Scarborough—Agincourt

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Scarborough—Agincourt

Ontario electoral district
Scarborough—Agincourt in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Jim Karygiannis Liberal
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		Gerry Phillips Liberal
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	111,867
Electors (2007)	73,876
Area (km²)	25
Pop. density (per km²)	4,474.7
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Scarborough

Scarborough—Agincourt is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

It covers the northwest of the Scarborough part of Toronto. It is bounded on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, on the east by Brimley Avenue, and on the south by Highway 401, excluding the area that is east of Midland Avenue and north of Finch Avenue East.

On Toronto City Council, much of the northern half of the area is represented by Mike Del Grande; the south by Norm Kelly; the east by Chin Lee.

Contents 1 Former boundaries 2 Demographics 2.1 Population 2.2 Language 2.3 Education 2.4 Income & Work 2.5 Families & Dwellings 2.6 Religion 3 Federal electoral district 3.1 Members of Parliament 3.2 Federal election results 4 Provincial electoral district 4.1 Members of Provincial Parliament 4.2 Provincial election results 5 Municipal electoral districts & neighbourhoods 5.1 Wards 5.2 Neighbourhoods 5.3 City Councillors 5.3.1 Ward 39 5.3.2 Ward 40 5.3.3 Ward 41 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Former boundaries

1987-1996

1996 to 2004 (remained the same)

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Population

Total (2006): 111,867
Growth (2001-2006): +1,197 (+1.1%)
Electors:

Federal (2006): 72,895 (65.2%)

Provincial (2007): 73,876 (66%)

Gender* (2001):

Male: 52,525 (47.5%)

Female: 58,145 (52.5%)

Identifiable Groups** (2001):

Visible Minority: 76,195 (69.3%)

Chinese: 41,135 (37.4%)

South Asian: 14,680 (13.3%)

Black: 7,450 (6.8%)

Filipino: 3,470 (3.2%)

West Asian: 1,830 (1.7%)

Arab: 1,775 (1.6%)

Other Visible Minority: 1,560 (1.4%)

Multiple Visible Minorities: 1,385 (1.3%)

Latin American: 825 (0.8%)

Southeast Asian: 800 (0.7%)

Korean: 670 (0.6%)

Japanese: 625 (0.6%)

Aboriginal: 185 (0.2%)

Immigrant: 70,315 (63.9%)

Non-Permanent Residents: 1,780 (1.6%)

[edit] Language

Mother Tongue** (2001):

English: 39,880 (36.3%)

French: 775 (0.7%)

Non-Official Languages: 66,755 (60.7%)

Multiple Responses: 2,590 (2.4%)

Knowledge of Official Languages** (2001):

English only: 92,290 (83.9%)

Neither English nor French: 10,855 (9.9%)

English and French: 6,755 (6.1%)

French only: 105 (0.001%)

Home Language** (2001):

English: 42,110 (38.3%)

Non-official languages: 34,760 (31.6%)

English and non-official language: 31,875 (29%)

English and French: 625 (0.6%)

English, French and non-official language: 430 (0.4%)

French: 110 (0.1%)

French and non-official language: 85 (0.1%)

[edit] Education

Education*** (2001):

Less than High School: 29,385 (32.6%)

High School: 22,950 (25%)

Trade School: 5,205 (5.7%)

College: 11,775 (12.8%)

University: 22,530 (24.5%)

[edit] Income & Work

Labour Force*** (2001):

Participation: 55,510 (60.4%)

Employed: 50,840 (55.4%)

Unemployed: 4,670 (8.4%)

Average Income*** (2001):

Individual: $26,473

Household: $62,836

Family: $60,742

Median Income (2007):

Household: $51,762

[edit] Families & Dwellings

Persons per Family (2001): 3.1

Occupied Private Dwellings (2001):

Total: 35,615

Owned: 23,670 (66.5%)

Rented: 11,945 (33.5%)

Average Value: $226,053

[edit] Religion

Religion** (2001):

Christian: 58,125 (52.8%)

Catholic: 24,660 (22.4%)

Protestant: 19,670 (17.9%)

Christian Orthodox: 7,365 (6.7%)

Christian n.i.e.****: 6,430 (5.8%)

No Religious Affiliation: 31,220 (28.4%)

Hindu: 7,300 (6.6%)

Muslim: 6,740 (6.1%)

Buddhist: 5,515 (5%)

Eastern Religions: 380 (0.3%)

Sikh: 360 (0.3%)

Jewish: 330 (0.3%)

Other Religions: 30 (0.03%)

* Based on a total population of 110,670
** Based on a projected population of 109,995 (20% sample data projected from the total population)
*** Based on a projected population of 91,840 (20% sample data projected from the population 15 years and over)
**** Includes mostly answers of 'Christian,' not otherwise stated.

Sources: Statistics Canada (2001, 2006); Elections Canada (2006); Elections Ontario (2007)

[edit] Federal electoral district

The federal riding was created in 1987 from York—Scarborough. It consisted in initially of the part of the City of Scarborough bounded on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, on the east by the Canadian National Railway line situated immediately west of Midland Avenue, and on the south by Ellesmere Road.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
York—Scarborough prior to 1987
34th	1988-1993		Jim Karygiannis	Liberal
35th	1993-1997
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	28,099
	Conservative	Bill Redwood	10,634
	New Democrat	David Robertson	4,943
	Green	Casey Maple	1,120

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	26,400
	Conservative	Andrew Faust	8,649
	New Democrat	D'Arcy Palmer	4,182
	Progressive Canadian	Tony J. Karadimas	1,048
	Green	Wayne Yeechong	919

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	26,986
	Canadian Alliance	Andrew Faust	5,100
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Elliott	4,030
	New Democrat	Michael Laxer	1,499
	Canadian Action	Wayne Cook	341
	Marxist-Leninist	Sarah Thompson	112

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	25,995
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Perkins	7,115
	Reform	Edward Lee	4,291
	New Democrat	Doug Hum	2,512

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	24,739
	Progressive Conservative	Ben Eng	8,775
	Reform	Cyril Gibb	6,036
	New Democrat	Joe José Perez	944
	National	Bruce Nord	270
	Independent	Anne C. McBride	247
	Natural Law	Bill Morrison	194
	Abolitionist	Michael Green	95
	Independent	Sp. Thakore	89

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	19,459
	Progressive Conservative	W. Paul McCrossan	18,601
	New Democrat	Susie Vallance	5,082
	Not affiliated	Anne C. McBride	442
	Libertarian	B.D.G. Antrobus	328

[edit] Provincial electoral district

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

1. Gerry Phillips, Liberal, (1999 - present)

[edit] Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerry Phillips	19,447	57.82	-3.28
	Progressive Conservative	John Del Grande	8,495	25.26	-4.82
	New Democrat	Yvette Blackburn	3,589	10.67	+4.81
	Green	George Pappas	1,533	4.56	+3.06
	Family Coalition	Max Wang	572	1.7	+0.24

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	19185	59.8%
	Mixed member proportional	12881	40.2%

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerry Phillips	23,026	61.1	+10.40
	Progressive Conservative	Yolanda Chan	11,337	30.08	-13.07
	New Democrat	Stacy Douglas	2,209	5.86	+2.28
	Green	Lawrence J. Arkilander	566	1.5	+0.28
	Family Coalition	Tony Ieraci	550	1.46

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gerry Phillips	18,698	50.7
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Brown	15,915	43.15
	New Democrat	Bob Frankford	1,319	3.58
	Green	Gary Carmichael	451	1.22
	Independent	Wayne Cook	371	1.01
	Natural Law	Ken Morgan	129	0.35

[edit] Municipal electoral districts & neighbourhoods

Scarborough—Agincourt covers three wards and six neighbourhoods.

[edit] Wards

Three wards fall completely or partially within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt.

• Ward 39
• Ward 40 (North)
• Ward 41 (West)

[edit] Neighbourhoods

Three neighbourhoods fall completely within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:

• #116 - Steeles
• #117 - L'Amoreaux
• #118 - Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan

The west ends of three neighbourhoods also fall within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:

• #128 - Agincourt South-Malvern West
• #129 - Agincourt North
• #130 - Milliken

[edit] City Councillors

[edit] Ward 39

1. Sherene Shaw (1988-2003)
2. Mike Del Grande (2003-present)

[edit] Ward 40

1. Norm Kelly (1994-present)

[edit] Ward 41

1. Bas Balkissoon (1997-2005)
2. Paul Ainslie (appointed in 2006)
3. Chin Lee (2006-present)

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history from Library of Parliament
• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results

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