Scarborough—Agincourt

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Scarborough—Agincourt (provincial electoral district).
Scarborough—Agincourt
Ontario electoral district

Scarborough—Agincourt in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 		 

Arnold Chan
Liberal

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
Map of Scarborough-Agincourt

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

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
Scarborough—Agincourt
Riding created from York—Scarborough
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
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalArnold Chan 21,587 51.9 -7.5 –
ConservativeBin Chang 15,802 38.0 +8.7 –
New DemocraticLaura Thomas Patrick 3,263 7.9 +0.6 –
GreenDebra Scott 540 1.4 0 –
Christian HeritageJude Coutinho 334 0.8 – –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,556100.0   $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]
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
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalArnold Chan 12,868 59.38 +13.99
ConservativeTrevor Ellis 6,344 29.27 −4.91
New DemocraticElizabeth Ying Long 1,838 8.48 −9.62
IndependentKevin Clarke 315 1.45 -
GreenShahbaz 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
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalJim Karygiannis 18,498 45.39 −11.24 $59,289.81
ConservativeHarry Tsai 13,930 34.18 +4.78 $78,678.16
New DemocraticNancy Patchell 7,376 18.10 +8.79 $2,771.86
GreenPauline 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
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalJim Karygiannis 22,795 56.63 −5.96 $62,348.27
ConservativeBenson Lau 11,836 29.40 +5.58 $82,246.11
New DemocraticSimon Dougherty 3,748 9.31 −1.77 $1,915.89
GreenAdrian Molder 1,870 4.64 +2.15 $1,575.30
Total valid votes/Expense limit 40,249100.00$82,589.11$148,085.57
Total rejected ballots 2280.6+0.2
Turnout 40,47754.16−6.9
Eligible voters 73,928
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalJim Karygiannis 28,065 62.59 −1.5 $55,681
ConservativeBill Redwood 10,684 23.82 +2.8 $61,542
New DemocraticDavid Robertson 4,969 11.08 +0.9 $6,968
GreenCasey Maple 1,120 2.49 +0.3 $0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 44,838100.00$124,191
Total rejected ballots 1680.4−0.1
Turnout 45,00661.74+5.3
Eligible voters 72,895$76,434
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalJim Karygiannis 26,400 64.1 −6.0 $61,321
ConservativeAndrew Faust 8,649 21.0 −3.01 $71,263
New DemocraticD'Arcy Palmer 4,182 10.2 +6.3 $4,124
Progressive CanadianTony J. Karadimas 1,048 2.5 Ø $10,513
GreenWayne Yeechong 919 2.2 Ø $0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,198100.0$147,222
Total rejected ballots 2240.5
Turnout 41,42256.4
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
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalJim Karygiannis 26,986 70.1 +5.0 $62,964
AllianceAndrew Faust 5,100 13.4 +2.61 $19,772
Progressive ConservativeBruce Elliott 4,030 10.6 −7.2 $9,953
New DemocraticMichael Laxer 1,499 3.9 −2.4 $2,785
Canadian ActionWayne Cook 341 0.9 Ø $10,116
Marxist–LeninistSarah Thompson 112 0.3 Ø $8
Total valid votes/Expense limit 38,068100.0$105,599
1: Canadian Alliance change is based on Reform Party totals in 1997.
Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalJim Karygiannis 25,995 65.1 +5.3 $47,944
Progressive ConservativeRick Perkins 7,115 17.8 −3.4 $41,232
ReformEdward Lee 4,291 10.8 −3.8 $0.00
New DemocraticDoug Hum 2,512 6.3 +4.0 $15,398
Total valid votes/Expense limit 39,913100.0$104,574
Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalJim Karygiannis 24,739 59.8 +15.5
Progressive ConservativeBen Eng 8,775 21.2 −21.2
ReformCyril Gibb 6,036 14.6 Ø
New DemocraticJoe José Perez 944 2.3 −9.3
NationalBruce Nord 270 0.7 Ø
IndependentAnne C. McBride 247 0.6 −0.4
Natural LawBill Morrison 194 0.5 Ø
AbolitionistMichael Green 95 0.2 Ø
IndependentSp. Thakore 89 0.2 Ø
Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,389100.0
Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalJim Karygiannis 19,459 44.3
Progressive ConservativeW. Paul McCrossan 18,601 42.4
New DemocraticSusie Vallance 5,082 11.6
IndependentAnne C. McBride 442 1.0
LibertarianB.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.

City Councillors

Ward 39

  1. Sherene Shaw (1988–2003)
  2. Mike Del Grande (2003–2014)
  3. Jim Karygiannis (2014–present)

Ward 40

  1. Norm Kelly (1994–present)

Ward 41

  1. Bas Balkissoon (1997–2005)
  2. Paul Ainslie (appointed in 2006)
  3. Chin Lee (2006–present)

Community and Resident Associations

  1. Bridlewood
  2. Leacock Community Association
  3. Lynngate Residents' Association & Neighbourhood Watch
  4. Neighbourhood Watch
  5. SAS Scarborough Association of Seniors
  6. The Scarborough-Agincourt Ward 40 Residents' Association

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2011
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Appendix J Comparison of places of birth disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996". 2.statcan.ca. 2009-11-20. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ 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
  7. ↑ 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
  8. ↑ "Federal byelections set for June 30". CBC News. May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
  9. ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Scarborough—Agincourt, 30 September 2015
  10. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  11. ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
  12. ↑ "Elections Canada". Elections Canada. June 30, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.

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

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