Pickering—Scarborough East

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Pickering—Scarborough East
Ontario electoral district


'Pickering—Scarborough East in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings

Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP       Dan McTeague
Liberal
District created 2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2006
District webpage profile, map
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP       Wayne Arthurs
Liberal
District created 2003
First contested 2007
Demographics
Population (2006) 106,602
Electors (2007) 75,858
Area (km²) 52
Pop. density (per km²) 2,050
Census divisions Durham, Toronto
Census subdivisions Pickering, Scarborough
Map of Pickering-Scarborough East
Map of Pickering-Scarborough East

Pickering—Scarborough East is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It will elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2007 provincial election.

It was created in 2003 from parts of Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge, Scarborough East, and Scarborough—Rouge River ridings.

It consists of the southwest part of the city of Pickering and the southeast part of the Scarborough district of Toronto.

Specifically, it consists of the part of the City of Pickering lying south and west of a line drawn from the western city limit east along Finch Avenue, south along Valley Farm Road, northeast along Highway 401 and south along Brock Road to the southern city limit; and the part of the City of Toronto lying south and east of a line drawn from the eastern city limit west along Finch Avenue East, south along Meadowvale Road, west along Sheppard Avenue East, south along Morningside Avenue and southeast along Highland Creek to Lake Ontario.

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[edit] Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge, Scarborough East, and Scarborough—Rouge River prior to 2003
38th 2004-2006     Dan McTeague Liberal
39th 2006-

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Dan McTeague 27,720 52.9%
     Conservative Tim Dobson 16,686 31.9%
     New Democratic Party Gary Dale 6,083 11.6%
     Green Jeff Brownridge 1,863 3.6%


Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Dan McTeague 27,312 57.0%
     Conservative Tim Dobson 13,417 28.0%
     New Democratic Party Gary Dale 5,392 11.2%
     Green Matthew Pollesel 1,809 3.8%

[edit] Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Wayne Arthurs 19,762 48.6
     Progressive Conservative Diana Hall 12,927 31.8
     New Democrat Andrea Moffat 4,531 11.1
     Green Anita Lalchan 2,575 6.3
     Libertarian Josh Insang 380 0.9
     Independent John Newell 268 0.7
     Family Coalition Mitchell Andrew Persaud 229 0.6
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 24849 63.5%
Mixed member proportional 14274 36.5%

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