Scarborough—Rouge Park

Scarborough—Rouge Park is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Scarborough—Rouge Park
Ontario electoral district
Scarborough-Rouge Park in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries)
Coordinates:43.816°N 79.178°W / 43.816; -79.178
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Gary Anandasangaree
Liberal
District created2013
First contested2015
Last contested2019
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]102,646
Electors (2015)71,291
Area (km²)[1]57
Pop. density (per km²)1,800.8
Census divisionsToronto
Census subdivisionsToronto
Map of Scarborough-Rouge Park riding

Scarborough—Rouge Park was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election that took place on October 19, 2015.[2] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Pickering—Scarborough East (49%), Scarborough—Rouge River (36%) and Scarborough—Guildwood (14%).[3]

Geography

The riding consists of the eastern part of the Scarborough district of Toronto. It contains the neighbourhoods of Morningside Heights, Rouge, Port Union, West Rouge, Highland Creek, West Hill (east of Morningside Avenue) and Malvern (east of Neilson Road).

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census[4]

Ethnic groups: 31.0% South Asian, 28.3% White, 14.4% Black, 9.2% Filipino, 4.5% Chinese, 1.6% Southeast Asian, 1.5% Indigenous, 1.4% Latino, 1.1% West Asian, 7.0% Other
Languages: 61.6% English, 8.3% Tamil, 3.4% Chinese, 2.1% Tagalog, 1.6% Urdu, 23.0% Other
Religions: 55.4% Christian, 18.6% Hindu, 9.4% Muslim, 1.3% Sikh, 1.4% Other, 13.9% None
Median income: $27,217 (2010)
Average income: $36,822 (2010)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Scarborough—Rouge Park
Riding created from Pickering—Scarborough East,
Scarborough—Guildwood and Scarborough—Rouge River
42nd  2015–2019     Gary Anandasangaree Liberal
43rd  2019–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Scarborough—Rouge Park (since 2011 (redistributed), minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalGary Anandasangaree31,36062.2+1.96
ConservativeBobby Singh10,11520.1-7.26
New DemocraticKingsley Kwok5,80111.5+1.14
GreenJessica Hamilton2,3304.6+2.57
People'sDilano Sally4670.9-
Christian HeritageMark Theodoru3530.7-
Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,426100.0
Total rejected ballots 322
Turnout 50,74866.4
Eligible voters 76,408
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalGary Anandasangaree29,91360.24+25.48$144,189.04
ConservativeLeslyn Lewis13,58727.36-4.23$59,291.73
New DemocraticKM Shanthikumar5,14510.36-20.63$58,736.40
GreenCalvin Winter1,0102.03-0.36$1,457.51
Total valid votes/Expense limit 49,655100.0$204,974.26
Total rejected ballots 2350.47New
Turnout 49,89069.98New
Eligible voters 71,291
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party Vote %
  Liberal14,15734.76
  Conservative12,86531.59
  New Democratic12,62030.99
  Green9742.39
  Others1130.28
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