Pickering—Scarborough East

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Ontario

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caption = "Pickering—Scarborough East" in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 35072
fed-created = 2003
fed-election-first = 2004
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Dan McTeague
fed-rep-party = Liberal
fed-rep-party-link = Liberal Party of Canada
prov-status = active
prov-created = 2003
prov-election-first = 2007
prov-election-last =
prov-rep = Wayne Arthurs
prov-rep-link = Wayne Arthurs (politician)
prov-rep-party = Liberal
prov-rep-party-link = Ontario Liberal Party
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 106602
demo-electors = 75858
demo-electors-date = 2007
demo-area = 52
demo-cd = Durham, Toronto
demo-csd = Pickering, Scarborough

Pickering—Scarborough East is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004 and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2007.

It was created in 2003 from parts of Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge, Scarborough East, and Scarborough—Rouge River ridings.

It consists of the southwest part of the city of Pickering and the southeast part of the Scarborough district of Toronto.

Specifically, it consists of the part of the City of Pickering lying south and west of a line drawn from the western city limit east along Finch Avenue, south along Valley Farm Road, northeast along Highway 401 and south along Brock Road to the southern city limit; and the part of the City of Toronto lying south and east of a line drawn from the eastern city limit west along Finch Avenue East, south along Meadowvale Road, west along Sheppard Avenue East, south along Morningside Avenue and southeast along Highland Creek to Lake Ontario.

Demographics

(According to the Canada 2006 Census)

Ethnic groups: 61.3% White, 13.5% South Asian, 10.4% Black, 4.1% Filipino, 3.2% Chinese
Languages: 74.6% English, 1.3% French, 23.9% Other
Average income: $31 920

Federal electoral district

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Federal election results

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style="width: 160px"|Liberal
Dan McTeague
align="right"|27,720
align="right"|52.9%
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style="width: 160px"|Conservative
Tim Dobson
align="right"|16,686
align="right"|31.9%
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style="width: 160px"|New Democratic Party
Gary Dale
align="right"|6,083
align="right"|11.6%
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style="width: 160px"|Green
Jeff Brownridge
align="right"|1,863
align="right"|3.6%

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style="width: 160px"|Liberal
Dan McTeague
align="right"|27,312
align="right"|57.0%
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style="width: 160px"|Conservative
Tim Dobson
align="right"|13,417
align="right"|28.0%
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style="width: 160px"|New Democratic Party
Gary Dale
align="right"|5,392
align="right"|11.2%
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style="width: 160px"|Green
Matthew Pollesel
align="right"|1,809
align="right"|3.8%

Provincial election results

Election box begin | title=Ontario general election, 2007
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Wayne Arthurs
align="right"|19,762
align="right"|48.6
align="right"
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Diana Hall
align="right"|12,927
align="right"|31.8
align="right"
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Andrea Moffat
align="right"|4,531
align="right"|11.1
align="right"
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Anita Lalchan
align="right"|2,575
align="right"|6.3
align="right"|
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Josh Insang
align="right"|380
align="right"|0.9
align="right"
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John Newell
align="right"|268
align="right"|0.7
align="right"
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Mitchell Andrew Persaud
align="right"|229
align="right"|0.6
align="right"

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=1363 Riding history from the] Library of Parliament