Scarborough—Rouge River (provincial electoral district)

Scarborough—Rouge River is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

The riding covers the northeast part of the Scarborough part of Toronto. It stretches from Highway 401 in the south to Steeles Avenue in the north. In the east it ends at the border with Pickering and to just west of Midland in the west.

13.6% of the population is Hindu, the highest in Canada.^[1]

Geography

Scarborough—Rouge River consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the north and east by the city limits, on the west by Midland Avenue, and on the south by a line drawn from the east city limit west along Finch Avenue East, south along Meadowvale Road, west along Sheppard Avenue East, south along Morningside Avenue, west along Highway 401, north along Brimley Road, and west along Finch Avenue East to Midland Avenue.

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—Rouge River
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Scarborough North
37th	1999 − 2003		Alvin Curling	Liberal
38th	2003 − 2005		Alvin Curling	Liberal
38th	2005 − 2007		Bas Balkissoon	Liberal
39th	2007 − 2011
40th	2011 − 2014
41st	2014 − Present
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[2]

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Bas Balkissoon	16,134	38.86	-3.01
	New Democratic	Neethan Shan	12,863	30.98	-4.99
	Progressive Conservative	Raymond Cho	11,491	27.68	+8.89
	Green	George B. Singh	569	1.37	+0.12
	None of the Above	Amir Khan	461	1.11
Total valid votes			41,518	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.99
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Bas Balkissoon	15,237	41.87	-23.29
	New Democratic	Neethan Shan	13,088	35.97	+22.43
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Kim	6,837	18.79	+4.33
	Libertarian	Felix Liao	457	1.26	-0.17
	Green	George Singh	455	1.25	-2.47
	Family Coalition	Raphael Rosch	166	0.46	-1.23
	Freedom	Daniel Walker	150	0.41
Total valid votes			36,390	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			215	0.59
Turnout			36,605	42.89
Eligible voters			85,338
	Liberal hold		Swing		-22.86
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

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Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Bas Balkissoon	22,362	65.16	+7.54
	Progressive Conservative	Horace Gooden	4,962	14.46	-10.39
	New Democratic	Sheila White	4,646	13.54	-1.41
	Green	Serge Abbat	1,275	3.72	+2.69
	Family Coalition	Joseph Carvalho	581	1.69	+1.12
	Libertarian	Alan Mercer	492	1.43	+0.81
Total valid votes			34,318	100.0

Ontario provincial by-election, November 24, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Bas Balkissoon	9,347	57.62	-6.23
	Progressive Conservative	Cynthia Lai	4,032	24.85	-0.36
	New Democratic	Sheila White	2,425	14.95	+8.97
	Green	Steven Toman	167	1.03	-2.5
	Libertarian	Alan Mercer	100	0.62
	Family Coalition	Rina Morra	93	0.57	-0.86
	Freedom	Wayne Simmons	59	0.36
Total valid votes			16,223	100.0

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Alvin Curling	23,976	63.85	+6.6
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Moore	9,468	25.21	-9.23
	New Democratic	Jean-Paul Yovanoff	2,246	5.98	-0.12
	Green	Karen Macdonald	1,326	3.53
	Family Coalition	Mitchell Persaud	536	1.43	+0.03
Total valid votes			37,552	100.0

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alvin Curling	20,052	57.25
	Progressive Conservative	Mubashar Dar	12,061	34.44
	New Democratic	Paulette Senior	2,138	6.10
	Family Coalition	Betty Peters	489	1.40
	Natural Law	Lou Dube	284	0.81
Total valid votes			32,024	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	18,271	55.2
	Mixed member proportional	14,856	44.8
	Total valid votes	33,127	100.0

References

Notes

Citations

↑ Pundit's Guide
↑
For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Alvin Curling's Legislative Assembly information see "Alvin Curling, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
- For Bas Balkissoon's Legislative Assembly information see "Bas Balkissoon, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
↑ "General Election Results by District, 083 Scarborough—Rouge River". Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Scarborough—Rouge River" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

Sources

Elections Ontario Past Election Results
"Scarborough-Rouge River - Ontario Votes 2011 - CBC News". CBC News. 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
"Elections Ontario - 2011 General Election Results By District". Elections Ontario. 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-10-07.

Provincial ridings in Ontario

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

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