Scarborough East
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1963
District abolished2007
First contested1963
Last contested2003
Demographics
Census division(s)Toronto
Census subdivision(s)Toronto

Scarborough East was a provincial electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1963 provincial election and eliminated in 1996, when most of its territory was incorporated into the riding of Pickering—Scarborough East. Scarborough East riding was created from part of the former riding of York—Scarborough. It was in the former borough of Scarborough.

Seven Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its history. Liberals Ed Fulton and Mary Anne Chambers and Conservatives Margaret Birch and Steve Gilchrist were all members of cabinet in their respective times.

Boundaries

The riding was created in 1963 through an amendment to the Representation Act. It formed the eastern part of the former riding of York—Scarborough. The riding encompassed all of Scarborough to the east of Markham Road from Lake Ontario to the south and Steeles Avenue to the north.[1]

In 1975 was reduced to about half its 1963 territory. With the southern edge as Lake Ontario, The boundaries were as follows: it went north on Markham Road to the CNR right-of-way. It followed the tracks east to Scarborough Golf Club Road, north along this road to Ellesmere Road, west along this road back to Markham Road. It continued north along Markham Road to Highway 401. It then turned east following the highway which constituted the northern boundary to the city limits and then south along the Rouge River back to the lake.[2]

The boundaries were changed slightly in 1987. Highway 401, the Rouge River and Lake Ontario still served as the north, east and south borders respectively. The western border was changed as follows. Starting at the lake it headed north on Markham Road to Lawrence Avenue. It then followed Lawrence east until it met a tributary to Highland Creek. It followed the tributary northeast until it met another part of Highland Creek. It then followed this branch northwest until Highway 401. It then continued east on Highway 401 as per the 1975 boundary.[3]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Scarborough East
Assembly Years Member Party
Created from York—Scarborough in 1963
27th  1963–1967     Louis Hodgson Progressive Conservative
28th  1967–1971     Tim Reid Liberal
29th  1971–1975     Margaret Birch Progressive Conservative
30th  1975–1977
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987     Ed Fulton Liberal
34th  1987–1990
35th  1990–1995     Bob Frankford New Democratic
36th  1995–1999     Steve Gilchrist Progressive Conservative
37th  1999–2003
38th  2003–2007     Mary Anne Chambers Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[4]
Merged into Pickering—Scarborough East and Scarborough—Guildwood after 2007

Electoral results

1963 boundaries

1963 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[5] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative Louis M. Hodgson 5,621 44.3
    Liberal Jack Drysdale 3,920 30.9
    New Democrat Harry Schofield 3,134 24.7
Total 12,675
1967 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[6] Vote %
    Liberal Tim Reid 6,534 34.24
    Progressive Conservative Louis Hodgson 6,318 33.1
    New Democrat Jack Ottaway 6,257 32.7
Total 19,109
1971 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[7] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative Margaret Birch 13,196 41.0
    Liberal Tim Reid 12,420 38.6
    New Democrat Sean Regan 6,569 20.4
Total 32.185

1975 boundaries

1975 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Margaret Birch 12,645 42.59 +1.65
Liberal John Coates 8,809 29.67 -9.19
New Democratic Ann Marie Hill 7,850 26.44 +6.25
Libertarian David Toothill 383 1.29
Total valid votes 29,687 99.54
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 133 0.46 +0.20
Turnout 29,824 66.94 -6.57
Eligible voters 44,552
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +5.42
Source: Elections Ontario[8]
1977 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Margaret Birch 14,792 50.91 +8.31
New Democratic Ann Marie Hill 7,268 25.01 -1.43
Liberal Ron Myatt 6,508 22.40 -7.28
Libertarian John W. White 489 1.68 +0.39
Total valid votes 29,057 99.54
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 135 0.46 +0.00
Turnout 29,193 63.01 -3.94
Eligible voters 46,332
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +4.87
Source: Elections Ontario[9]
1981 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Margaret Birch 16,386 56.03 +5.12
Liberal Charles Beer 7,301 24.96 +2.57
New Democratic Gordon Wilson 4,826 16.50 -8.51
Libertarian Jim McIntosh 562 1.92 +0.24
Independent Jeff Nelles 171 0.58
Total valid votes 29,246 99.28
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 213 0.72 +0.26
Turnout 29,459 55.46 -7.54
Eligible voters 53,113
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +1.28
Source: Elections Ontario[10]
1985 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ed Fulton 15,855 48.22 +23.25
Progressive Conservative Verla Fiveash 11,245 34.20 -21.83
New Democratic Alawi Mohideen 4,381 13.32 -3.18
Libertarian Jim McIntosh 1,402 4.26 +2.34
Total valid votes 32,883 99.34
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 220 0.66 -0.06
Turnout 33,103 58.27 +2.80
Eligible voters 56,812
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +22.54
Source: Elections Ontario[11]

1987 boundaries

1987 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ed Fulton 16,944 55.39 +7.18
New Democratic Mary Cook 7,048 23.04 +9.72
Progressive Conservative Russ Bastow 5,390 17.62 -16.58
Libertarian Jim McIntosh 869 2.84 -1.42
Green Greg Knittl 337 1.10
Total valid votes 30,588 98.97
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 317 1.03 +0.36
Turnout 30,905 59.24 +0.97
Eligible voters 52,171
Liberal hold Swing -1.27
Source: Elections Ontario[12]
1990 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Bob Frankford 11,700 35.55 +12.50
Liberal Ed Fulton 9,926 30.16 -25.24
Progressive Conservative Steve Gilchrist 9,890 30.05 +12.43
Libertarian Jim McIntosh 577 1.75 -1.09
Green Cara Mumford 454 1.38 +0.28
Independent Darryl McDowell 368 1.12
Total valid votes 32,915 98.65
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 451 1.35 +0.33
Turnout 33,366 63.47 +4.23
Eligible voters 52,570
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +18.87
Source: Elections Ontario[13]
1995 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Steve Gilchrist 19,166 55.72 +25.67
New Democratic Bob Frankford 7,212 20.97 -14.58
Liberal Bhagat Taggar 7,197 20.92 -9.23
Libertarian Sam Apelbaum 319 0.93 -0.83
Independent Neville Berry 270 0.78
Natural Law Jim Hill 234 0.68
Total valid votes 34,398 98.92
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 375 1.08 -0.27
Turnout 34,773 64.69 +1.22
Eligible voters 53,750
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +20.13
Source: Elections Ontario[14]

1998 boundaries

1999 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Steve Gilchrist 20,686 49.50 -6.22
Liberal Peter Vanderyagt 17,084 40.88 +19.96
New Democratic Terry Maley 2,853 6.83 -14.14
Family Coalition Catherine Fox 457 1.09
Libertarian Sam Apelbaum 368 0.88 -0.05
Independent Heath Thomas 205 0.49
Natural Law Loucas Cafe 135 0.32 -0.36
Total valid votes 41,788 98.82
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 497 1.18 +0.10
Turnout 42,285 59.45 -5.25
Eligible voters 71,131
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -13.09
Source: Elections Ontario[15]
2003 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mary Anne Chambers 21,798 51.50 +10.62
Progressive Conservative Steve Gilchrist 14,323 33.84 -15.66
New Democratic Gary Dale 5,250 12.40 +5.58
Green Hugh McNeil 668 1.58
Libertarian Sam Apelbaum 285 0.67 -0.21
Total valid votes 42,324 99.37
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 268 0.63 -0.55
Turnout 42,592 59.21 -0.23
Eligible voters 71,930
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +13.14
Source: Elections Ontario[16]

References

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ Redistribution of Districts with statistics from the records 1867-1982 (Electoral History of Ontario). Office of the Chief Election Officer. 1984.
  2. ^ Howard, Ross (September 16, 1975). "Candidates grow bitter in battle for Scarborough East votes". Toronto Star. p. A7.
  3. ^ Page, Shelley (August 27, 1987). "Two newcomers challenge veteran". Toronto Star. p. A7.
  4. ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Louis Hodgson's Legislative Assembly information see "Louis M. Hodgson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
    • For Timothy Reid's Legislative Assembly information see "Timothy Escott Reid, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
    • For Margaret Birch's Legislative Assembly information see "Margaret Birch, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
    • For Ed Fulton's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward A. Fulton, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
    • For Bob Frankford's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert T.S. Frankford, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
    • For Steve Gilchrist's Legislative Assembly information see "Steve Gilchrist, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
    • For Mary Anne Chambers's Legislative Assembly information see "Mary Anne V. Chambers, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  5. ^ Canadian Press (1963-09-26). "Who Won Which Seats In P.C.s Ontario Sweep". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 20.
  6. ^ Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Provincial election results in Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 66.
  7. ^ Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 12.
  8. ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  14. ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  15. ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  16. ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
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