Scarborough North (electoral district)
Ontario electoral district | |||
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Scarborough North in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries) | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
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District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 101,080 | ||
Electors (2015) | 64,427 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 32 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 3,158.8 | ||
Census divisions | Toronto | ||
Census subdivisions | Toronto |
Scarborough North (French: Scarborough-Nord) is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario.
Scarborough North was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015.[2] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Scarborough—Rouge River (92%) and Scarborough—Agincourt (8%).[3]
Geography
The riding consists of the northern part of the Scarborough district of Toronto. It contains the neighbourhoods of Agincourt (east of Midland Avenue), Milliken (east of Midland Avenue), Morningside Heights (Brookside), and Malvern (west of Neilson Road).
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Scarborough North Riding created from Scarborough—Agincourt and Scarborough—Rouge River |
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42nd | 2015–Present | Shaun Chen | Liberal |
Election results
Canadian federal election, 2015: Scarborough North | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Shaun Chen | 18,904 | 48.24 | +19.37 | – | |||
Conservative | Ravinder Malhi | 10,737 | 27.40 | -5.98 | – | |||
New Democratic | Rathika Sitsabaiesan | 8,648 | 22.07 | -13.3 | – | |||
Green | Eleni MacDonald | 579 | 1.48 | -0.14 | – | |||
Independent | Raphael Rosch | 164 | 0.42 | – | – | |||
Independent | Aasia Khatoon | 156 | 0.40 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 39,188 | 100.0 | $198,897.93 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 216 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 39,404 | 60.87 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 64,827 | |||||||
Liberal notional gain from New Democratic | Swing | +16.34 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[4][5] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[6] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
New Democratic | 12,672 | 35.37 | |
Conservative | 11,959 | 33.38 | |
Liberal | 10,343 | 28.87 | |
Green | 579 | 1.62 | |
Other | 277 | 0.77 |
References
- 1 2 Statistics Canada: 2012
- ↑ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ↑ Final Report – Ontario
- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Scarborough North, 30 September 2015
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
- ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections