Scarborough Centre (provincial electoral district)

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Scarborough Centre
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Scarborough Centre in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Coordinates: 43°45′11″N79°16′23″W / 43.753°N 79.273°W / 43.753; -79.273
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
David Smith
Progressive Conservative
District created1963
First contested 1963
Last contested 2022
Demographics
Population (2016)112,600
Electors (2018)75,493
Area (km²)28
Pop. density (per km²)4,021.4
Census division(s) Toronto
Census subdivision(s) Toronto
Map of Scarborough Centre Scarborough Centre Elections Canada map 35094 (2015 boundaries).gif
Map of Scarborough Centre
Scarborough Centre from 2003 to 2018 Scarborough Centre.png
Scarborough Centre from 2003 to 2018

Scarborough Centre is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1963.

Contents

It consists of the part of the Scarborough district of the City of Toronto bounded:

Notable landmarks in Scarborough Centre include:

It was represented in the Ontario Legislature by PC Christina Mitas since 2018, who did not run for re-election in 2022.

Scarborough Centre is a bellwether riding, having voted for the winner in every election since 1971 (longer than any other provincial riding). However, it did comprise different territories, changing shape significantly between the 1995 and 1999 elections.

Boundaries

The riding was created in 1963 through an amendment to the Representation Act. It was formed from the south central part of the former riding of York—Scarborough, formed in 1955, the year following the erection of Metropolitan Toronto, departing from York East, where it had been part of since 1867, and represented in the past by such Scarborough Township residents as:

With the rapid growth of Scarborough Township in the decade following the erection of Metropolitan Toronto, York—Scarborough, unlike its federal counterpart that remained into the 1970s, was split into four separate ridings in 1963; and MPP Dick Sutton did not seek re-election into any of the new ridings. The initial Scarborough Centre riding was bordered by: Lawrence Avenue to the north, Kennedy Road to the west, Lake Ontario to the south and Markham Road to the east. [1]

In 1975, the boundary was significantly altered. The northern boundary of Lawrence Avenue and the southern boundary of Lake Ontario were retained. The western boundary was redrawn as follows: from Lawrence Avenue, it followed the CNR right-of-way located west of Midland Avenue south and then curved southeast to where it met Midland Avenue at Danforth Road. It followed Midland Avenue south to Kingston Road where it turned southwest following Kingston to a point where a northerly extension of Wynnview Court would meet the road. It then turned south along Wynnview Court and continued on the same line south until it met the lake. The eastern boundary started at Lawrence Avenue and went south on Scarborough Golf Club Road following this road to the CNR right-of-way. It followed the tracks west to Markham Road and then south to the lake. [2]

In 1987 the boundary was altered again. The northern boundary of Lawrence Avenue and the southern boundary of Lake Ontario were retained. The eastern boundary starting at the lake went north along Kennedy Road to Eglinton Avenue. It then turned east for a short distance to the CPR right-of-way. It followed the right-of-way north to Lawrence Avenue. The eastern border was moved to Markham Road going from the lake to Lawrence Avenue. [3]

In 1995, the riding was radically changed with a union with the Scarborough-Ellesmere riding, and in 2007, with the creation of the Scarborough-Guildwood riding, and the northwest corner transferred from Scarborough-Agincourt. For the first time, the Scarborough Centre was now in the riding.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Scarborough Centre
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from York—Scarborough
27th  1963–1967   George Peck Progressive Conservative
28th  1967–1971   Margaret Renwick New Democratic
29th  1971–1975   Frank Drea Progressive Conservative
30th  1975–1977
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987 William C. Davis
34th  1987–1990   Cindy Nicholas Liberal
35th  1990–1995   Steve Owens New Democratic
36th  1995–1999   Dan Newman Progressive Conservative
37th  1999–2003 Marilyn Mushinski
38th  2003–2007   Brad Duguid Liberal
39th  2007–2011
40th  2011–2014
41st  2014–2018
42nd  2018–2022   Christina Mitas Progressive Conservative
43rd  2022–present David Smith
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [4]

Election results

2022 Ontario general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative David Smith 11,47235.99-2.20
Liberal Mazhar Shafiq9,68830.39+8.47
New Democratic Neethan Shan 8,34426.18-6.99
Green Fatima Faruq9022.83+0.54
Libertarian Serge Korovitsyn3921.23-1.38
New Blue Hidie Jaber3551.11
Ontario Party Raphael Rosch2970.93
Independent Kostadinos Stefanis1950.61
Independent Paul Beatty1560.49
Moderate Maria Tzvetanova750.24
Total valid votes31,645100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
Turnout40.93-12.26
Eligible voters77,874
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.34
Source: Elections Ontario [5]
2018 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Christina Mitas 15,26638.45+17.46
New Democratic Zeyd Bismilla13,24733.36+12.75
Liberal Mazhar Shafiq8,79122.14-33.05
Libertarian Matt Dougherty1,0402.62
Green Sanjin Zeco9192.31-0.78
Trillium Chris Mellor4411.11
Total valid votes39,70498.89
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots4471.11
Turnout40,15153.19
Eligible voters75,493
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +25.25
Source: Elections Ontario [6]
2014 general election redistributed results [7]
PartyVote %
  Liberal 18,64855.19
  Progressive Conservative 7,09320.99
  New Democratic 6,96720.62
  Green 1,0463.10
 Others350.10
Present day boundaries Scarborough Centre.png
Present day boundaries
2014 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Brad Duguid 19,25154.94+3.81
Progressive Conservative David Ramalho7,56621.59-2.20
New Democratic Carol Baker7,13520.36-1.65
Green Edward Yaghledjian1,0863.10+1.33
Total valid votes35,038100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +3.00
Source: Elections Ontario [8]
2011 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Brad Duguid 16,14251.13-2.44
Progressive Conservative Carol Williams7,51123.79-1.36
New Democratic Kathleen Mathurin6,87622.01+8.7
Green Jeff Mole5581.77-3.76
Freedom David Driver3010.95 
Total valid votes 31,568100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1800.57
Turnout31,56844.49
Eligible voters70,958
Liberal hold Swing -0.54
Source: Elections Ontario [9]
2007 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Brad Duguid 17,71453.57+1.5
Progressive Conservative Sammy Appadurai8,31625.15-2.89
New Democratic Kathleen Mathurin4,40113.31+4.54
Green Andrew Strachan1,8275.53+3.99
Family Coalition Thomas Lang4591.39+0.2
Libertarian David Predovich3491.06 
Total valid votes33,066 100.0
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Riding boundaries after 1996 redistribution
2003 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Brad Duguid 21,69852.07+17.54
Progressive Conservative Marilyn Mushinski11,68628.04-15.08
New Democratic Michael Laxer3,6538.77-11.14
Independent Costas Manios 3,2597.82 
Green Robert Carty6421.54 
Family Coalition Joseph Internicola4951.19-0.17
Communist Elizabeth Rowley 2410.58 
Total valid votes 41,674100.00
1999 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Marilyn Mushinski 18,18943.12-2.75
Liberal Costas Manios14,56534.53+8.69
New Democratic Sid Ryan 8,39919.91-4.76
Family Coalition Rina Morra5731.36 
Natural Law Eileen Murray4551.08-0.17
Total valid votes 42,181100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
First Past the Post19,25961.7
Mixed member proportional12,44438.3
Total valid votes31,701100.0

Historic election results

1995 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Dan Newman 12,71745.87+25.72
Liberal Mary Ellen Pimblett7,16325.84-6.75
New Democratic Steve Owens6,84124.67-22.59
Independent John Brereton6492.34 
Natural Law Eleanor Hyodo3491.25 
Total valid votes 28,079100.0
Source: Elections Ontario [10]
1990 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Steve Owens 13,40147.26+18.16
Liberal Cindy Nicholas 9,23932.59-8.08
Progressive Conservative Joe Trontadus5,71320.15-4.47
Total valid votes 28,353100.0
Source: Toronto Star [11]
1987 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cindy Nicholas 11,93040.67+6.58
New Democratic Meano Vorster8,53529.10-1.2
Progressive Conservative Bill Davis 7,22224.62-11
Family Coalition Chris Douros1,0963.74 
Independent Martin Weatherall5491.87 
Total valid votes29,332100.0
Source: The Toronto Daily Star [12]
1985 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Bill Davis 8,92135.62-20.49
Liberal Gerrard Lennon8,53734.09+13.75
New Democratic Barry Christensen7,58830.30+9.08
Total valid votes25,046100.0
Source: Canadian Press [13]
1981 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Frank Drea 12,79356.11+12.52
New Democratic Paul Rook4,83721.22-11.92
Liberal Kurt Christensen4,63720.34+0.54
Libertarian D'arcy Cain5312.33-0.39
Total valid votes22,798100.0
Source: Canadian Press [14]
1977 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Frank Drea 11,58543.59-4.93
New Democratic Dave Gracey8,80633.14+6.86
Liberal Charles Beer 5,26319.80-4
Libertarian Robert Schultz7222.72 
Communist Peter Sideris2000.75-0.19
Total valid votes26,576100.0
Source: Canadian Press [15]
1975 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Frank Drea 10,32948.52+0.04
New Democratic Dave Gracey5,59526.28-6.94
Liberal Ross Doswell5,06723.80+8.56
Communist Gareth Blythe2000.94 
Independent R. M. Whidden960.45 
Total valid votes21,287100.0
Source: Canadian Press [16]
1971 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Frank Drea 15,56548.48+9.2
New Democratic Margaret Renwick 10,66533.22-9.72
Liberal Brian Wallace4,89415.24-2.54
Independent Syd Brown9823.06 
Total valid votes32,106100.0
Source: Canadian Press [17]
1967 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Margaret Renwick 10,53042.94+7.63
Progressive Conservative George Peck 9,63239.28+1.91
Liberal Conrad Stewart4,36117.78-9.55
Total valid votes24,523100.0
Source: The Windsor Star [18]
1963 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative George Peck 7,25937.37
New Democratic E. K. Ranney6,85935.31
Liberal A. M. Campbell 5,30927.33
Total valid votes19,427100.0
Source: Canadian Press [19]

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