Scarborough Southwest

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Scarborough Southwest in relation to the other Toronto ridings

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 was recently vacated by Gerry Altobello.

1 Geography
2 Federal electoral district
- 2.1 Member of Parliament
3 Provincial electoral district
- 3.1 Members of Provincial Parliament
4 Federal election results
5 See also
6 External link

[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:

Tom Wappel, Liberal (1999 - present)

[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:

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

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Tom Wappel	19,930
	Conservative	Vincent Veerasuntharam	10,017
	New Democrat	Dan Harris	9,626
	Green	Valery Philip	1,827
	Independent	Trevor Sutton	147
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	120

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Tom Wappel	18,776
	Conservative	Heather Jewell	9,028
	New Democrat	Dan Harris	8,471
	Green	Peter Van Dalen	1,520
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	168

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Tom Wappel	21,466
	Progressive Conservative	Ellery Hollingsworth	5,251
	Canadian Alliance	Nabil El-Khazen	4,912
	New Democrat	Dan Harris	3,638
	Canadian Action	Walter Aolari	336
	Communist	Dora Stewart	165

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Tom Wappel	20,675
	Reform	Tom Ambas	7,918
	Progressive Conservative	Brian McCutcheon	5,294
	New Democrat	Dave Gracey	4,345
	Green	David James Cooper	482