Scarborough Centre (federal electoral district)

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Scarborough Centre
Ontario electoral district
Scarborough Centre in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2013 boundaries)
Coordinates:43°45′11″N 79°16′23″W / 43.753°N 79.273°W / 43.753; -79.273
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Salma Zahid
Liberal
District created1976
District abolished2023
First contested1979
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]113,104
Electors (2015)70,145
Area (km²)[2]30
Pop. density (per km²)3,770.1
Census division(s)Toronto
Census subdivision(s)Toronto
Map of Scarborough Centre

Scarborough Centre (French: Scarborough-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979.

The riding was created in 1976 from parts of Scarborough East, Scarborough West and York—Scarborough ridings.

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

  • on the west by Victoria Park Avenue,
  • on the north by Highway 401,
  • on the east by McCowan Road, Lawrence Avenue East and Bellamy Road North, and
  • on the south by Eglinton Avenue East.

Notable landmarks in Scarborough Centre include:

It has been represented in the House of Commons by Liberal MP Salma Zahid since 2015.

Geography

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The riding contains the neighbourhoods of Scarborough City Centre (west of McCowan Road), Bendale (west of McCowan and south of Lawrence), Eglinton East, Ionview (north of Eglinton Avenue), Golden Mile (north of Eglinton Avenue), Wexford, Maryvale, and Dorset Park.

History

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Scarborough Centre was created in 1976. It consisted initially of the part of the Borough of Scarborough bounded on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Ellesmere Road, on the east by Bellamy Road North, and on the south by Eglinton Avenue East.

In 1987, it was expanded to include the part of Scarborough lying bounded by Bellamy Road North, Lawrence Avenue East, Markham Road and Eglinton Avenue East.

In 1996, it was redefined such that it was bounded:

  • on the west by Victoria Park Avenue,
  • on the north by a line drawn from west to east along Ellesmere Road, north along the Canadian National Railway and west along Highway 401,
  • on the east by a line drawn from north to south along Highland Creek East, west along Ellesmere Road, south along Scarborough Golf Club Road, west along Lawrence Avenue East and south along Markham Road, and
  • on the south by Eglinton Avenue East.

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

This riding lost territory to Scarborough-Guildwood, and gained territory from Scarborough Southwest during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

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This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Scarborough Centre
Riding created from Scarborough East, Scarborough West
and York—Scarborough
31st  1979–1980     Diane Stratas Progressive Conservative
32nd  1980–1984     Norm Kelly Liberal
33rd  1984–1988     Pauline Browes Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997     John Cannis Liberal
36th  1997–2000
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015     Roxanne James Conservative
42nd  2015–2019     Salma Zahid Liberal
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–present
Riding dissolved into Scarborough Centre—Don Valley East
and Scarborough—Woburn

Demographics

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According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]

Ethnic groups: 28.5% South Asian, 24.8% White, 13.1% Filipino, 9.9% Black, 8.0% Chinese, 3.4% Arab, 2.7% West Asian, 1.6% Latin American, 1.2% Southeast Asian

Languages: 43.3% English, 6.6% Tamil, 6.3% Tagalog, 3.0% Mandarin, 3.0% Cantonese, 2.7% Bengali, 2.5% Arabic, 2.1% Greek, 2.1% Urdu, 1.8% Gujarati, 1.3% Spanish, 1.2% Hindi, 1.1% Dari

Religions: 48.0% Christian (23.7% Catholic, 5.7% Christian Orthodox, 1.8% Anglican, 1.5% Pentecostal, 1.3% United Church, 1.0% Baptist, 13.0% other), 17.4% Muslim, 13.9% Hindu, 1.6% Buddhist, 17.9% none

Median income: $34,000 (2020)

Average income: $41,560 (2020)

Former boundaries

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  • 1976 to 1987
    1976 to 1987
  • 1987 to 1996
    1987 to 1996
  • 1996 to 2003
    1996 to 2003
  • 2003 to 2015
    2003 to 2015

Election results

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Graph of election results in Scarborough—Agincourt (since 1979, parties that never received at least 2% of the vote are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Salma Zahid 23,128 57.6 +2.3 $104,544.73
Conservative Malcolm Ponnayan 9,819 24.4 +2.1 $35,013.30
New Democratic Faiz Kamal 5,479 13.6 +1.9 $8,952.20
People's Petru Rozoveanu 1,472 3.7 +1.2 $0.00
National Citizens Alliance Aylwin T. Mathew 263 0.7 N/A $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 40,161 99.0 – $108,279.65
Total rejected ballots 425 1.0
Turnout 40,586 54.8
Eligible voters 74,078
Liberal hold Swing +0.1
Source: Elections Canada[4]


2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Salma Zahid 25,695 55.3 +4.80 $100,475.79
Conservative Irshad Chaudhry 10,387 22.3 -10.40 $88,298.94
New Democratic Faiz Kamal 5,452 11.7 +0.10 $11,622.00
Independent John Cannis 2,524 5.4 $49,981.60
Green Dordana Hakimzadah 1,336 2.9 +0.80 none listed
People's Jeremiah Vijeyaratnam 1,162 2.5 none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 46,556 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 638
Turnout 47,194 62.4
Eligible voters 75,662
Liberal hold Swing +7.60
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Salma Zahid 22,753 50.5 +18.61 $111,259.09
Conservative Roxanne James 14,705 32.7 -2.18 $96,481.13
New Democratic Alex Wilson 5,227 11.6 -19.06 $24,264.68
Libertarian Katerina Androutsos 1,384 3.1   $1,452.03
Green Lindsay Thompson 960 2.1 -0.47 $1,627.92
Total valid votes/expense limit 45,029 100.00 +22.33 $203,985.80
Total rejected ballots 407 0.90 +0.33
Turnout 45,436 64.36 +10.02
Eligible voters 70,594   +0.46
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +10.39%
Source(s)
"Election Night Results (Validated by Returning Officer)". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
"Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates".


2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 12,841 34.88
  Liberal 11,738 31.89
  New Democratic 11,285 30.66
  Green 946 2.57
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Roxanne James 13,498 35.55 +5.45
Liberal John Cannis 12,028 31.68 -16.99
New Democratic Natalie Hundt 11,443 30.14 +14.39
Green Ella Ng 998 2.63 -2.83
Total valid votes/expense limit 37,967 100.00 +3.10
Total rejected ballots 217 0.57 -0.07
Turnout 38,184 54.34 +2.21
Eligible voters 70,274   -1.15
Source(s)
Elections Canada "Official Voting Results — Forty-First General Election 2011 — Voting results by electoral district". Retrieved October 20, 2015.
"Official Voting Results — Forty-First General Election 2011 — List of candidates by electoral district and individual results".
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal John Cannis 17,927 48.67 -6.7 $61,436
Conservative Roxanne James 11,088 30.10 +2.8 $74,654
New Democratic Natalie Hundt 5,801 15.75 +1.8 $1,449
Green Ella Ng 2,011 5.46 +2.2 $1,784
Total valid votes/expense limit 36,827 100.00 -12.60 $81,313
Total rejected ballots 235 0.63
Turnout 37,062 52.13
Eligible voters 71,094
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Cannis 23,332 55.4 +1.7
Conservative Roxanne James 11,522 27.3 +5.3
New Democratic Dorothy Laxton 5,885 14.0 -1.9
Green Andrew Strachan 1,396 3.3 +0.6
Total valid votes 42,135 100.0
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Cannis 20,740 53.7 -13.8
Conservative John Mihtis 8,515 22.0 -0.2
New Democratic Greg Gogan 6,156 15.9 +8.0
Green Greg Bonser 1,045 2.7
Communist Dorothy Sauras 152 0.3
Total valid votes 36,608 100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Cannis 26,969 67.5 +10.1
Alliance Bill Settatree 8,849 22.2 +3.7
New Democratic Ali Mallah 3,171 7.9 -0.3
Marijuana Paul Coulbeck 959 2.4
Total valid votes 39,948 100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Cannis 25,185 57.4 +4.9
Reform Bill Settatree 8,106 18.5 -2.2
Progressive Conservative Brian Shedden 6,976 15.9 -4.6
New Democratic Chris Stewart 3,619 8.2 +4.2
Total valid votes 43,886 100.0
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Cannis 21,097 52.5 +12.8
Reform John Pope 8,323 20.7
Progressive Conservative Pauline Browes 8,257 20.5 -20.1
New Democratic Guy Hunter 1,607 4.0 -14.9
National Jean Schilling 321 0.8
Natural Law David Gordon 191 0.5
Independent Steven Lam 185 0.5
Libertarian George Dance 153 0.4 -0.4
Marxist–Leninist France Tremblay 38 0.1
Abolitionist Denis A. Mazerolle 22 0.1
Total valid votes 40,194 100.0
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Pauline Browes 17,247 40.6 -6.0
Liberal Odysseus Katsaitis 16,846 39.7 +6.4
New Democratic Garth C. Dee 8,004 18.9 -0.4
Libertarian Dusan Kubias 342 0.8 0.0
Total valid votes 42,439 100.0
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Pauline Browes 19,968 46.7 +10.2
Liberal Norm Kelly 14,229 33.3 -7.1
New Democratic Michael Prue 8,240 19.3 -3.2
Libertarian Mathias Blecker 345 0.8 +0.2
Total valid votes 42,782 100.0
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Norm Kelly 16,595 40.3 +7.0
Progressive Conservative Diane Stratas 14,995 36.4 -7.0
New Democratic Michael Prue 9,237 22.4 +0.3
Libertarian Mathias Blecker 238 0.6 +0.1
Marxist–Leninist Judith Killoran 97 0.2 +0.1
Total valid votes 41,162 100.0
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Diane Stratas 18,688 43.4
Liberal Bruce L. Cox 14,323 33.3
New Democratic Tom Lyons 9,533 22.2
Libertarian Don Otto 213 0.5
Independent David Owen 203 0.5
Marxist–Leninist Judith Killoran 70 0.2
Total valid votes 43,030 100.0

See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
  3. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Scarborough Centre [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  4. ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  5. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  6. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  7. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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