Scarborough North is a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada. It was originally created prior to the 1963 provincial election and eliminated in 1996, when most of its territory was incorporated into the ridings of Scarborough—Agincourt and Scarborough—Rouge River. For the 2018 provincial election, it was re-created from Scarborough—Agincourt and Scarborough—Rouge River. Scarborough North riding was originally created from part of the former riding of York—Scarborough. It is in the former borough of Scarborough.

Two Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its original existence. The most notable was Alvin Curling who served as Speaker of the Legislature.

Boundaries On August 14, 2018, the province redrew municipal boundaries via the Better Local Government Act, 2018, S.O. 2018, c. 11 - Bill 5. This means that the 25 Provincial districts and the 25 municipal wards in Toronto currently share the same geographic borders.

Defined in legislation as: "Consisting of that part of the City of Toronto described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the northerly limit of said city with the Rouge River; thence generally southerly along said river to the electric power transmission line; thence westerly along said transmission line to Morningside Avenue; thence southerly along said avenue to Neilson Road; thence generally southerly along said road to Highway No. 401; thence westerly along said highway to Midland Avenue; thence northerly along said avenue to the northerly limit of said city; thence easterly along said limit to the point of commencement."

History The riding was created in 1963 through an amendment to the Representation Act. It formed the northwest part of the former riding of York—Scarborough. The riding was bordered by Lawrence Avenue to the south, Victoria Park Avenue to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north and Markham Road to the east.

In 1975, the boundary was significantly altered. The western boundary remained Victoria Park Avenue and the northern boundary of Steeles Avenue were retained. The eastern boundary was extended to the city limits at the edge of the Rouge River. The southern boundary was made as follows. Going east on Lawrence Avenue from Victoria Park Avenue it went to Birchmount Road. It headed north on Birchmount to Highway 401 and then continued east along the highway until it met the city limits.

In 1987 the boundary was altered again. The eastern border was shifted east to the CNR right-of-way east of Kennedy Road. The southern border became Highway 401 from the railway to the city limits. The northern and eastern borders remained the same.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Electoral results

2015 boundaries

2014 general election redistributed results Party Vote %   Liberal 12,365 40.07   Progressive Conservative 9,623 31.18   New Democratic 8,067 26.14   Green 494 1.60   Others 313 1.01

1963 boundaries

+ 1971 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %    Progressive Conservative Thomas Leonard Wells 24,804 56.1    New Democrat John Brewin 12,921 29.2    Liberal Bob Reid 6,106 13.8     Independent Arthur Wright 360 0.8Total44,191

1975 boundaries + 1975 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %    Progressive Conservative Thomas Wells 16,427 43.3    Liberal Gerry Phillips 13,821 36.4    New Democrat Guy Beaulieu 7,268 19.1     Independent Robert Schultz 438 1.2Total 37,954

+ 1977 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %    Progressive Conservative Thomas Wells 21,250 50.0    Liberal Jean Brookes 10,495 24.7    New Democrat Frank Lowery 10,015 23.6Total 42,482

+ 1981 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %    Progressive Conservative Thomas Wells 30,560 61.0    Liberal Jean Brookes 12,913 25.8    New Democrat Jerry Daca 6,650 13.3Total 50,123

+ 1985 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %    Liberal Alvin Curling 30,504 47.5    Progressive Conservative Carole Noble 22,644 35.3    New Democrat Jerry Daca 9,072 14.1     Independent R.J. Austin 1,974 3.1Total 64,194

1987 boundaries + 1987 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes Vote %    Liberal Alvin Curling 20,021 63.0    Progressive Conservative Peter Lam 5,861 18.5    New Democrat Nick Summers 4,509 14.2Total 31,762

+ 1990 Ontario general electionPartyCandidate Votes171 out of 172 polls reporting. Vote %    Liberal Alvin Curling 13,393 44.6    New Democrat Victor Deane 9,477 31.5    Progressive Conservative Harold Adams 5,367 17.9Total 30,056

See also List of Ontario provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts

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External links Map of riding for 2018 election