Scarborough West (provincial electoral district)

Scarborough West

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1963
District abolished	1996
First contested	1963
Last contested	1995
Demographics
Census division	Toronto
Census subdivision	Toronto

Scarborough West was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1963 provincial election and eliminated in 1996, when its territory was incorporated into the riding of Scarborough Southwest. Scarborough West riding was created from part of the former riding of York—Scarborough. It was in the former borough of Scarborough.

Four Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its history. The most notable was Stephen Lewis who was leader of the New Democratic Party of Ontario from 1970 to 1978.

Boundaries

The riding was created in 1963 through an amendment to the Representation Act. It formed the southwest part of the former riding of York—Scarborough. The riding was bordered by Lawrence Avenue to the north, Victoria Park Road to the west, Lake Ontario to the south and Kennedy Road to the east. ^[1]

In 1975, the boundary was significantly altered. The western boundary remained Victoria Park Road and the southern boundary of Lake Ontario were retained. The northern boundary was moved south to Eglinton Avenue. The eastern boundary was redrawn as follows: from Eglinton Avenue, the boundary followed the CNR right-of-way located east of Kennedy Road south and then curving south east to Midland Avenue at Danforth Road. It followed Midland Avenue south to Kingston Road where it turned southwest following Kingston to the Rosetta McLain Gardens park. It then turned south until it met the lake. ^[2]

In 1987 the boundary was altered again. The northern border was moved north to Lawrence Avenue. The eastern boundary followed the CNR right-of-way east of Kennedy Avenue south to Eglinton Avenue. It then moved west following Eglinton to Kennedy Road. It then followed Kennedy south to Lake Ontario. ^[3]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Scarborough West
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Created from York—Scarborough in 1963
27th	1963–1967		Stephen Lewis	New Democratic
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1979
	1979–1981		Richard Johnston	New Democratic
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995		Anne Swarbrick	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		Jim Brown	Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [4]
Merged into Scarborough Southwest after 1996

Electoral results

1963 boundaries

1963 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes [5]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Stephen Lewis	10,534	42.4
	Conservative	Joe Krol	8,105	32.6
	Liberal	Thomas Somerville	5,495	22.1
	Communist	Osmo Lahti	727	2.9
		Total	20,453

1967 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes [6]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Stephen Lewis	13,141	47.9
	Conservative	Reg Stackhouse	8,406	30.7
	Liberal	William Belfontaine	5,874	21.4
		Total	27,421

1971 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes [7]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Stephen Lewis	13,104	39.3
	Conservative	Richard Kirkup	12,629	37.9
	Liberal	Frank Faubert	7,575	22.7
		Total	33,308

1975 boundaries

1975 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes [8] [nb 1]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Stephen Lewis	15,717	56.1
	Conservative	Syd Brown	7,738	27.6
	Liberal	Norm Kert	4,422	15.8
	Independent	Richard Sanders	133	0.5
		Total	28,010

1977 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes [9] [nb 2]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Stephen Lewis	13,340	54.0
	Conservative	Kenneth J. Timney	6,870	27.8
	Liberal	Bobby Orr	3,869	15.7
	Libertarian	Paul Mollon	476	1.9
	Independent	Richard Sanders	167	0.7
		Total	24,722

By-election April 5, 1979

	Party	Candidate	Votes [10] [nb 3]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Richard Johnston	6,981	42.3
	Conservative	John Larke	5,165	31.3
	Liberal	William Belfontaine	4,361	26.4
		Total	16,507

1981 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes [11]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Richard Johnston	10,018	41.9
	Conservative	John Adams	9,638	40.3
	Liberal	William Belfontaine	4,361	16.3
		Total	28,252

1985 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes [12]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Richard Johnston	13,087	53.4
	Conservative	Kurt Christensen	6,061	24.7
	Liberal	Anthiny Judd	4,806	19.6
	Independent	John MacMillan	547	2.2
		Total	24,501

1987 boundaries

1987 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes [13]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Richard Johnston	13,246	56.0
	Liberal	Joe Pacione	4,806	20.3
	Conservative	Brian Clark	3,985	16.8
	Family Coalition	Stephen Jalsevac	1,139	4.8
	Libertarian	George Dance	477	2.0
	Total	23,653

1990 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes [14] [nb 4]	Vote %
	New Democrat	Anne Swarbrick	13,948	51.3
	Liberal	Joe Pacione	6,322	23.3
	Conservative	Jim Brown	5,560	20.5
	Family Coalition	Shoten Slovak	971	3.6
	Libertarian	George Dance	383	1.4
		Total	27,184

1995 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes [15]	Vote %
	Conservative	Jim Brown	11,773	43.1
	New Democrat	Anne Swarbrick	9,216	33.8
	Liberal	John Marchildon	5,326	19.5
	Natural Law	Cynthia Marchand	387	1.4
	Independent	Frank Meyers	254	0.9
	Libertarian	George Dance	214	0.8
	Green	Eric Stark	129	0.5
		Total	27,950

References

Notes

1. 170 out of 172 polls reporting.
2. 184 out of 185 polls reporting.
3. 160 out of 184 polls reporting.
4. 183 out of 187 polls reporting.

Citations

1. "Representation Act, RSO 1970, c 413". Ontario: Revised Statutes. 1970 (5). Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 1970.
2. Fulton, E. Kaye (September 6, 1975). "Near defeat in 1971 haunting Lewis in Scarborough West". Toronto Star. p. A6.
3. Zwolinski, Mark (September 1, 1987). "6 candidate in NDP stronghold". Toronto Star. p. A7.
4. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For Stephen Lewis' Legislative Assembly information see "Stephen Henry Lewis, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
   • For Richard Johnston's Legislative Assembly information see "Richard Frank Johnston, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
   • For Anne Swarbrick's Legislative Assembly information see "Anne Swarbrick, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
   • For Jim Brown's Legislative Assembly information see "Jim Brown, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
5. Canadian Press (1963-09-26). "Who Won Which Seats In P.C.s Ontario Sweep". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 20.
6. Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Provincial election results in Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 66.
7. Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 12.
8. Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.
9. Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.
10. "Scarborough West, Wentworth held by NDP's Johnston, Isaacs". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. April 6, 1979. p. 1.
11. Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
12. Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
13. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12.
14. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10.
15. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Archived from the original on 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2012-08-27.