Scarborough Southwest

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For the provincial electoral district, see Scarborough Southwest (provincial electoral district).

Ontario electoral district

Scarborough Southwest in relation to the other Toronto ridings

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Dan Harris
New Democratic

District created

1996

First contested

1997

Last contested

2011

District webpage

profile, map

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

108,693

Electors (2011)

67,988

Area (km²)^[2]

29.72

Pop. density (per km²)

3,657.2

Census divisions

Toronto

Census subdivisions

Toronto

Map of Scarborough Southwest

The former borders of Scarborough Southwest, in place from 1996 to 2004. These borders are still those represented on Toronto city council

Scarborough Southwest is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons.

On Toronto City Council, the southeast portion is represented by Gary Crawford. The northwest section is represented by Michelle Berardinetti.

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, and on the north and east by a line drawn from Victoria Park Avenue northeast along the hydroelectric transmission line situated north of Craigton Drive, south along the Canadian National Railway, east along Eglinton Avenue East, south along Bellamy Road South, southwest along Kingston Road, and southeast along Bellamy Ravine Creek.

The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Birch Cliff, Oakridge, Birchmount Park, Cliffside, Kennedy Park, Clairlea, Golden Mile, Ionview and Cliffcrest in Scarborough, Toronto.

History

The federal riding was created in 1996 from parts of Scarborough Centre and Scarborough West. It consisted initially of the part of the City of Scarborough lying south and west of a line drawn from the western city limit east along Eglinton Avenue East, north along Markham Road, east along the Canadian National Railway, southwest along Kingston Road, south along Scarborough Golf Club Road, southwest along Hill Crescent, southeast along Bellamy Ravine Creek.

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

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following member of the Canadian House of Commons:

Parliament	Years		Party
Scarborough Centre and Scarborough West prior to 1996
36th	1997–2000	Tom Wappel	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011	Michelle Simson	Liberal
41st	2011–present	Dan Harris	New Democratic

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dan Harris	14,119	35.04	+16.29
	Conservative	Gavan Paranchothy	12,830	31.85	+2.34
	Liberal	Michelle Simson	11,699	29.05	-12.77
	Green	Stefan Dixon	1,635	4.06	-5.43
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,283	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			218	0.54	+0.01	–
Turnout			40,501	59.45	+4.71	–
Eligible voters			68,122	–	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Michelle Simson	15,486	41.82	-6.06	$61,923
	Conservative	Greg Crompton	10,928	29.51	+5.37	$52,973
	New Democratic	Alamgir Hussain	6,943	18.75	-4.15	$22,985
	Green	Stefan Dixon	3,514	9.49	+5.08	$588
	Independent	M. H. Fatique Chowdhury Kabir	151	0.40	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			37,022	100.00	–	$80,366
Total rejected ballots			195	0.52	+0.07	–
Turnout			37,217	54.74	-7.63	–
Eligible voters			67,988	–	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.7	–	–

v t e Canadian federal election, 2006: Scarborough Southwest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tom Wappel	19,930	47.83	-1.63	$31,803
	Conservative	Vincent Veerasuntharam	10,017	24.04	+0.26	$68,687
	New Democratic Party	Dan Harris	9,626	23.10	+0.79	$18,101
	Green	Valerie Philip	1,827	4.38	+0.38
	Independent	Trevor Sutton	147	0.35
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	120	0.29	-0.15	$280
Total valid votes			41,667	100.00
Total rejected ballots			189	0.45	-0.11
Turnout			41,856	62.37	+5.21
Electors on the lists			67,109
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t e Canadian federal election, 2004: Scarborough Southwest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tom Wappel	18,776	49.46	-10.36	$47,511
	Conservative	Heather Jewell	9,028	23.78	-4.59	$63,040
	New Democratic Party	Dan Harris	8,471	22.31	+12.05	$21,397
	Green	Peter Van Dalen	1,520	4.00		not listed
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	168	0.44		$300
Total valid votes			37,963	100.00
Total rejected ballots			215	0.56	-0.10
Turnout			38,178	57.16	+3.73
Electors on the lists			66,797
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t e Canadian federal election, 2000: Scarborough Southwest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tom Wappel	21,466	60.01	+6.61	$47,146
	Progressive Conservative	Ellery Hollingsworth	5,251	14.68	+1.01	$14,019
	Canadian Alliance	Nabil El-Khazen	4,912	13.73	-6.72	$30,429
	New Democratic Party	Dan Harris	3,638	10.17	-1.05	$10,666
	Canadian Action	Walter Aolari	336	0.94		$4,886
	Communist	Dora Stewart	165	0.46		$202
Total valid votes			35,768	100.00
Total rejected ballots			237	0.66	-0.04
Turnout			36,005	53.43	-9.52
Electors on the lists			67,382
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t e Canadian federal election, 1997: Scarborough Southwest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tom Wappel	20,675	53.40	-1.34	$35,520
	Reform	Tom Ambas	7,918	20.45	-0.62	$41,884
	Progressive Conservative	Brian McCutcheon	5,294	13.67	-0.70	$16,872
	New Democratic Party	Dave Gracey	4,345	11.22	+4.28	$7,984
	Green	David James Cooper	482	1.25		$0.00
Total valid votes			38,714	100.00
Total rejected ballots			273	0.70
Turnout			38,987	62.95
Electors on the lists			61,932
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

All electoral information is taken from Elections Canada. Italicized expenditures from elections after 1997 refer to candidate submissions, and are presented when the final reviewed totals are not available. Expenditures from 1997 refer to submitted totals. The +/- figures from 1997 and 2004 are adjusted for redistribution.

References

"(Code 35084) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012

Scarborough Centre

Don Valley East
Beaches—East York

Scarborough—Guildwood

Scarborough Southwest

Lake Ontario

v t e Federal ridings in Suburban Toronto

Conservative	Don Valley East Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Scarborough Centre Willowdale York Centre

Liberal	Etobicoke North Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough—Guildwood York West

New Democratic	Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest

v t e Federal ridings in Ontario

Central Ontario	Barrie Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Newmarket—Aurora Northumberland—Quinte West Peterborough Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe

Eastern Ontario	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Prince Edward—Hastings Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Toronto (S Durham & York, Suburbs, Downtown, Brampton & Mississauga)	Ajax—Pickering Beaches—East York Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brampton West Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Markham—Unionville Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Mississauga—Streetsville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Parkdale—High Park Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill St. Paul's Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest Thornhill Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Burlington Halton Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Niagara Falls Niagara West—Glanbrook Oakville St. Catharines Welland

Midwestern Ontario	Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Waterloo Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

Northern Ontario	Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing Kenora Nickel Belt Nipissing—Timiskaming Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Rainy River Thunder Bay—Superior North Timmins—James Bay

Southwestern Ontario	Chatham-Kent—Essex Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean

See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario

Coordinates: 43°41′31″N 79°16′26″W / 43.692°N 79.274°W / 43.692; -79.274

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Scarborough Southwest

Geography

History

Member of Parliament

Election results

See also

References

Notes