Scarborough—Agincourt

Scarborough—Agincourt
Ontario electoral district
	; Scarborough—Agincourt in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	111,867
Electors (2007)	73,876
Area (km²)	25
Pop. density (per km²)	4,474.7
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Scarborough

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Scarborough—Agincourt is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

It covers the northwest of the Scarborough part of Toronto. It is bounded on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, on the east by Brimley Avenue, and on the south by Highway 401, excluding the area that is east of Midland Avenue and north of Finch Avenue East.

On Toronto City Council, much of the northern half of the area is represented by Mike Del Grande; the south by Norm Kelly; the east by Chin Lee.

[edit] Former boundaries

1987-1996

1996 to 2004 (remained the same)

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Population

Total (2006): 111,867
Growth (2001-2006): +1,197 (+1.1%)
Electors:

Federal (2006): 72,895 (65.2%)

Provincial (2007): 73,876 (66%)

Gender* (2001):

Male: 52,525 (47.5%)

Female: 58,145 (52.5%)

Identifiable Groups** (2001):

Visible Minority: 76,195 (69.3%)

Chinese: 41,135 (37.4%)

South Asian: 14,680 (13.3%)

Black: 7,450 (6.8%)

Filipino: 3,470 (3.2%)

West Asian: 1,830 (1.7%)

Arab: 1,775 (1.6%)

Other Visible Minority: 1,560 (1.4%)

Multiple Visible Minorities: 1,385 (1.3%)

Latin American: 825 (0.8%)

Southeast Asian: 800 (0.7%)

Korean: 670 (0.6%)

Japanese: 625 (0.6%)

Aboriginal: 185 (0.2%)

Immigrant: 70,315 (63.9%)

Non-Permanent Residents: 1,780 (1.6%)

[edit] Language

Mother Tongue** (2001):

English: 39,880 (36.3%)

French: 775 (0.7%)

Non-Official Languages: 66,755 (60.7%)

Multiple Responses: 2,590 (2.4%)

Knowledge of Official Languages** (2001):

English only: 92,290 (83.9%)

Neither English nor French: 10,855 (9.9%)

English and French: 6,755 (6.1%)

French only: 105 (0.001%)

Home Language** (2001):

English: 42,110 (38.3%)

Non-official languages: 34,760 (31.6%)

English and non-official language: 31,875 (29%)

English and French: 625 (0.6%)

English, French and non-official language: 430 (0.4%)

French: 110 (0.1%)

French and non-official language: 85 (0.1%)

[edit] Education

Education*** (2001):

Less than High School: 29,385 (32.6%)

High School: 22,950 (25%)

Trade School: 5,205 (5.7%)

College: 11,775 (12.8%)

University: 22,530 (24.5%)

[edit] Income and work

Labour Force*** (2001):

Participation: 55,510 (60.4%)

Employed: 50,840 (55.4%)

Unemployed: 4,670 (8.4%)

Average Income*** (2001):

Individual: $26,473

Household: $62,836

Family: $60,742

Median Income (2007):

Household: $51,762

[edit] Families and dwellings

Persons per Family (2001): 3.1

Occupied Private Dwellings (2001):

Total: 35,615

Owned: 23,670 (66.5%)

Rented: 11,945 (33.5%)

Average Value: $226,053

[edit] Religion

Religion** (2001):

Christian: 58,125 (52.8%)

Catholic: 24,660 (22.4%)

Protestant: 19,670 (17.9%)

Christian Orthodox: 7,365 (6.7%)

Christian n.i.e.****: 6,430 (5.8%)

No Religious Affiliation: 31,220 (28.4%)

Hindu: 7,300 (6.6%)

Muslim: 6,740 (6.1%)

Buddhist: 5,515 (5%)

Eastern Religions: 380 (0.3%)

Sikh: 360 (0.3%)

Jewish: 330 (0.3%)

Other Religions: 30 (0.03%)

* Based on a total population of 110,670
** Based on a projected population of 109,995 (20% sample data projected from the total population)
*** Based on a projected population of 91,840 (20% sample data projected from the population 15 years and over)
**** Includes mostly answers of 'Christian,' not otherwise stated.

Sources: Statistics Canada (2001, 2006); Elections Canada (2006); Elections Ontario (2007)

[edit] Federal electoral district

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 its current boundaries as described above.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

Parliament	Years		Party
York—Scarborough prior to 1987
34th	1988-1993	Jim Karygiannis	Liberal
35th	1993-1997
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-2008
40th	2008-

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	22,795	56.6%	-6.0%	$62,348.27
	Conservative	Benson Lau	11,836	29.4%	+5.6%	$82,246.11
	New Democrat	Simon Dougherty	3,748	9.3%	-1.8%	$1,915.89
	Green	Adrian Molder	1,870	4.6%	+2.1%	$1,575.30
Total			40,249	100.0%		$148,085.57
Rejected Ballots			228	0.6%	+0.2%
Turnout			40,477	54.8%	-6.9%
No. of Electors on Lists/Expense Limit			73,928			$82,589.11

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	28,065	62.6%	-1.5%	$55,681.02
	Conservative	Bill Redwood	10,684	23.8%	+2.8%	$61,542.07
	New Democrat	David Robertson	4,969	11.1%	+0.9%	$6,968.20
	Green	Casey Maple	1,120	2.5%	+0.3%	$0.00
Total			44,838	100.0%		$124,191.29
Rejected Ballots			168	0.4%	-0.1%
Turnout			45,006	61.7%	+5.3%
No. of Electors on Lists/Expense Limit			72,895			$76,434.11

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	26,400	64.1%	-6.0%	$61,321.43
	Conservative	Andrew Faust	8,649	21.0%	-3.0%*	$71,263.19
	New Democrat	D'Arcy Palmer	4,182	10.2%	+6.3%	$4,123.97
	Progressive Canadian	Tony J. Karadimas	1,048	2.5%	Ø	$10,513.26
	Green	Wayne Yeechong	919	2.2%	Ø	$0.00
Total			41,198	100.0%		$147,221.85
Rejected Ballots			224	0.5%
Turnout			41,422	56.4%
No. of Electors on Lists/Expense Limit			73,391			$74,970.88

* 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
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	26,986	70.1%	+5.0%	$62,964.16
	Canadian Alliance	Andrew Faust	5,100	13.4%	+2.6%*	$19,771.77
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Elliott	4,030	10.6%	-7.2%	$9,953.40
	New Democrat	Michael Laxer	1,499	3.9%	-2.4%	$2,785.42
	Canadian Action	Wayne Cook	341	0.9%	Ø	$10,116.16
	Marxist-Leninist	Sarah Thompson	112	0.3%	Ø	$8.00
Total			38,068	100.0%		$105,598.91
Expense Limit						$64,427.80

* Canadian Alliance change is based on Reform Party totals in 1997.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	25,995	65.1%	+5.3%	$47,944
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Perkins	7,115	17.8%	-3.4%	$41,232
	Reform	Edward Lee	4,291	10.8%	-3.8%	$0.00
	New Democrat	Doug Hum	2,512	6.3%	+4.0%	$15,398
Total			39,913	100.0%		$104,574
Expense Limit						$57,950

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	24,739	59.8%	+15.5%	$
	Progressive Conservative	Ben Eng	8,775	21.2%	-21.2%	$
	Reform	Cyril Gibb	6,036	14.6%	Ø	$
	New Democrat	Joe José Perez	944	2.3%	-9.3%	$
	National	Bruce Nord	270	0.7%	Ø	$
	Independent	Anne C. McBride	247	0.6%	-0.4%	$
	Natural Law	Bill Morrison	194	0.5%	Ø	$
	Abolitionist	Michael Green	95	0.2%	Ø	$
	Independent	Sp. Thakore	89	0.2%	Ø	$
Total			41,389	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	19,459	44.3%	Ø	$
	Progressive Conservative	W. Paul McCrossan	18,601	42.4%	Ø	$
	New Democrat	Susie Vallance	5,082	11.6%	Ø	$
	Independent	Anne C. McBride	442	1.0%	Ø	$
	Libertarian	B.D.G. Antrobus	328	0.7%	Ø	$
Total			43,912

[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:

Gerry Phillips, Liberal, (1999 - present)

[edit] Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerry Phillips	19,447	57.82	-3.28
	Progressive Conservative	John Del Grande	8,495	25.26	-4.82
	New Democrat	Yvette Blackburn	3,589	10.67	+4.81
	Green	George Pappas	1,533	4.56	+3.06
	Family Coalition	Max Wang	572	1.7	+0.24

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	19,185	59.8%
	Mixed member proportional	12,881	40.2%

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerry Phillips	23,026	61.1	+10.40
	Progressive Conservative	Yolanda Chan	11,337	30.08	-13.07
	New Democrat	Stacy Douglas	2,209	5.86	+2.28
	Green	Lawrence J. Arkilander	566	1.5	+0.28
	Family Coalition	Tony Ieraci	550	1.46

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gerry Phillips	18,698	50.7
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Brown	15,915	43.15
	New Democrat	Bob Frankford	1,319	3.58
	Green	Gary Carmichael	451	1.22
	Independent	Wayne Cook	371	1.01
	Natural Law	Ken Morgan	129	0.35

[edit] Municipal electoral districts & neighbourhoods

Scarborough—Agincourt covers three wards and six neighbourhoods.

[edit] Wards

Three wards fall completely or partially within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt.

Ward 39
Ward 40 (North)
Ward 41 (West)

[edit] Neighbourhoods

Three neighbourhoods fall completely within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:

Two more neighbourhoods fall within the southern borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:

#119 - Wexford-Maryvale
#126 - Dorset Park

The west ends of three neighbourhoods also fall within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:

#128 - Agincourt South-Malvern West
#129 - Agincourt North
#130 - Milliken

In addition to these there are other neighbourhoods such as Wishing Well, Lynngate and Bridlewwod, etc.

[edit] City Councillors

[edit] Ward 39

Sherene Shaw (1988-2003)
Mike Del Grande (2003-present)

[edit] Ward 40

Norm Kelly (1994-present)

[edit] Ward 41

Bas Balkissoon (1997-2005)
Paul Ainslie (appointed in 2006)
Chin Lee (2006-present)

[edit] Community and Resident Associations

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Riding history from Library of Parliament
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results