Scarborough—Guildwood
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Scarborough—Guildwood is a federal electoral district
in Ontario
, Canada
, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons
since 2004.
It was created in 2003 from parts of Scarborough Southwest
and Scarborough Centre.
It is centred on the Guildwood neighbourhood. It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded by a line drawn from Lake Ontario northwest along Bellamy Ravine Creek, northeast along Kingston Road, north along Bellamy Road South, west along Eglinton Avenue East, north along Bellamy Road North, Corporate Drive and Toyota Place, east along Highway 401, south along Morningside Avenue and southeast along Highland Creek to Lake Ontario.
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Electoral district (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...
in Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
Canada
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, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
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since 2004.
It was created in 2003 from parts of Scarborough Southwest
Scarborough Southwest
Scarborough Southwest is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons.On Toronto City Council, the southeast portion is represented by Gary Crawford. The northwest section is represented by Michelle Berardinetti.-Geography:It covers the...
and Scarborough Centre.
It is centred on the Guildwood neighbourhood. It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded by a line drawn from Lake Ontario northwest along Bellamy Ravine Creek, northeast along Kingston Road, north along Bellamy Road South, west along Eglinton Avenue East, north along Bellamy Road North, Corporate Drive and Toyota Place, east along Highway 401, south along Morningside Avenue and southeast along Highland Creek to Lake Ontario.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of CommonsCanadian House of Commons
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| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Scarborough Southwest Scarborough Southwest Scarborough Southwest is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons.On Toronto City Council, the southeast portion is represented by Gary Crawford. The northwest section is represented by Michelle Berardinetti.-Geography:It covers the... and Scarborough Centre prior to 2003 |
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| 38th Canadian federal election, 2004 The Canadian federal election, 2004 , was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 38th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority, but was able to form a minority government after the elections... |
2004–2006 | John McKay John McKay (politician) John Norman McKay, PC, MP is a lawyer and a Canadian politician. He is the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Scarborough—Guildwood. McKay was formerly the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance while the Liberal party governed, but now serves as an opposition MP... |
Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
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| 39th Canadian federal election, 2006 The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:... |
2006–2008 | |||
| 40th Canadian federal election, 2008 The 2008 Canadian federal election was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by the Governor General on September 7, 2008... |
2008–2011 | |||
| 41st | 2011–present | |||
Election results
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
Sources
- Riding history from the Library of ParliamentLibrary of ParliamentThe Library of Parliament is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada...
- 2011 results from Elections Canada
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada