Pickering—Scarborough East

For the provincial electoral district, see Pickering—Scarborough East (provincial electoral district).

Pickering—Scarborough East
Ontario electoral district
Pickering—Scarborough East in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2013
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)^[1]	107,910
Electors (2011)	76,709
Area (km²)^[2]	49.42
Census divisions	Durham, Toronto
Census subdivisions	Pickering, Scarborough

Map of Pickering-Scarborough East

Pickering—Scarborough East was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

The district was created in 2003 from 44.1% of Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge, 39.7% of Scarborough East, and 0.1% of Scarborough—Rouge River ridings.

Following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, the riding will be redistributed among Pickering—Uxbridge and Scarborough—Rouge Park.

The district consists of the southwest part of the city of Pickering and the southeast part of the Scarborough district of Toronto. It is the only riding to overlap the boundaries of the 416 (City of Toronto) and the 905 (Greater Toronto Area) regions.

Specifically, it consists of the part of the City of Pickering lying south and west of a line drawn from the western city limit east along Finch Avenue, south along Valley Farm Road, northeast along Highway 401 and south along Brock Road to the southern city limit; and the part of the City of Toronto lying south and east of a line drawn from the eastern city limit west along Finch Avenue East, south along Meadowvale Road, west along Sheppard Avenue East, south along Morningside Avenue and southeast along Highland Creek to Lake Ontario.

Demographics

(According to the Canada 2006 Census)

Ethnic groups: 61.3% White, 13.5% South Asian, 10.4% Black, 4.1% Filipino, 3.2% Chinese
Languages: 74.6% English, 1.3% French, 23.9% Other
Average income: $31 920

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Pickering—Scarborough East Riding created from Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge, Scarborough East and Scarborough—Rouge River
38th	2004–2006	Dan McTeague	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	Corneliu Chisu	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Pickering—Uxbridge and Scarborough—Rouge Park

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Corneliu Chisu	19,220	40.11	+7.66
	Liberal	Dan McTeague	18,013	37.59	-12.10
	New Democratic	Andrea Moffat	8,932	18.64	+8.05
	Green	Kevin Smith	1,751	3.65	-2.91
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,916	100.00
Total rejected ballots			156	0.32	-0.02
Turnout			48,072	62.01	+1.79
Eligible voters			77,522	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dan McTeague	22,874	49.69	-3.0	$70,257
	Conservative	George Khouri	14,940	32.45	+0.8	$52,293
	New Democratic	Andrea Moffat	4,875	10.59	-1.1	$10,260
	Green	Jason Becevello	3,023	6.56	+2.9	$1,224
	Christian Heritage	Rick Chue	191	0.41	N/A	$1,408
	Canadian Action	Chai Kalevar	130	0.28	N/A
Total valid votes/Expense limit			46,033	100.00	$83,646
Total rejected ballots			161	0.35	–
Turnout			46,194	60.22

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Dan McTeague	27,720	52.9	-4.1
	Conservative	Tim Dobson	16,686	31.9	+3.9
	New Democratic	Gary Dale	6,083	11.6	+0.4
	Green	Jeff Brownridge	1,863	3.6	-0.2
Total valid votes			52,352	100.0

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Dan McTeague	27,312	57.0
	Conservative	Tim Dobson	13,417	28.0
	New Democratic	Gary Dale	5,392	11.2
	Green	Matthew Pollesel	1,809	3.8
Total valid votes			47,930	100.0

References

"(Code 35072) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
[Pickering—Scarborough East 2011 results from Elections Canada]
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
↑ Statistics Canada: 2012

Federal ridings in Southern Durham and York

Liberal	Ajax Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Vaughan—Woodbridge Whitby

Conservative	Markham—Unionville Oshawa Thornhill

Federal ridings in Ontario

Central Ontario

Eastern Ontario

S Durham & York

Southwestern Durham	Ajax Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Whitby

Southern York	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge

City of Toronto
(Suburbs & Downtown)

Scarborough	Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest

Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston

Etobicoke	Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North

Cities of Brampton & Mississauga

Brampton	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West

Mississauga	Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville

Southern Halton,
Hamilton and Niagara

Southwestern Halton	Burlington Milton Oakville Oakville North—Burlington

City of Hamilton	Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

Niagara	Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West St. Catharines

See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario

Coordinates: 43°48′40″N 79°08′17″W / 43.811°N 79.138°W / 43.811; -79.138

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