Scarborough—Agincourt (provincial electoral district)

Scarborough—Agincourt is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1987.

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. The riding contains neighbourhoods such as Steeles, L'Amoreaux, Tam O'Shanter – Sullivan, and Agincourt.

Demographics

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%)

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%)

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%)

Income and 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

Families and 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

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)

History

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

Members of Provincial Parliament

Scarborough—Agincourt
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Scarborough North
34th	1987–1990		Gerry Phillips	Liberal
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1999
37th	1999–2003
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014		Soo Wong	Liberal
41st	2014–Present		Soo Wong	Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Election results

2007 - present boundaries

Ontario general election, 2014
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Soo Wong	17,342	49.67	+2.82
	Progressive Conservative	Liang Chen	12,141	34.77	+2.64
	New Democratic	Alex Wilson	4,131	11.83	-3.94
	Green	Pauline Thompson	912	2.61	+0.34
	The People	Kevin Clarke	390	1.12
Total valid votes			34,916	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.09
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Soo Wong	14,907	46.85	-11.22
	Progressive Conservative	Liang Chen	10,222	32.13	+6.77
	New Democratic	Paul Choi	5,017	15.77	+5.27
	Green	Pauline Thompson	722	2.27	-2.22
	Libertarian	Doug McLarty	656	2.06
	Paramount Canadians	Priya Ahuja	209	0.66
	Freedom	Sabrina Wall	83	0.26
Total valid votes			31,816	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			246	0.77
Turnout			32,062	43.57
Eligible voters			73,583
	Liberal hold		Swing		-9.00
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Gerry Phillips	19,541	58.08	-3.26
	Progressive Conservative	John Del Grande	8,531	25.36	-5.39
	New Democratic	Yvette Blackburn	3,531	10.49	+5.02
	Green	George Pappas	1,511	4.49	*
	Family Coalition	Max Wang	532	1.58	*
Total valid votes			33,646	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.07

^ Change based on redistributed results

1999-2003 boundaries

Riding boundaries after 1996 redistribution

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Gerry Phillips	23,026	61.10	+10.40
	Progressive Conservative	Yolanda Chan	11,337	30.08	-13.07
	New Democratic	Stacy Douglas	2,209	5.86	+2.28
	Green	Lawrence J. Arkilander	566	1.50	+0.28
	Family Coalition	Tony Ieraci	550	1.46
Total valid votes			37,688	100.00

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Gerry Phillips	18,698	50.70	+7.99
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Brown	15,915	43.15	+4.51
	New Democratic	Bob Frankford	1,319	3.58	-10.51
	Green	Gary Carmichael	451	1.22
	Independent	Wayne Cook	371	1.01
	Natural Law	Ken Morgan	129	0.35	-0.72
Total valid votes			36,883	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	19,185	59.8
	Mixed member proportional	12,881	40.2
	Total valid votes	32,066	100.0

Historic election results

Ontario general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Gerry Phillips	13,484	42.71	-1.63
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Macnab	11,278	38.64	+9.81
	New Democratic	Christine Fel	4,112	14.09	-8.3
	Natural Law	Daphne Quance	313	1.07
Total valid votes			29,187	100.0
Source:The Globe and Mail^[4]

Ontario general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Gerry Phillips	13,304	44.34	-13.11
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Macnab	8,650	28.83	+9.84
	New Democratic	Ayoub Ali	6,718	22.39	+1.24
	Libertarian	Bill Galster	1,334	4.45	+2.04
Total valid votes			30,006	100.0
Source:The Toronto Daily Star^[5]

Ontario general election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gerry Phillips	19,219	57.45
	New Democratic	David Kho	7,074	21.15
	Progressive Conservative	Adrienne Johnson	6,353	18.99
	Libertarian	Barry Coyne	806	2.41
Total valid votes			33,452	100.0
Source:The Toronto Daily Star^[6]

References

↑
For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Gerry Phillips's Legislative Assembly information see "Gerry Phillips, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
- For Soo Wong's Legislative Assembly information see "Soo Wong, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
↑ "General Election Results by District, 080 Scarborough—Agincourt". Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Scarborough—Agincourt" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
↑ "Metro Toronto and suburban voter results". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. 1995-06-09. p. A11.
↑ "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10.
↑ "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12.

External links

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

Provincial ridings in Ontario

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South Durham, York	Ajax—Pickering Markham—Unionville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa

Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest St. Paul's Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

Coordinates: 43°47′46″N 79°18′36″W / 43.796°N 79.310°W / 43.796; -79.310

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