Scarborough Southwest

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Scarborough Southwest

Ontario electoral district
Scarborough Southwest in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Tom Wappel Liberal
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		Lorenzo Berardinetti Liberal
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	102,196
Electors (2007)	66,307
Area (km²)	31
Pop. density (per km²)	3,296.6
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Scarborough

Map of Scarborough Southwest

The former borders of Scarborough Southwest, in place from 1996 to 2004. These borders are still those represented in the Ontario legislature and on Toronto city council

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

On Toronto City Council, the southeast portion is represented by Brian Ashton. The northwest section is representd by Adrian Heaps.

[edit] Geography

It covers the southwestern part of the Scarborough part of Toronto. It stretches from Lake Ontario in the south to Eglinton Avenue in the north.

It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the south by Lake Ontario, and on the north and east by a line drawn from Victoria Park Avenue northeast along the hydroelectric transmission line situated north of Craigton Drive, south along the Canadian National Railway, east along Eglinton Avenue East, south along Bellamy Road South, southwest along Kingston Road, and southeast along Bellamy Ravine Creek.

The riding includes the neighbouhoods of Birch Cliff, Oakridge, Birchmount Park, Cliffside, Kennedy Park, Clairlea, Golden Mile, Ionview and Cliffcrest in Scarborough, Toronto.

[edit] Federal electoral district

The federal riding was created in 1996 from parts of Scarborough Centre and Scarborough West. It consisted initially of the part of the City of Scarborough lying south and west of a line drawn from the western city limit east along Eglinton Avenue East, north along Markham Road, east along the Canadian National Railway, southwest along Kingston Road, south along Scarborough Golf Club Road, southwest along Hill Crescent, southeast along Bellamy Ravine Creek.

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

[edit] Member of Parliament

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

[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. Dan Newman, Progressive Conservative, (1999 -2003)
2. Lorenzo Berardinetti, Liberal (2003 - present)

[edit] Federal election results

All electoral information is taken from Elections Canada. Italicized expenditures from elections after 1997 refer to candidate submissions, and are presented when the final reviewed totals are not available. Expenditures from 1997 refer to submitted totals. The +/- figures from 1997 and 2004 are adjusted for redistribution.

[edit] Provincial election results

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

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

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