Scarborough Centre

Ontario electoral district
Scarborough Centre in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		John Cannis Liberal
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		Brad Duguid Liberal
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	108,010
Electors (2007)	69,582
Area (km²)	29
Pop. density (per km²)	3,724.5
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Scarborough

This page covers the electoral district of Scarborough Centre; for the Scarborough RT station, see Scarborough Centre (TTC).

Scarborough Centre is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

The riding was created in 1976 from parts of Scarborough East, Scarborough West, Scarborough—Agincourt, and York—Scarborough ridings.

It consists of the part of the Scarborough district of the City of Toronto bounded:

• on the west by Victoria Park Avenue,
• on the north by Highway 401,
• on the east by Toyota Place, Corporate Drive and Bellamy Road North, and
• on the south by Eglinton Avenue East, the Canadian National Railway and the hydroelectric transmission line situated north of Romulus Drive.

Notable landmarks in Scarborough Centre include:

• Scarborough Civic Centre, site of east Toronto district council meetings, and adjacent Albert Campbell Square
• Scarborough Town Centre, a large shopping mall
• Scarborough Centre (TTC) RT station
• Scarborough Hospital, General Division
• Scarborough Historical Museum

It has been represented in the House of Commons by Liberal John Cannis since 1993, and in the Ontario Legislature by Liberal Brad Duguid since 2003. On Toronto City Council, the eastern portion is represented by Glenn De Baeremaeker, and the western half by Michael Thompson.

Contents 1 Federal electoral district 1.1 Members of Parliament 2 Former boundaries 3 Provincial electoral district 3.1 Members of Provincial Parliament 4 Federal election results 5 Provincial election results 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Federal electoral district

Scarborough Centre was created in 1976. It consisted initially of the part of the Borough of Scarborough bounded on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Ellesmere Road, on the east by Bellamy Road North, and on the south by Eglinton Avenue East.

In 1987, it was expanded to include the part of Scarborough lying bounded by Bellamy Road North, Lawrence Avenue East, Markham Road and Eglinton Avenue East.

In 1996, it was redefined such that it was bounded:

• on the west by Victoria Park Avenue,
• on the north by a line drawn from west to east along Ellesmere Road, north along the Canadian National Railway and west along Highway 401,
• on the east by a line drawn from north to south along Highland Creek East, west along Ellesmere Road, south along Scarborough Golf Club Road, west along Lawrence Avenue East and south along Markham Road, and
• on the south by Eglinton Avenue East.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Scarborough East, Scarborough West, Scarborough—Agincourt, and York—Scarborough prior to 1976
31st	1979-1980		Diane Stratas	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980-1984		Norm Kelly	Liberal
33rd	1984-1988		Pauline Browes	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1993
35th	1993-1997		John Cannis	Liberal
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-2008
40th	2008-present

[edit] Former boundaries

1976 to 1987

1987 to 1996

1996 to 2003

[edit] Provincial electoral district

Scarborough Centre is a bellwether riding, having voted for the winner in every election since 1971 (longer than any other provincial riding). However, it did comprise different territories, changing shape significantly between the 1995 and 1999 elections.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

1. George Henry Peck, Progressive Conservative (1963-1967)
2. Margaret Renwick, New Democratic Party (1967-1971)
3. James Francis Drea, Progressive Conservative (1971-1985)
4. William C. Davis, Progressive Conservative (1985-1987)
5. Cynthia Maria Nicholas, Liberal (1987-1990)
6. Stephen David Owens, New Democratic Party (1990-1995)
7. Dan Newman, Progressive Conservative (1995-1999)
8. Marilyn Mushinski, Progressive Conservative (1999-2003)
9. Brad Duguid, Liberal (2003-present)

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Cannis	17,927	48.7%	-6.7%	$61,436
	Conservative	Roxanne James	11,088	30.1%	+2.8%	$74,654
	New Democrat	Natalie Hundt	5,801	15.8%	+1.8%	$1,449
	Green	Ella Ng	2,011	5.5%	+2.2%	$1,784
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,827	100%		$81,313
Total rejected ballots			235
Turnout			37,062	%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Cannis	23,332	55.4%
	Conservative	Roxanne James	11,522	27.3%
	New Democrat	Dorothy Laxton	5,885	14.0%
	Green	Andrew Strachan	1,396	3.3%
Total valid votes			42,135

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Cannis	20,740	53.7%
	Conservative	John Mihtis	8,515	22.0%
	New Democrat	Greg Gogan	6,156	15.9%
	Green	Greg Bonser	1,045	2.7%
	Communist	Dorothy Sauras	152	0.3%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Cannis	26,969
	Canadian Alliance	Bill Settatree	8,849
	New Democrat	Ali Mallah	3,171
	Marijuana	Paul Coulbeck	959

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Cannis	25,185
	Reform	Bill Settatree	8,106
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Shedden	6,976
	New Democrat	Chris Stewart	3,619

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Cannis	21,097
	Reform	John Pope	8,323
	Progressive Conservative	Pauline Browes	8,257
	New Democrat	Guy Hunter	1,607
	National	Jean Schilling	321
	Natural Law	David Gordon	191
	Independent	Steven Lam	185
	Libertarian	George Dance	153
	Marxist-Leninist	France Tremblay	38
	Abolitionist	Denis A. Mazerolle	22

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Pauline Browes	17,247
	Liberal	Odysseus Katsaitis	16,846
	New Democrat	Garth C. Dee	8,004
	Libertarian	Dusan Kubias	342

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Pauline Browes	19,968
	Liberal	Norm Kelly	14,229
	New Democrat	Michael Prue	8,240
	Libertarian	Mathias Blecker	345

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Norm Kelly	16,595
	Progressive Conservative	Diane Stratas	14,995
	New Democrat	Michael Prue	9,237
	Libertarian	Mathias Blecker	238
	Marxist-Leninist	Judith Killoran	97

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Diane Stratas	18,688
	Liberal	Bruce L. Cox	14,323
	New Democrat	Tom Lyons	9,533
	Libertarian	Don Otto	213
	Independent	David Owen	203
	Marxist-Leninist	Judith Killoran	70

[edit] Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brad Duguid	17,714	53.6
	Progressive Conservative	Sammy Appadurai	8,316	25.2
	New Democrat	Kathleen Mathurin	4,401	13.3
	Green	Andrew Strachan	1,827	5.5
	Family Coalition	Thomas Lang	459	1.4
	Libertarian	David Predovich	349	1.1

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	19,259	61.7%
	Mixed member proportional	12,444	38.3%

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brad Duguid	21,698	52.07	+17.54
	Progressive Conservative	Marilyn Mushinski	11,686	28.04	-15.08
	New Democrat	Michael Laxer	3,653	8.77	-11.14
	Independent	Costas Manios	3,259	7.82
	Green	Robert Carty	642	1.54
	Family Coalition	Joseph Internicola	495	1.19	-0.17
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	241	0.58

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Marilyn Mushinski	18,189	43.12
	Liberal	Costas Manios	14,565	34.53
	New Democrat	Sid Ryan	8,399	19.91
	Family Coalition	Rina Morra	573	1.36
	Natural Law	Eileen Murray	455	1.08

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results

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