Scarborough Southwest (provincial electoral district)

Scarborough Southwest
Ontario electoral district
	Scarborough Southwest in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Doly Begum; New Democratic
;
District created	1996
First contested	1999
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Population (2016)	110,280
Electors (2018)	78,329
Area (km²)	32
Pop. density (per km²)	3,446.3
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Scarborough Southwest is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

The borders of Scarborough Southwest (used in 1999 & 2003)

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

Scarborough Southwest
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Scarborough Centre and Scarborough West
37th	1999–2003		Dan Newman	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007		Lorenzo Berardinetti	Liberal
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022		Doly Begum	New Democratic
43rd	2022–present		Doly Begum	New Democratic
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[1]

Election results

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Doly Begum	16,842	47.68	+2.02	$103,194
	Progressive Conservative	Bret Snider	9,750	27.60	−3.62	$67,267
	Liberal	Lisa Patel	6,556	18.56	−0.38	$65,227
	Green	Cara Brideau	1,251	3.54	+0.84	$2,506
	New Blue	Peter Naus	383	1.08		$609
	Ontario Party	Barbara Everatt	320	0.91		$0
	None of the Above	James McNair	114	0.32	−0.19	$0
	Independent	Michelle Parsons	110	0.31		$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			35,326	99.31	+0.42	$112,311
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			247	0.69	−0.42
Turnout			35,573	44.34	−8.85
Eligible voters			79,624
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+2.82
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

v t e 2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Doly Begum	19,835	45.66	+22.01
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Ellis	13,565	31.22	+10.58
	Liberal	Lorenzo Berardinetti	8,228	18.94	-31.28
	Green	David Del Grande	1,174	2.70	-1.37
	None of the Above	Allen Atkinson	222	0.51
	Libertarian	James Speirs	195	0.45	-0.44
	Special Needs	Willie Little	160	0.37
	Trillium	Bobby Turley	64	0.15
Total valid votes			43,443	100.0
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lorenzo Berardinetti	18,420	50.22	+6.13
	New Democratic	Jessie Macaulay	8,674	23.65	-7.80
	Progressive Conservative	Nita Kang	7,570	20.64	-0.71
	Green	David Del Grande	1,492	4.07	+1.72
	Libertarian	Tyler Rose	328	0.89
	Independent	Jean-Baptiste Foaleng	192	0.52
Total valid votes			36,676	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+6.96
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lorenzo Berardinetti	14,585	44.09	-2.06
	New Democratic	Bruce Budd	10,404	31.45	+13.37
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Chopowick	7,061	21.35	-4.19
	Green	Robin McKim	777	2.35	-5.76
	Freedom	Caroline Blanco-Ruibal	250	0.75
Total valid votes			33,077	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			155	0.47
Turnout			33,232	47.80
Eligible voters			69,553
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.72
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lorenzo Berardinetti	15,113	46.15	-0.78
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Crawford	8,363	25.54	-6.17
	New Democratic	Jay Sarkar	5,920	18.08	+0.14
	Green	Stefan Dixon	2,655	8.11	+6.26
	Family Coalition	Wiktor Pawel Borkowski	398	1.22	-0.35
	Libertarian	George Dance	296	0.90
Total valid votes			32,745	100.00
Elections Ontario.^[5]

2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lorenzo Berardinetti	17,501	46.93	+13.27
	Progressive Conservative	Dan Newman	11,826	31.71	-8.05
	New Democratic	Barbara Warner	6,688	17.94	-5.28
	Green	Andrew Strachan	689	1.85	+0.64
	Family Coalition	Ray Scott	586	1.57	+0.29
Total valid votes			37,290	100.00
Elections Ontario.^[6]

1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Dan Newman	15,349	39.76
	Liberal	Adrian Heaps	12,992	33.66
	New Democratic	Michael Yorke	8,962	23.22
	Family Coalition	Wiktor Pawel Borkowski	495	1.28
	Green	Barbara Schaefer	466	1.21
	Natural Law	Laurence Corp	339	0.88
Total valid votes			38,603	100.00
Elections Ontario.^[7]

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	18,860	59.2
	Mixed member proportional	12,890	40.8
	Total valid votes	31,750	100.0
Sourced from Elections Ontario.^[8]

References

^
For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Dan Newman's Legislative Assembly information see "Dan Newman, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
- For Lorenzo Berardinetti's Legislative Assembly information see "Lorenzo Berardinetti, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 8. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
^ "General Election Results by District, 084 Scarborough Southwest". Elections Ontario. 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
^ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-30. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
^ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
^ "Referendum Statistical Results" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

External links

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[1] For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
For Dan Newman's Legislative Assembly information see "Dan Newman, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

For Lorenzo Berardinetti's Legislative Assembly information see "Lorenzo Berardinetti, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

[2] For Dan Newman's Legislative Assembly information see "Dan Newman, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

[3] For Lorenzo Berardinetti's Legislative Assembly information see "Lorenzo Berardinetti, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

[2] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 8. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

[3] "General Election Results by District, 084 Scarborough Southwest". Elections Ontario. 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

[2011_Election_Results-4] "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-30. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

[2007_Election_Results-5] "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

[2003_Election_Results-6] "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

[1999_Election_Results-7] "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

[2007_Referendum_Results-8] "Referendum Statistical Results" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

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