ON M5G 2K1
416-326-4000 Fax: 416-326-4016
Email: jim_flaherty@ontla.ola.org

Constituency Office
The Hon. Jim Flaherty, M.P.P. (Whitby-Ajax)
101-114 Dundas St E
Whitby ON L1N 2H7
905-430-1141 Fax: 905-430-1840

Current Party Standings

The Provincial political parties and their leaders:

Ontario Liberal Party (71 seats) led by Dalton McGuinty
Ontario New Democratic Party (8 seats) led by Howard Hampton
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (24 seats) led by John Tory

Note: The above parties all have elected representatives.
See also Elections Ontario: All Registered Parties.

Regional Government

Regional Municipality of Durham
605 Rossland Road East, Whitby, Ontario L1N 6A3
(905) 668-7711 1-800-372-1102 Fax: (905) 668-1567

The Region of Durham is divided into eight municipalities: Durham Region Map

Regional Chair:
Roger Anderson (905-668-7711) Email: chair@region.durham.on.ca

Regional Councillors for Ajax Wards:
Wards 1 & 2: Scott Crawford (905-683-0842) .. Email: scott.crawford@townofajax.com
Wards 3 & 4: Colleen Jordan (905-427-5084) ............. Email: colleen.jordan@townofajax.com

Ajax Municipal Government
Last Election: Monday, November 10, 2003 (Election held every three years)

Agendas and Minutes of Council Meetings

Ajax is divided into four numbered wards: Ajax Ward Boundary Map

Corporation of the Town of Ajax:
65 Harwood Avenue S. Ajax, Ontario L1S 2H9 905-683-4550

Mayor:
Steve Parish (905-683-4550) Email: steve.parish@townofajax.com Res: 905-683-9450

Municipal Councillors:
Ward 1: Shaun Collier (905-427-9673) ..... Email: shaun.collier@townofajax.com
Ward 2: Joe Dickson (905-686-0295) ........... Email: joe@dicksonprinting.on.ca
Ward 3: Joanne Dies (905-683-7637) ...... Email: joanne.dies@townofajax.com
Ward 4: Pat Brown (905-683-4926) ............ Email: pat.brown@townofajax.com

Durham District School Board
400 Taunton Road East
Whitby, Ontario
L1R 2K6

905-666-5500

Trustees:
Wards 1 & 2: Marilyn Crawford... (905) 427-6408 or (905) 666-6363
....................Email: crawford_marilyn@durham.edu.on.ca

Wards 3 & 4: Lisa Hill................... (905) 686-0348 or (905) 666-6363
....................Email: hill_lisa@durham.edu.on.ca

The Durham Catholic District School Board
650 Rossland Road West
Oshawa, Ontario
L1J 7C4

Main: 905-576-6150
Toll Free: 1- 877- 482- 0722
Main Fax: 905-576-0953

Ajax Trustee:
Janice Oldman... 905-683-9169
Fax: 905-576-0953 Email: Janice.Oldman@durhamrc.edu.on.ca