Scarborough Southwest (provincial electoral district)
Scarborough Southwest is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.
Ontario electoral district | |||
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Scarborough Southwest in relation to the other Toronto ridings | |||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
New Democratic | ||
District created | 1996 | ||
First contested | 1999 | ||
Last contested | 2014 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 108,693 | ||
Electors (2011) | 67,988 | ||
Area (km²) | 29.72 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 3,657.2 | ||
Census division(s) | Toronto | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Toronto |
Geography
It covers the southwestern part of the Scarborough part of Toronto. It stretches from Lake Ontario in the south to Eglinton Avenue in the north.
It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the south by Lake Ontario, on the north by Eglinton Avenue and on the east by Markham Road.
The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Birch Cliff, Oakridge, Cliffside, Kennedy Park, Clairlea, Cliffcrest and parts of Scarborough Village and the Golden Mile.
The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.
Members of Provincial Parliament
Scarborough Southwest | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
Riding created from Scarborough Centre and Scarborough West | ||||
37th | 1999–2003 | Dan Newman | Progressive Conservative | |
38th | 2003–2007 | Lorenzo Berardinetti | Liberal | |
39th | 2007–2011 | |||
40th | 2011–2014 | |||
41st | 2014–2018 | |||
42nd | 2018–Present | Doly Begum | New Democratic | |
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] |
Election results
2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Doly Begum | 19,835 | 45.66 | +22.01 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Gary Ellis | 13,565 | 31.22 | +10.58 | ||||
Liberal | Lorenzo Berardinetti | 8,228 | 18.94 | -31.28 | ||||
Green | David Del Grande | 1,174 | 2.70 | -1.37 | ||||
None of the Above | Allen Atkinson | 222 | 0.51 | |||||
Libertarian | James Speirs | 195 | 0.45 | -0.44 | ||||
Special Needs | Willie Little | 160 | 0.37 | |||||
Trillium | Bobby Turley | 64 | 0.15 | |||||
Total valid votes | 43,443 | 100.0 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[2] |
2014 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Lorenzo Berardinetti | 18,420 | 50.22 | +6.13 | ||||
New Democratic | Jessie Macaulay | 8,674 | 23.65 | -7.80 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Nita Kang | 7,570 | 20.64 | -0.71 | ||||
Green | David Del Grande | 1,492 | 4.07 | +1.72 | ||||
Libertarian | Tyler Rose | 328 | 0.89 | |||||
Independent | Jean-Baptiste Foaleng | 192 | 0.52 | |||||
Total valid votes | 36,676 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.96 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[3] |
2011 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Lorenzo Berardinetti | 14,585 | 44.09 | -2.06 | ||||
New Democratic | Bruce Budd | 10,404 | 31.45 | +13.37 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Mike Chopowick | 7,061 | 21.35 | -4.19 | ||||
Green | Robin McKim | 777 | 2.35 | -5.76 | ||||
Freedom | Caroline Blanco-Ruibal | 250 | 0.75 | |||||
Total valid votes | 33,077 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 155 | 0.47 | ||||||
Turnout | 33,232 | 47.80 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 69,553 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -7.72 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[4] |
2007 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Lorenzo Berardinetti | 15,113 | 46.15 | -0.78 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Gary Crawford | 8,363 | 25.54 | -6.17 | ||||
New Democratic | Jay Sarkar | 5,920 | 18.08 | +0.14 | ||||
Green | Stefan Dixon | 2,655 | 8.11 | +6.26 | ||||
Family Coalition | Wiktor Pawel Borkowski | 398 | 1.22 | -0.35 | ||||
Libertarian | George Dance | 296 | 0.90 | |||||
Total valid votes | 32,745 | 100.00 | ||||||
Elections Ontario.[5] |
2003 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Lorenzo Berardinetti | 17,501 | 46.93 | +13.27 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Dan Newman | 11,826 | 31.71 | -8.05 | ||||
New Democratic | Barbara Warner | 6,688 | 17.94 | -5.28 | ||||
Green | Andrew Strachan | 689 | 1.85 | +0.64 | ||||
Family Coalition | Ray Scott | 586 | 1.57 | +0.29 | ||||
Total valid votes | 37,290 | 100.00 | ||||||
Elections Ontario.[6] |
1999 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Dan Newman | 15,349 | 39.76 | |||||
Liberal | Adrian Heaps | 12,992 | 33.66 | |||||
New Democratic | Michael Yorke | 8,962 | 23.22 | |||||
Family Coalition | Wiktor Pawel Borkowski | 495 | 1.28 | |||||
Green | Barbara Schaefer | 466 | 1.21 | |||||
Natural Law | Laurence Corp | 339 | 0.88 | |||||
Total valid votes | 38,603 | 100.00 | ||||||
Elections Ontario.[7] |
2007 electoral reform referendum
2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum | |||
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Side | Votes | % | |
First Past the Post | 18,860 | 59.2 | |
Mixed member proportional | 12,890 | 40.8 | |
Total valid votes | 31,750 | 100.0 | |
Sourced from Elections Ontario.[8] |
References
- For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Dan Newman's Legislative Assembly information see "Dan Newman, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
- For Lorenzo Berardinetti's Legislative Assembly information see "Lorenzo Berardinetti, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
- "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 8. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- "General Election Results by District, 084 Scarborough Southwest". Elections Ontario. 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-30. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
- "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
- "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
- "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
- "Referendum Statistical Results" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-28.