What you need to know about voting in Newmarket-Aurora riding

Yorkregion.com
October 16, 2019
Teresa Latchford

With less than one week before the Oct. 21 federal election, here’s what you need to know about the Newmarket-Aurora riding before you head out to cast your vote.

The Newmarket Era and Aurora Banner have been compiling information about the candidates, who they are, what they’re up to and why they want to represent you.

Here are all the stories we have published that you might find useful before heading to the polls.

The riding:

How does the Newmarket-Aurora riding compare to other York Region ridings? The region’s 10 ridings are among the 905 area, along with the Vancouver area, holding the balance of power in this election. Read the federal election analysis on where York Region fits into the larger picture.

The race:

• Green party: Walter Bauer
• Progressive Canadian Party: Dorian Baxter
• Conservative Party: Lois Brown
• Rhinoceros Party: Laurie Goble
• NDP: Yvonne Kelly
• People’s Party of Canada: Andrew McCaughtrie
• Liberal Party: Tony Van Bynen

The issues:

We asked each election candidate to tell us what they thought was the most important issue in the riding and how their party platform would address it. Read what the candidates had to say.

Some of the candidates attended a climate change-specific debate and here are three questions and responses from that event.

We asked a number of voters in the riding to tell us what issues matter to them most. Read their responses and their reviews of the federal leaders debate.

Check the list:

Voters can check whether they are registered to vote, update their address, register to vote, see what ID to bring and more information about voting at Elections.ca.