Pickering—Scarborough East (provincial electoral district)

Pickering—Scarborough East is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2007.

The district was created in 2003 from 44.1% of Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge, 39.7% of Scarborough East, and 0.1% of Scarborough—Rouge River ridings.

The district consists of the southwest part of the city of Pickering and the southeast part of the Scarborough district of Toronto.

Specifically, it consists of the part of the City of Pickering lying south and west of a line drawn from the western city limit east along Finch Avenue, south along Valley Farm Road, northeast along Highway 401 and south along Brock Road to the southern city limit; and the part of the City of Toronto lying south and east of a line drawn from the eastern city limit west along Finch Avenue East, south along Meadowvale Road, west along Sheppard Avenue East, south along Morningside Avenue and southeast along Highland Creek to Lake Ontario.

Demographics

(According to the Canada 2006 Census)

Ethnic groups: 61.3% White, 13.5% South Asian, 10.4% Black, 4.1% Filipino, 3.2% Chinese
Languages: 74.6% English, 1.3% French, 23.9% Other
Average income: $31 920

Members of Provincial Parliament

Pickering—Scarborough East
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge, Scarborough East and Scarborough—Rouge River
39th	2007 − 2011		Wayne Arthurs	Liberal
40th	2011 − 2014		Tracy MacCharles	Liberal
41st	2014 − Present		Tracy MacCharles	Liberal

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Tracy MacCharles	23,128	51.76	+5.10
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Gaudet	12,623	28.25	-5.16
	New Democratic	Eileen Higdon	6,599	14.77	-1.70
	Green	Anthony Navarro	1,548	3.46	+0.65
	Libertarian	Scott Hoefig	590	1.32	+0.67
	Freedom	Matt Oliver	192	0.43
Total valid votes			44,680	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+5.13
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Tracy MacCharles	18,201	46.66	-1.97
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Gaudet	13,033	33.41	+1.70
	New Democratic	Nerissa Carino	6,424	16.47	+5.24
	Green	Kevin Smith	1,096	2.81	-3.52
	Libertarian	Heath Thomas	252	0.65	-0.27
Total valid votes			39,006	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			166	0.42
Turnout			39,172	49.69
Eligible voters			78,835
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.84
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Wayne Arthurs	19,762	48.63
	Progressive Conservative	Diana Hall	12,884	31.71
	New Democratic	Andrea Moffat	4,563	11.23
	Green	Anita Lalchan	2,572	6.33
	Libertarian	Josh Insang	375	0.92
	Independent	John Newell	270	0.66
	Family Coalition	Mitchell Andrew Persaud	210	0.52
Total valid votes			40,636	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	24,849	63.5
	Mixed member proportional	14,274	36.5
	Total valid votes	39,123	100.0

Sources

↑ "General Election Results by District, 072 Pickering—Scarborough East". Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Pickering—Scarborough East" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

Provincial ridings in Ontario

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

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

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

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

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

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brampton West Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Mississauga—Streetsville Oakville

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

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

South Durham, York	Ajax—Pickering Markham—Unionville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa

Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest St. Paul's Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

Coordinates: 43°49′N 79°08′W / 43.81°N 79.14°W / 43.81; -79.14