Scarborough West (provincial electoral district)

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Scarborough West
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1963
District abolished1996
First contested 1963
Last contested 1995
Demographics
Census division(s) Toronto
Census subdivision(s) 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.

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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 1970-1978.

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
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
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
PartyCandidateVotes [5] Vote %
  New DemocratStephen Lewis10,53442.4
  ConservativeJoe Krol8,10532.6
  LiberalThomas Somerville5,49522.1
Communist Osmo Lahti7272.9
Total20,453
1967 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [6] Vote %
  New DemocratStephen Lewis13,14147.9
  ConservativeReg Stackhouse8,40630.7
  LiberalWilliam Belfontaine5,87421.4
Total27,421
1971 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [7] Vote %
  New DemocratStephen Lewis13,10439.3
  ConservativeRichard Kirkup12,62937.9
  Liberal Frank Faubert 7,57522.7
Total33,308

1975 boundaries

1975 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [8] [nb 1] Vote %
  New DemocratStephen Lewis15,71756.1
  ConservativeSyd Brown7,73827.6
  LiberalNorm Kert4,42215.8
  IndependentRichard Sanders1330.5
Total28,010
1977 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [9] [nb 2] Vote %
  New DemocratStephen Lewis13,34054.0
  ConservativeKenneth J. Timney6,87027.8
  LiberalBobby Orr3,86915.7
Libertarian Paul Mollon4761.9
  IndependentRichard Sanders1670.7
Total24,722
By-election April 5, 1979
PartyCandidateVotes [10] [nb 3] Vote %
  New DemocratRichard Johnston6,98142.3
  ConservativeJohn Larke5,16531.3
  LiberalWilliam Belfontaine4,36126.4
Total16,507
1981 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [11] Vote %
  New DemocratRichard Johnston10,01841.9
  ConservativeJohn Adams9,63840.3
  LiberalWilliam Belfontaine4,36116.3
Total28,252
1985 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [12] Vote %
  New DemocratRichard Johnston13,08753.4
  ConservativeKurt Christensen6,06124.7
  LiberalAnthiny Judd4,80619.6
  IndependentJohn MacMillan5472.2
Total24,501

1987 boundaries

1987 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [13] Vote %
  New DemocratRichard Johnston13,24656.0
  LiberalJoe Pacione4,80620.3
  ConservativeBrian Clark3,98516.8
Family Coalition Stephen Jalsevac1,1394.8
Libertarian George Dance4772.0
Total23,653
1990 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [14] [nb 4] Vote %
  New DemocratAnne Swarbrick13,94851.3
  LiberalJoe Pacione6,32223.3
  ConservativeJim Brown5,56020.5
Family Coalition Shoten Slovak9713.6
Libertarian George Dance3831.4
Total27,184
1995 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes [15] Vote %
  ConservativeJim Brown11,77343.1
  New DemocratAnne Swarbrick9,21633.8
  LiberalJohn Marchildon5,32619.5
   Natural Law Cynthia Marchand3871.4
  IndependentFrank Meyers2540.9
Libertarian George Dance2140.8
Green Eric Stark1290.5
Total27,950

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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.