Scarborough Southwest is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.
Geography It covers the southwestern part of the Scarborough part of Toronto. It stretches from Lake Ontario in the south to Eglinton Avenue in the north.
It consists of the part of the city of Toronto bounded on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the south by Lake Ontario, on the north by Eglinton Avenue and on the east by Markham Road.
The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Birch Cliff, Oakridge, Cliffside, Kennedy Park, Clairlea, Cliffcrest and parts of Scarborough Village, and the Golden Mile.
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
Election results
2014 general election redistributed results Party Vote % Liberal 18,123 49.93 New Democratic 8,555 23.57 Progressive Conservative 7,611 20.97 Green 1,476 4.07 Others 530 1.46
2003 general election redistributed results Party Vote % Liberal 15,487 45.22 Progressive Conservative 10,814 31.57 New Democratic 6,132 17.90 Others 1,816 5.30
2007 electoral reform referendum
2007 Ontario electoral reform referendumSideVotes%First Past the Post18,86059.2Mixed member proportional12,89040.8Total valid votes 31,750100.0Sourced from Elections Ontario.
See also List of Ontario provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
External links Elections Ontario Past Election Results Map of riding for 2018 election