Scarborough North (electoral district)

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

Scarborough North in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Shaun Chen
Liberal

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 101,080
Electors (2015) 64,427
Area (km²)[1] 32
Pop. density (per km²) 3,158.8
Census divisions Toronto
Census subdivisions Toronto
Map of Scarborough North riding

Scarborough North (French: Scarborough-Nord) is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario.

Scarborough North was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015.[2] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Scarborough—Rouge River (92%) and Scarborough—Agincourt (8%).[3]

Geography

The riding consists of the northern part of the Scarborough district of Toronto. It contains the neighbourhoods of Agincourt (east of Midland Avenue), Milliken (east of Midland Avenue), Morningside Heights (Brookside), and Malvern (west of Neilson Road).

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Scarborough North
Riding created from Scarborough—Agincourt
and Scarborough—Rouge River
42nd  2015–Present     Shaun Chen Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015: Scarborough North
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalShaun Chen 18,904 48.24 +19.37
ConservativeRavinder Malhi 10,737 27.40 -5.98
New DemocraticRathika Sitsabaiesan 8,648 22.07 -13.3
GreenEleni MacDonald 579 1.48 -0.14
IndependentRaphael Rosch 164 0.42
IndependentAasia Khatoon 156 0.40
Total valid votes/Expense limit 39,188100.0   $198,897.93
Total rejected ballots 216
Turnout 39,40460.87
Eligible voters 64,827
Liberal notional gain from New Democratic Swing +16.34
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]
2011 federal election redistributed results[6]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 12,672 35.37
  Conservative 11,959 33.38
  Liberal 10,343 28.87
  Green 579 1.62
  Other 277 0.77

References

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