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It covers the northwest of the [[Scarborough, Ontario|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 [[Ontario Highway 401|Highway 401]], excluding the area that is east of Midland Avenue and north of [[Finch Avenue]] East.
It covers the northwest of the [[Scarborough, Ontario|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 [[Ontario Highway 401|Highway 401]], excluding the area that is east of Midland Avenue and north of [[Finch Avenue]] East.


A by-election will be held on June 30, 2014 as a result of the resignation of Member of Parliament [[Jim Karygiannis]] to run for City Councillor in the [[Toronto municipal election, 2014|2014 Toronto municipal election]].<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-byelections-set-for-june-30-1.2639097 CBC.ca, "Federal byelections set for June 30", May 11, 2014]</ref>
A by-election will be held on June 30, 2014 as a result of the resignation of Member of Parliament [[Jim Karygiannis]] to run for City Councillor in the [[Toronto municipal election, 2014|2014 Toronto municipal election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-byelections-set-for-june-30-1.2639097|title=Federal byelections set for June 30|publisher=[[CBC News]]|date=May 11, 2014}accessdate=May 11, 2014}}</ref>


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]].
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]].

Revision as of 15:18, 11 May 2014

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
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
  
Vacant
District created1987
First contested1988
Last contested2011
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]112,048
Electors (2011)74,374
Area (km²)[2]23.92
Pop. density (per km²)4,684.3
Census division(s)Toronto
Census subdivision(s)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.

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.

A by-election will be 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.[3]

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.

Former boundaries

  • 1987-1996
    1987-1996
  • 1996 to 2004 (remained the same)
    1996 to 2004 (remained the same)

Demographics

Immigrants make up 67.8% of the population of Scarborough—Agincourt, the highest such percentage for any Canadian federal riding;[4] 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,[5] 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).[6]

In detail, the demographic data for Scarborough—Agincourt are as follows:

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%)

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%)

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%)

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

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

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)

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 its current boundaries as described above.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
York—Scarborough prior to 1987
34th 1988–1993 rowspan="8" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |     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–present vacant[7] Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Other|    

Election results

Canadian federal by-election, June 30, 2014: Scarborough—Agincourt
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Arnold Chan
Conservative Trevor Ellis
New Democratic
Green
By-election due to the resignation of Jim Karygiannis to run for City Councillor in the 2014 Toronto municipal election.
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Jim Karygiannis 18,498 45.39 −11.24 $59,289.81
Conservative Harry Tsai 13,930 34.18 +4.78 $78,678.16
New Democratic Nancy Patchell 7,376 18.10 +8.79 $2,771.86
Green Pauline 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
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Jim Karygiannis 22,795 56.63 −5.96 $62,348.27
Conservative Benson Lau 11,836 29.41 +5.58 $82,246.11
New Democratic Simon Dougherty 3,748 9.31 −1.77 $1,915.89
Green Adrian Molder 1,870 4.65 +2.15 $1,575.30
Total valid votes/expense limit 40,249 99.44 $82,589.11 $148,085.57
Total rejected ballots 228 0.56 +0.19
Turnout 40,477 54.16 −7.58
Eligible voters 74,734
Liberal hold Swing −5.77
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Jim Karygiannis 28,065 62.59 −1.5 $55,681
Conservative Bill Redwood 10,684 23.82 +2.8 $61,542
New Democratic David Robertson 4,969 11.08 +0.9 $6,968
Green Casey Maple 1,120 2.49 +0.3 $0
Total valid votes/expense limit 44,838 100.00 $124,191
Total rejected ballots 168 0.4 −0.1
Turnout 45,006 61.74 +5.3
Eligible voters 72,895 $76,434
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Jim Karygiannis 26,400 64.1 −6.0 $61,321
Conservative Andrew Faust 8,649 21.0 −3.01 $71,263
New Democratic D'Arcy Palmer 4,182 10.2 +6.3 $4,124
Progressive Canadian Tony J. Karadimas 1,048 2.5 Ø $10,513
Green Wayne Yeechong 919 2.2 Ø $0
Total valid votes/expense limit 41,198 100.0 $147,222
Total rejected ballots 224 0.5
Turnout 41,422 56.4
Eligible voters 73,391
1: Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals in 2000.
2000 Canadian federal election: Scarborough—Agincourt
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Jim Karygiannis 26,986 70.1 +5.0 $62,964
Alliance Andrew Faust 5,100 13.4 +2.61 $19,772
Progressive Conservative Bruce Elliott 4,030 10.6 −7.2 $9,953
New Democratic Michael Laxer 1,499 3.9 −2.4 $2,785
Canadian Action Wayne Cook 341 0.9 Ø $10,116
Marxist–Leninist Sarah Thompson 112 0.3 Ø $8
Total valid votes/expense limit 38,068 100.0 $105,599
1: Canadian Alliance change is based on Reform Party totals in 1997.
1997 Canadian federal election: Scarborough—Agincourt
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 Democratic Doug Hum 2,512 6.3 +4.0 $15,398
Total valid votes/expense limit 39,913 100.0 $104,574
1993 Canadian federal election: Scarborough—Agincourt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Democratic 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 valid votes/expense limit 41,389 100.0
1988 Canadian federal election: Scarborough—Agincourt
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Jim Karygiannis 19,459 44.3
Progressive Conservative W. Paul McCrossan 18,601 42.4
New Democratic Susie Vallance 5,082 11.6
Independent Anne C. McBride 442 1.0
Libertarian B.D.G. Antrobus 328 0.7
Total valid votes 43,912

Municipal electoral districts & 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:

Two more neighbourhoods fall within the southern 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–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

  • "Scarborough—Agincourt (federal electoral district) (Code 35080) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  • Riding history from Library of Parliament
  • 2011 results from Elections Canada
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
  3. ^ "Federal byelections set for June 30". CBC News. May 11, 2014}accessdate=May 11, 2014. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Appendix J Comparison of places of birth disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996". 2.statcan.ca. 2009-11-20. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ Delacourt, Susan. "Veteran Scarborough MP Karygiannis steps down to run in municipal election". The Toronto Star. The Toronto Star. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

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