Scarborough—Agincourt

Ontario electoral district

Scarborough—Agincourt in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2013 boundaries)

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

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]

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 1
Former boundaries 2
Demographics 3
History 4
- Members of Parliament 4.1
Election results 5
Municipal electoral districts and neighbourhoods 6
- Wards 6.1
- Neighbourhoods 6.2
- City Councillors 6.3
  - Ward 39 6.3.1
  - Ward 40 6.3.2
  - Ward 41 6.3.3
Community and Resident Associations 7
See also 8
References 9
- Notes 9.1

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

1987-1996
1996 to 2003 (remained the same)
2003 to 2015

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		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
41st	2014–2015	Arnold Chan	Liberal
42nd	2015–Present	Arnold Chan	Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Arnold Chan	21,587	51.9	-7.5	–
	Conservative	Bin Chang	15,802	38.0	+8.7	–
	New Democratic	Laura Thomas Patrick	3,263	7.9	+0.6	–
	Green	Debra Scott	540	1.4	0	–
	Christian Heritage	Jude Coutinho	334	0.8	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,556	100.0		$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	%	∆%
	Liberal	Arnold Chan	12,868	59.38	+13.99
	Conservative	Trevor Ellis	6,344	29.27	−4.91
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Ying Long	1,838	8.48	−9.62
	Independent	Kevin Clarke	315	1.45	-
	Green	Shahbaz 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
	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

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	22,795	56.63	−5.96	$62,348.27
	Conservative	Benson Lau	11,836	29.40	+5.58	$82,246.11
	New Democratic	Simon Dougherty	3,748	9.31	−1.77	$1,915.89
	Green	Adrian Molder	1,870	4.64	+2.15	$1,575.30
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,249	100.00	$82,589.11	$148,085.57
Total rejected ballots			228	0.6	+0.2
Turnout			40,477	54.16	−6.9
Eligible voters			73,928

Canadian federal election, 2006
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

Canadian federal election, 2004
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.

Canadian federal election, 2000
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.

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 Democratic	Doug Hum	2,512	6.3	+4.0	$15,398
Total valid votes/Expense limit			39,913	100.0	$104,574

Canadian federal election, 1993
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

Canadian federal election, 1988
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 and neighbourhoods

Scarborough—Agincourt covers three wards and six neighbourhoods.

Wards

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

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

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:

#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.

City Councillors

Ward 39

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

Ward 40

Norm Kelly (1994–present)

Ward 41

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

Community and Resident Associations

References

"(Code 35080) Census Profile".
Riding history from Library of Parliament
2011 results from Elections Canada
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

^ Statistics Canada: 2011
^ Statistics Canada: 2011
^ "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.
^ "Appendix J Comparison of places of birth disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996". 2.statcan.ca. 2009-11-20. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
^ "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.
^ 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
^ 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
^ "Federal byelections set for June 30".
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Scarborough—Agincourt, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
^ "Elections Canada".

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See also:

Scarborough—Agincourt