Scarborough East (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Scarborough East (provincial electoral district).

Scarborough East

Ontario electoral district
Scarborough East, from 1996 to 2004
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	2003
First contested	1968
Last contested	2000

Scarborough East was a Canadian electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 2003.

It initially consisted the eastern part of the Borough of Scarborough, although its boundaries were adjusted several times. It was created in 1966 from part of York—Scarborough. The federal electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Pickering—Scarborough East and Scarborough-Guildwood ridings.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from York—Scarborough
28th	1968–1972		Martin O'Connell	Liberal
29th	1972–1974		Reginald Stackhouse	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979		Martin O'Connell	Liberal
31st	1979–1980		Gordon Gilchrist	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Robert Hicks
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Douglas Peters	Liberal
36th	1997–2000		John McKay
37th	2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Pickering—Scarborough East and Scarborough-Guildwood

Historic boundaries

• 
  1966 to 1976
• 
  1976 to 1987
• 
  1987 to 1996

Election results

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Martin O'Connell	23,701
	New Democratic	Kenneth Ranney	13,265
	Progressive Conservative	James A. Taylor	12,477

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Reg Stackhouse	27,301
	Liberal	Martin O'Connell	25,837
	New Democratic	John McMahon	14,731
	Social Credit	George McLenon	227
	Not affiliated	Don Macerollo	77

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Martin O'Connell	30,586
	Progressive Conservative	D. Crawford Smyth	23,585
	New Democratic	John McMahon	10,772
	Social Credit	George McLenon	173
	Independent	Raymond M. Whidden	172
	Marxist–Leninist	Sharon Stevenson	96

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Gilchrist	21,381
	Liberal	Martin O'Connell	16,002
	New Democratic	Sid Dunkley	8,190
	Libertarian	Paul Young	170
	Marxist–Leninist	Thomas Boylan	62

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Gilchrist	17,658
	Liberal	Martin O'Connell	17,147
	New Democratic	Chris Bain	8,533
	Libertarian	Paul C. Young	181
	Marxist–Leninist	Tom Boylan	60

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Hicks	26,349
	Liberal	Betty Fevreau	13,325
	New Democratic	Alawi Mohideen	6,422
	Green	Lois Jean James	553
	Libertarian	Jim Mcintosh	512
	Communist	Norman Brudy	142
	Commonwealth of Canada	James Browne	87

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Hicks	18,149
	Liberal	Betty Fevreau	16,337
	New Democratic	Mary Cook	6,866
	Libertarian	Jim Mcintosh	307
	Green	Greg Knittl	201
	Communist	Kathy Koulas	69

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Doug Peters	20,048
	Reform	Randall Flint	10,239
	Progressive Conservative	D'arcy Keene	6,598
	New Democratic	Doug Ottenbreit	1,524
	National	David Glover	379
	Libertarian	Jim Mcintosh	363
	Green	Lois Jean James	250
	Natural Law	Carol-Anne Coulter	195
	Abolitionist	James Norton Worthington	59

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John McKay	23,065
	Progressive Conservative	D'arcy Keene	8,297
	Reform	Calvin Henry-Cotnam	7,011
	New Democratic	Bob Frankford	3,330
	Green	Sharon Trivers	278
	Christian Heritage	Ian Town	171
	Canadian Action	Stan Roberts	164
	Natural Law	Erica Kindl	135

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election : Scarborough East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John McKay	24,019	59.82	$37,639
	Alliance	Paul Calandra	7,559	18.83	$32,135
	Progressive Conservative	Paul McCrossan	6,284	15.65	$26,016
	New Democratic	Denise Lake	1,884	4.69	$4,973
	Canadian Action	Dave Glover	292	0.73	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	France Tremblay	113	0.28	$8
Total valid votes			40,151	100.00
Total rejected ballots			155
Turnout			40,306	55.91
Electors on the lists			72,092
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament