Scarborough—Rouge River

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Ontario


caption = Scarborough—Rouge River in relation to the other Toronto ridings
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 35083
fed-created = 1987
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1988
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Derek Lee
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Liberal
fed-rep-party-link = Liberal Party of Canada
prov-status = active
prov-created = 1999
prov-abolished =
prov-election-first = 1999
prov-election-last = 2007
prov-rep = Bas Balkissoon
prov-rep-link =
prov-rep-party = Liberal
prov-rep-party-link = Ontario Liberal Party
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 130974
demo-electors = 83835
demo-electors-date = 2007
demo-area = 54
demo-cd = Toronto
demo-csd = Scarborough

Scarborough—Rouge River 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.

The riding covers the northeast part of the Scarborough part of Toronto. It stretches from Highway 401 in the south to Steeles Avenue in the north. In the east it ends at the border with Pickering and to just west of Midland in the west.

On Toronto City Council, the eastern half is represented by Raymond Cho and the western half was represented by Bas Balkissoon until he was elected to represent the riding in the Ontario legislature on November 24, 2005. It is now represented by Chin Lee.

Geography

Scarborough—Rouge River consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the north and east by the city limits, on the west by Midland Avenue, and on the south by a line drawn from the east city limit west along Finch Avenue East, south along Meadowvale Road, west along Sheppard Avenue East, south along Morningside Avenue, west along Highway 401, north along Brimley Road, and west along Finch Avenue East to Midland Avenue.

Federal electoral district

The riding was created in 1987 from part of York—Scarborough riding.

It initially consisted of the part of the City of Scarborough. It was bounded on the north and east by the city limits, and on the south and west by a line drawn southwest from the eastern city limit along Highway 401 and Kingston Road, west along Highland Creek, north along Morningside Avenue, west along Ellesmere Road and north along the Canadian National Railway line to the northern city limit.

In 1996, it was redefined to be bounded on the north and east by the city limits, on the west by the Canadian National Railway situated immediately west of Midland Avenue, and on the south by a line drawn from west to east along Highway 401, north along Conlins Road, and east along Sheppard Avenue East and Twyn Rivers Drive to the east city limits.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Federal election results

Provincial electoral district

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
#Alvin Curling, Liberal (1999 - 2005)
# Bas Balkissoon, Liberal (2005 - present)

Provincial election results

Election box begin | title=Ontario general election, 2007
-
Bas Balkissoon
align="right"|22,362
align="right"|65.2
align="right"
-
Horace Gooden
align="right"|4,962
align="right"|14.5
align="right"
-
Sheila White
align="right"|4,646
align="right"|13.5
align="right"
-
Serge Abbat
align="right"|1,275
align="right"|3.7
align="right"
-
Joseph Carvalho
align="right"|581
align="right"|1.7
align="right"
-
Alan Mercer
align="right"|492
align="right"|1.4
align="right"
-

{| class="wikitable"
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="6"|Ontario byelection, November 24, 2005
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party! style="width: 170px"|Candidate! style="width: 40px"|Votes! style="width: 40px"|%! style="width: 40px"|+/-
-
style="width: 185px"| Liberal
Bas Balkissoon
align=right|9,347
align=right|57.6
align=right|-6.2
-
style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
Cynthia Lai
align=right|4,032
align=right|24.9
align=right|-0.3
-
style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
Sheila White
align=right|2,425
align=right|14.9
align=right|+8.9
-
style="width: 185px"|Green
Steven Toman
align=right| 167
align=right| 1.2
align=right| -2.3
style="width: 185px"|Libertarian
Alan Mercer
align=right| 100
align=right| 0.6
align=right| -
style="width: 185px"|Family Coalition
Rina Morra
align=right| 93
align=right| 0.6
align=right| -0.8
style="width: 185px"|Freedom
Wayne Simmons
align=right| 59
align=right| 0.4
align=right| -

{| class="wikitable"
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="6"|Ontario general election, 2003
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party! style="width: 170px"|Candidate! style="width: 40px"|Votes! style="width: 40px"|%! style="width: 40px"|+/-
-
style="width: 185px"| Liberal
Alvin Curling
align=right|23,976
align=right|63.8
align=right|+6.5
-
style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
Kevin Moore
align=right|9,468
align=right|25.2
align=right|-9.2
-
style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
Jean-Paul Yovanoff
align=right|2,246
align=right|6.0
align=right|-0.1
-
style="width: 185px"|Green
Karen Macdonald
align=right|1,326
align=right|3.5
align=right|-
-
style="width: 185px"|Family Coalition
Mitchell Persaud
align=right|536
align=right|1.4
align=right|+0.0

{| class="wikitable"
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="6"|Ontario general election, 1999

- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party! style="width: 170px"|Candidate! style="width: 40px"|Votes! style="width: 40px"|%
-
style="width: 185px"| Liberal
Alvin Curling
align=right|20,052
align=right|57.3
-
style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
Mubashar Dar
align=right|12,061
align=right|34.4
-
style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
Paulette Senior
align=right|2,138
align=right|6.1
-
style="width: 185px"|Family Coalition
Betty Peters
align=right|489
align=right|1.4
-
style="width: 185px"|Natural Law
Lou Dube
align=right|284
align=right|0.8

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=962 Riding history from the] Library of Parliament
* Elections Ontario [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/1999_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&
] and [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/2003_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&
]