Scarborough—Agincourt
Ontario electoral district | |||
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Scarborough—Agincourt in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2013 boundaries) | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
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District created | 1987 | ||
First contested | 1988 | ||
Last contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 104,499 | ||
Electors (2015) | 68,748 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 22 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 4,750 | ||
Census divisions | Toronto | ||
Census subdivisions | Toronto |
Scarborough—Agincourt is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988.
Geography
The riding covers the northwest of the Scarborough part of Toronto. It is bounded on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by the Toronto city limits (Steeles Avenue East), on the east by Midland Avenue, and on the south by Highway 401. It contains the neighbourhoods of Steeles, L'Amoreaux, Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan, Agincourt (west of Midland Avenue) and Milliken (west of Midland Avenue).
Former boundaries
- 1987-1996
- 1996 to 2003 (remained the same)
- 2003 to 2015
Demographics
Immigrants make up 67.8% of the population of Scarborough—Agincourt, the highest such percentage for any Canadian federal riding;[3] those from Asia and the Middle East alone, constitute a majority of the population (53.0%), which is also the highest figure for any federal riding,[4] and, in particular, immigrants from the People's Republic of China are almost a quarter (24.7%) of the riding's population, another Canadian high. Chinese, not otherwise specified (i.e. Cantonese, Mandarin, etc.) is the home language for 12.0% of the people in Scarborough—Agincourt (another demographic record).[5]
- According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation[6][7]
Ethnic groups: 46.0% Chinese, 20.8% White, 15.1% South Asian, 5.3% Black, 3.8% Filipino, 1.9% West Asian, 1.6% Arab
Languages: 41.3% Chinese, 32.5% English, 5.1% Tamil, 2.3% Tagalog, 1.8% Armenian, 1.7% Arabic, 1.6% Greek, 1.6% Arabic, 1.4% Italian, 1.4% Urdu, 1.2% Persian
Religions: 42.7% Christian (18.0% Catholic, 5.3% Christian Orthodox, 2.3% Anglican, 2.0% Baptist, 1.7% United Church, 1.5% Pentecostal, 1.0% Presbyterian, 10.9% Other Christian), 7.9% Hindu, 6.5% Muslim, 5.6% Buddhist, 36.5% No religion
Median income (2010): $20,702
Average income (2010): $29,076
History
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 the boundaries as described above.
A by-election was held on June 30, 2014 as a result of the resignation of Member of Parliament Jim Karygiannis to run for City Councillor in the 2014 Toronto municipal election.[8]
Following the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, the riding lost the part of the riding east of Midland Avenue to the new riding of Scarborough North.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Scarborough—Agincourt Riding created from York—Scarborough |
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34th | 1988–1993 | Jim Karygiannis | Liberal | |
35th | 1993–1997 | |||
36th | 1997–2000 | |||
37th | 2000–2004 | |||
38th | 2004–2006 | |||
39th | 2006–2008 | |||
40th | 2008–2011 | |||
41st | 2011–2014 | |||
2014–2015 | Arnold Chan | |||
42nd | 2015–Present |
Election results
Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Arnold Chan | 21,587 | 51.9 | -7.5 | – | |||
Conservative | Bin Chang | 15,802 | 38.0 | +8.7 | – | |||
New Democratic | Laura Thomas Patrick | 3,263 | 7.9 | +0.6 | – | |||
Green | Debra Scott | 540 | 1.4 | 0 | – | |||
Christian Heritage | Jude Coutinho | 334 | 0.8 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 41,556 | 100.0 | $202,352.76 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 248 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 41,804 | – | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 69,888 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[9][10] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[11] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Liberal | 17,197 | 45.57 | |
Conservative | 12,887 | 34.15 | |
New Democratic | 6,788 | 17.99 | |
Green | 866 | 2.29 |
Canadian federal by-election, June 30, 2014 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Arnold Chan | 12,868 | 59.38 | +13.99 | ||||
Conservative | Trevor Ellis | 6,344 | 29.27 | −4.91 | ||||
New Democratic | Elizabeth Ying Long | 1,838 | 8.48 | −9.62 | ||||
Independent | Kevin Clarke | 315 | 1.45 | - | ||||
Green | Shahbaz Mir | 307 | 1.42 | −0.90 | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 21,672 | 100.0 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 121 | 0.56 | −0.09 | |||||
Turnout | 21,793 | 29.56 | −27.34 | |||||
Eligible voters | 74,062 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +9.45 | ||||||
By-election due to the resignation of Jim Karygiannis to run in the 2014 Toronto municipal election. | ||||||||
Source: Elections Canada[12] |
Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Jim Karygiannis | 18,498 | 45.39 | −11.24 | $59,289.81 | |||
Conservative | Harry Tsai | 13,930 | 34.18 | +4.78 | $78,678.16 | |||
New Democratic | Nancy Patchell | 7,376 | 18.10 | +8.79 | $2,771.86 | |||
Green | Pauline Thompson | 946 | 2.32 | −2.32 | $0 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 40,750 | 100.00 | $84,591.02 | $140,739.83 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 266 | 0.65 | +0.05 | |||||
Turnout | 41,016 | 56.91 | +2.75 | |||||
Eligible voters | 72,069 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.01 |
Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Jim Karygiannis | 22,795 | 56.63 | −5.96 | $62,348.27 | |||
Conservative | Benson Lau | 11,836 | 29.40 | +5.58 | $82,246.11 | |||
New Democratic | Simon Dougherty | 3,748 | 9.31 | −1.77 | $1,915.89 | |||
Green | Adrian Molder | 1,870 | 4.64 | +2.15 | $1,575.30 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 40,249 | 100.00 | $82,589.11 | $148,085.57 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 228 | 0.6 | +0.2 | |||||
Turnout | 40,477 | 54.16 | −6.9 | |||||
Eligible voters | 73,928 |
Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Jim Karygiannis | 28,065 | 62.59 | −1.5 | $55,681 | |||
Conservative | Bill Redwood | 10,684 | 23.82 | +2.8 | $61,542 | |||
New Democratic | David Robertson | 4,969 | 11.08 | +0.9 | $6,968 | |||
Green | Casey Maple | 1,120 | 2.49 | +0.3 | $0 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 44,838 | 100.00 | $124,191 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 168 | 0.4 | −0.1 | |||||
Turnout | 45,006 | 61.74 | +5.3 | |||||
Eligible voters | 72,895 | $76,434 |
Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Jim Karygiannis | 26,400 | 64.1 | −6.0 | $61,321 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Faust | 8,649 | 21.0 | −3.01 | $71,263 | |||
New Democratic | D'Arcy Palmer | 4,182 | 10.2 | +6.3 | $4,124 | |||
Progressive Canadian | Tony J. Karadimas | 1,048 | 2.5 | Ø | $10,513 | |||
Green | Wayne Yeechong | 919 | 2.2 | Ø | $0 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 41,198 | 100.0 | $147,222 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 224 | 0.5 | ||||||
Turnout | 41,422 | 56.4 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 73,391 | |||||||
1: Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals in 2000. |
Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Jim Karygiannis | 26,986 | 70.1 | +5.0 | $62,964 | |||
Alliance | Andrew Faust | 5,100 | 13.4 | +2.61 | $19,772 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Bruce Elliott | 4,030 | 10.6 | −7.2 | $9,953 | |||
New Democratic | Michael Laxer | 1,499 | 3.9 | −2.4 | $2,785 | |||
Canadian Action | Wayne Cook | 341 | 0.9 | Ø | $10,116 | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Sarah Thompson | 112 | 0.3 | Ø | $8 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 38,068 | 100.0 | $105,599 | |||||
1: Canadian Alliance change is based on Reform Party totals in 1997. |
Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Jim Karygiannis | 25,995 | 65.1 | +5.3 | $47,944 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Rick Perkins | 7,115 | 17.8 | −3.4 | $41,232 | |||
Reform | Edward Lee | 4,291 | 10.8 | −3.8 | $0.00 | |||
New Democratic | Doug Hum | 2,512 | 6.3 | +4.0 | $15,398 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 39,913 | 100.0 | $104,574 |
Canadian federal election, 1993 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Jim Karygiannis | 24,739 | 59.8 | +15.5 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Ben Eng | 8,775 | 21.2 | −21.2 | ||||
Reform | Cyril Gibb | 6,036 | 14.6 | Ø | ||||
New Democratic | Joe José Perez | 944 | 2.3 | −9.3 | ||||
National | Bruce Nord | 270 | 0.7 | Ø | ||||
Independent | Anne C. McBride | 247 | 0.6 | −0.4 | ||||
Natural Law | Bill Morrison | 194 | 0.5 | Ø | ||||
Abolitionist | Michael Green | 95 | 0.2 | Ø | ||||
Independent | Sp. Thakore | 89 | 0.2 | Ø | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 41,389 | 100.0 |
Canadian federal election, 1988 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Jim Karygiannis | 19,459 | 44.3 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | W. Paul McCrossan | 18,601 | 42.4 | |||||
New Democratic | Susie Vallance | 5,082 | 11.6 | |||||
Independent | Anne C. McBride | 442 | 1.0 | |||||
Libertarian | B.D.G. Antrobus | 328 | 0.7 | |||||
Total valid votes | 43,912 |
Municipal electoral districts and neighbourhoods
Scarborough—Agincourt covers three wards and six neighbourhoods.
Wards
Three wards fall completely or partially within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt.
Neighbourhoods
Three neighbourhoods fall completely within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:
The west ends of three neighbourhoods also fall within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:
In addition to these there are other neighbourhoods such as Wishing Well, Lynngate and Bridlewwod, etc.
Community and Resident Associations
- Bridlewood
- Leacock Community Association
- Lynngate Residents' Association & Neighbourhood Watch
- Neighbourhood Watch
- SAS Scarborough Association of Seniors
- The Scarborough-Agincourt Ward 40 Residents' Association
See also
References
- "(Code 35080) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
- Riding history from Library of Parliament
- 2011 results from Elections Canada
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Notes
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ↑ "Immigrant Status and Place of Birth (38), Sex (3) and Age Groups (10) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
- ↑ "Appendix J Comparison of places of birth disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996". 2.statcan.ca. 2009-11-20. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
- ↑ "First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ↑ http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=35093&Data=Count&SearchText=Scarborough&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
- ↑ http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=35093&Data=Count&SearchText=Scarborough&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1#tabs2
- ↑ "Federal byelections set for June 30". CBC News. May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Scarborough—Agincourt, 30 September 2015
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
- ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
- ↑ "Elections Canada". Elections Canada. June 30, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
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