Scarborough Centre (provincial electoral district)

on the west by Victoria Park Avenue,
on the north by Highway 401,
on the east by Toyota Place, Corporate Drive and Bellamy Road North, and
on the south by Eglinton Avenue East, the Canadian National Railway and the hydroelectric transmission line situated north of Romulus Drive.

Notable landmarks in Scarborough Centre include:

Scarborough Civic Centre, site of east Toronto district council meetings, and adjacent Albert Campbell Square
Scarborough Town Centre, a large shopping mall
Scarborough Centre (TTC) RT station
Scarborough Hospital, General Division
Scarborough Historical Museum

It has been represented in the Ontario Legislature by Liberal Brad Duguid since 2003.

Scarborough Centre is a bellwether riding, having voted for the winner in every election since 1971 (longer than any other provincial riding). However, it did comprise different territories, changing shape significantly between the 1995 and 1999 elections.

Boundaries

The riding was created in 1963 through an amendment to the Representation Act. It was formed from the south central part of the former riding of York—Scarborough. The riding was bordered by Lawrence Avenue to the north, Kennedy Road to the west, Lake Ontario to the south and Markham Road to the east.^[1]

In 1975, the boundary was significantly altered. The northern boundary of Lawrence Avenue and the southern boundary of Lake Ontario were retained. The western boundary was redrawn as follows: from Lawrence Avenue, it followed the CNR right-of-way located west of Midland Avenue south and then curved southeast to where it met Midland Avenue at Danforth Road. It followed Midland Avenue south to Kingston Road where it turned southwest following Kingston to a point where a northerly extension of Wynnview Court would meet the road. It then turned south along Wynnview Court and continued on the same line south until it met the lake. The eastern boundary started at Lawrence Avenue and went south on Scarborough Golf Club Road following this road to the CNR right-of-way. It followed the tracks west to Markham Road and then south to the lake.^[2]

In 1987 the boundary was altered again. The northern boundary of Lawrence Avenue and the southern boundary of Lake Ontario were retained. The eastern boundary starting at the lake went north along Kennedy Road to Eglinton Avenue. It then turned east a for a short distance to the CPR right-of-way. It followed the right-of-way north to Lawrence Avenue. The eastern border was moved to Markham Road going from the lake to Lawrence Avenue.^[3]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Scarborough Centre
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from York—Scarborough
27th	1963–1967		George Peck	Progressive Conservative
28th	1967–1971		Margaret Renwick	New Democratic
29th	1971–1975		Frank Drea	Progressive Conservative
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987		William C. Davis
34th	1987–1990		Cindy Nicholas	Liberal
35th	1990–1995		Steve Owens	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		Dan Newman	Progressive Conservative
37th	1999–2003		Marilyn Mushinski	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007		Brad Duguid	Liberal
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–Present
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[4]

Election results

2007 - present boundaries

Present day boundaries

Ontario general election, 2014
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Brad Duguid	19,251	54.94	+3.81
	Progressive Conservative	David Ramalho	7,566	21.59	-2.20
	New Democratic	Carol Baker	7,135	20.36	-1.65
	Green	Edward Yaghledjian	1,086	3.10	+1.33
Total valid votes			35,038	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.00
Source: Elections Ontario^[5]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Brad Duguid	16,142	51.13	-2.44
	Progressive Conservative	Carol Williams	7,511	23.79	-1.36
	New Democratic	Kathleen Mathurin	6,876	22.01	+8.7
	Green	Jeff Mole	558	1.77	-3.76
	Freedom	David Driver	301	0.95
Total valid votes			31,568	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			180	0.57
Turnout			31,568	44.49
Eligible voters			70,958
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.54
Source: Elections Ontario^[6]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Brad Duguid	17,714	53.57	+1.5
	Progressive Conservative	Sammy Appadurai	8,316	25.15	-2.89
	New Democratic	Kathleen Mathurin	4,401	13.31	+4.54
	Green	Andrew Strachan	1,827	5.53	+3.99
	Family Coalition	Thomas Lang	459	1.39	+0.2
	Libertarian	David Predovich	349	1.06
Total valid votes			33,066	100.0

1999-2003 boundaries

Riding boundaries after 1996 redistribution

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Brad Duguid	21,698	52.07	+17.54
	Progressive Conservative	Marilyn Mushinski	11,686	28.04	-15.08
	New Democratic	Michael Laxer	3,653	8.77	-11.14
	Independent	Costas Manios	3,259	7.82
	Green	Robert Carty	642	1.54
	Family Coalition	Joseph Internicola	495	1.19	-0.17
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	241	0.58
Total valid votes			41,674	100.00

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Marilyn Mushinski	18,189	43.12	-2.75
	Liberal	Costas Manios	14,565	34.53	+8.69
	New Democratic	Sid Ryan	8,399	19.91	-4.76
	Family Coalition	Rina Morra	573	1.36
	Natural Law	Eileen Murray	455	1.08	-0.17
Total valid votes			42,181	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	19,259	61.7
	Mixed member proportional	12,444	38.3
	Total valid votes	31,701	100.0

Historic election results

Ontario general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Dan Newman	12,717	45.87	+25.72
	Liberal	Mary Ellen Pimblett	7,163	25.84	-6.75
	New Democratic	Steve Owens	6,841	24.67	-22.59
	Independent	John Brereton	649	2.34
	Natural Law	Eleanor Hyodo	349	1.25
Total valid votes			28,079	100.0
Source: Elections Ontario^[7]

Ontario general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Steve Owens	13,401	47.26	+18.16
	Liberal	Cindy Nicholas	9,239	32.59	-8.08
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Trontadus	5,713	20.15	-4.47
Total valid votes			28,353	100.0
Source: Toronto Star^[8]

Ontario general election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Cindy Nicholas	11,930	40.67	+6.58
	New Democratic	Meano Vorster	8,535	29.10	-1.2
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Davis	7,222	24.62	-11
	Family Coalition	Chris Douros	1,096	3.74
	Independent	Martin Weatherall	549	1.87
Total valid votes			29,332	100.0
Source: The Toronto Daily Star^[9]

Ontario general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Davis	8,921	35.62	-20.49
	Liberal	Gerrard Lennon	8,537	34.09	+13.75
	New Democratic	Barry Christensen	7,588	30.30	+9.08
Total valid votes			25,046	100.0
Source: Canadian Press^[10]

Ontario general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Drea	12,793	56.11	+12.52
	New Democratic	Paul Rook	4,837	21.22	-11.92
	Liberal	Kurt Christensen	4,637	20.34	+0.54
	Libertarian	D'arcy Cain	531	2.33	-0.39
Total valid votes			22,798	100.0
Source: Canadian Press^[11]

Ontario general election, 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Drea	11,585	43.59	-4.93
	New Democratic	Dave Gracey	8,806	33.14	+6.86
	Liberal	Charles Beer	5,263	19.80	-4
	Libertarian	Robert Schultz	722	2.72
	Communist	Peter Sideris	200	0.75	-0.19
Total valid votes			26,576	100.0
Source: Canadian Press^[12]

Ontario general election, 1975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Drea	10,329	48.52	+0.04
	New Democratic	Dave Gracey	5,595	26.28	-6.94
	Liberal	Ross Doswell	5,067	23.80	+8.56
	Communist	Gareth Blythe	200	0.94
	Independent	R. M. Whidden	96	0.45
Total valid votes			21,287	100.0
Source: Canadian Press^[13]

Ontario general election, 1971
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Drea	15,565	48.48	+9.2
	New Democratic	Margaret Renwick	10,665	33.22	-9.72
	Liberal	Brian Wallace	4,894	15.24	-2.54
	Independent	Syd Brown	982	3.06
Total valid votes			32,106	100.0
Source: Canadian Press^[14]

Ontario general election, 1967
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Margaret Renwick	10,530	42.94	+7.63
	Progressive Conservative	George Peck	9,632	39.28	+1.91
	Liberal	Conrad Stewart	4,361	17.78	-9.55
Total valid votes			24,523	100.0
Source: The Windsor Star^[15]

Ontario general election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	George Peck	7,259	37.37
	New Democratic	E. K. Ranney	6,859	35.31
	Liberal	A. M. Campbell	5,309	27.33
Total valid votes			19,427	100.0
Source: Canadian Press^[16]

References

↑ Redistribution of Districts with statistics from the records 1867-1982 (Electoral History of Ontario). Office of the Chief Election Officer. 1984.
↑ Howard, Ross (September 13, 1975). "Scarborough Centre unruffled by queit campaign". Toronto Star. p. A7.
↑ James, Royson (August 25, 1987). "Former Tory stronghold now wide open". Toronto Star. p. A7.
↑
For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For George Peck's Legislative Assembly information see "George Henry Peck, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- For Margaret Renwick's Legislative Assembly information see "Margaret Renwick, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- For Frank Drea's Legislative Assembly information see "James Francis Drea, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- For William Davis's Legislative Assembly information see "William C. Davis, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- For Cindy Nicholas's Legislative Assembly information see "Cynthia Marie Nicholas, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- For Steve Owens' Legislative Assembly information see "Stephen Owens, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- For Dan Newman's Legislative Assembly information see "Dan Newman, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- For Marilyn Mushinski's Legislative Assembly information see "Marilyn Mushinski, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- For Brad Duguid's Legislative Assembly information see "Brad Duguid, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
↑ "General Election Results by District, 081 Scarborough Centre". Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ "Official return from the records - Rapport des registres officiels - Scarborough Centre" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
↑ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
↑ "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.
↑ Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
↑ Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
↑ Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.
↑ Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.
↑ Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 12.
↑ Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Tories win, but...". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. B2. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
↑ Canadian Press (1963-09-26). "78 in Tory Blue Wave -- 23 Is All Grits Saved". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 25. Retrieved 2012-04-24.

External links

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