Scarborough—Agincourt is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. It covers the area of the City of Toronto bounded by Steeles Avenue East to the north, Highway 401 to the south, Victoria Park Avenue to the west, and Midland Avenue to the east.
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 1987 | ||
First contested | 1988 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2021)[1] | 104,423 | ||
Electors (2015) | 68,748 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 22 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 4,746.5 | ||
Census division(s) | Toronto | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Toronto |
The riding covers the northwest of the Scarborough part of Toronto. It contains the neighbourhoods of Steeles, L'Amoreaux, Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan, Agincourt (west of Midland Avenue) and Milliken (west of Midland Avenue).
Immigrants make up 67.8% of the population of Scarborough—Agincourt, the highest such percentage for any Canadian federal riding;[3] those from Asia and the Middle East alone, constitute a majority of the population (53.0%), which is also the highest figure for any federal riding,[4] and, in particular, immigrants from the People's Republic of China are almost a quarter (24.7%) of the riding's population, another Canadian high. Chinese, not otherwise specified (i.e. Cantonese, Mandarin, etc.) is the home language for 12.0% of the people in Scarborough—Agincourt (another demographic record).[5]
Ethnic groups: 46.0% Chinese, 20.8% White, 15.1% South Asian, 5.3% Black, 3.8% Filipino, 1.9% West Asian, 1.6% Arab
Languages: 41.3% Chinese, 32.5% English, 5.1% Tamil, 2.3% Tagalog, 1.8% Armenian, 1.7% Arabic, 1.6% Greek, 1.4% Italian, 1.4% Urdu, 1.2% Persian
Religions: 42.7% Christian (18.0% Catholic, 5.3% Christian Orthodox, 2.3% Anglican, 2.0% Baptist, 1.7% United Church, 1.5% Pentecostal, 1.0% Presbyterian, 10.9% Other Christian), 7.9% Hindu, 6.5% Muslim, 5.6% Buddhist, 36.5% no religion
Median income (2010): $20,702
Average income (2010): $29,076
The federal riding was created in 1987 from York—Scarborough. It consisted in initially of the part of the City of Scarborough bounded on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, on the east by the Canadian National Railway line situated immediately west of Midland Avenue, and on the south by Ellesmere Road.
In 2003, it was given the boundaries as described above.
A by-election was held on June 30, 2014 as a result of the resignation of Member of Parliament Jim Karygiannis to run for City Councillor in the 2014 Toronto municipal election.[8]
Following the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, the riding lost the part of the riding east of Midland Avenue to the new riding of Scarborough North.
Following the death of Member of Parliament Arnold Chan on September 14, 2017, his widow, Jean Yip, won the seat.[9]
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Scarborough—Agincourt Riding created from York—Scarborough |
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34th | 1988–1993 | Jim Karygiannis | Liberal | |
35th | 1993–1997 | |||
36th | 1997–2000 | |||
37th | 2000–2004 | |||
38th | 2004–2006 | |||
39th | 2006–2008 | |||
40th | 2008–2011 | |||
41st | 2011–2014 | |||
2014–2015 | Arnold Chan | |||
42nd | 2015–2017 | |||
2017–2019 | Jean Yip | |||
43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
44th | 2021–present |
2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Jean Yip | 20,712 | 56.54 | +6.04 | ||||
Conservative | Mark Johnson | 10,630 | 29.02 | -8.03 | ||||
New Democratic | Larisa Julius | 3,680 | 10.04 | +1.34 | ||||
People's | Eric Muraven | 978 | 2.67 | +1.42 | ||||
Green | Arjun Balasingham | 631 | 1.72 | -0.79 | ||||
Total valid votes | 36,630 | |||||||
Total rejected ballots | 422 | 1.14 | +0.01 | |||||
Turnout | 37,052 | 53.16 | -5.65 | |||||
Eligible voters | 69,705 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.04 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[10][11] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Jean Yip | 21,115 | 50.50 | +1.09 | $64,047.27 | |||
Conservative | Sean Hu | 15,492 | 37.05 | -3.50 | $90,791.36 | |||
New Democratic | Larisa Julius | 3,636 | 8.70 | +3.63 | $0.00 | |||
Green | Randi Ramdeen | 1,050 | 2.51 | +1.14 | $0.00 | |||
People's | Anthony Internicola | 521 | 1.25 | - | none listed | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,814 | 98.87 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 476 | 1.13 | +0.49 | |||||
Turnout | 42,290 | 58.81 | +31.99 | |||||
Eligible voters | 71,907 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.29 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[12][13] |
On November 5, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that a by-election would be held on December 11, 2017.[14]
Canadian federal by-election, December 11, 2017 Death of Arnold Chan | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Jean Yip | 9,088 | 49.41 | -2.54 | ||||
Conservative | Dasong Zou | 7,458 | 40.55 | +2.42 | ||||
New Democratic | Brian Chang | 931 | 5.06 | -2.79 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Jude Coutinho | 372 | 2.02 | +1.22 | ||||
Green | Michael DiPasquale | 252 | 1.37 | -0.00 | ||||
Independent | Tom Zhu | 148 | 0.80 | |||||
Independent | John "The Engineer" Turmel | 145 | 0.79 | |||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 18,394 | 99.37 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 117 | 0.63 | +0.04 | |||||
Turnout | 18,511 | 26.82 | -32.59 | |||||
Eligible voters | 69,007 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.53 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Arnold Chan | 21,587 | 51.95 | +6.38 | $70,985.90 | |||
Conservative | Bin Chang | 15,802 | 38.03 | +3.88 | $81,000.27 | |||
New Democratic | Laura Thomas Patrick | 3,263 | 7.85 | -10.14 | $3,832.40 | |||
Green | Debra Scott | 570 | 1.37 | -0.92 | – | |||
Christian Heritage | Jude Coutinho | 334 | 0.80 | – | $621.16 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,556 | 99.41 | $203,566.74 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 248 | 0.59 | – | |||||
Turnout | 41,804 | 59.42 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 70,355 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.25 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[15][16] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[17] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Liberal | 17,197 | 45.57 | |
Conservative | 12,887 | 34.15 | |
New Democratic | 6,788 | 17.99 | |
Green | 866 | 2.29 |
Resignation of Jim Karygiannis | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Arnold Chan | 12,868 | 59.38 | +13.98 | ||||
Conservative | Trevor Ellis | 6,344 | 29.27 | −4.91 | ||||
New Democratic | Elizabeth Ying Long | 1,838 | 8.48 | −9.62 | ||||
Independent | Kevin Clarke | 315 | 1.45 | - | ||||
Green | Shahbaz Mir | 307 | 1.42 | −0.90 | ||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 21,672 | 99.44 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 121 | 0.56 | −0.09 | |||||
Turnout | 21,793 | 29.43 | −26.60 | |||||
Eligible voters | 74,062 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +9.45 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[18] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Jim Karygiannis | 18,498 | 45.39 | −11.24 | $59,289.81 | |||
Conservative | Harry Tsai | 13,930 | 34.18 | +4.78 | $78,678.16 | |||
New Democratic | Nancy Patchell | 7,376 | 18.10 | +8.79 | $2,771.86 | |||
Green | Pauline Thompson | 946 | 2.32 | −2.32 | $0 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 40,750 | 100.00 | $84,591.02 | $140,739.83 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 266 | 0.65 | +0.05 | |||||
Turnout | 41,016 | 56.91 | +2.75 | |||||
Eligible voters | 72,069 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.01 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Jim Karygiannis | 22,795 | 56.63 | −5.96 | $62,348.27 | |||
Conservative | Benson Lau | 11,836 | 29.41 | +5.58 | $82,246.11 | |||
New Democratic | Simon Dougherty | 3,748 | 9.31 | −1.77 | $1,915.89 | |||
Green | Adrian Molder | 1,870 | 4.65 | +2.15 | $1,575.30 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 40,249 | 99.44 | $82,589.11 | $148,085.57 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 228 | 0.56 | +0.19 | |||||
Turnout | 40,477 | 54.16 | −7.58 | |||||
Eligible voters | 74,734 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.77 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Jim Karygiannis | 28,065 | 62.59 | −1.5 | $55,681 | |||
Conservative | Bill Redwood | 10,684 | 23.82 | +2.8 | $61,542 | |||
New Democratic | David Robertson | 4,969 | 11.08 | +0.9 | $6,968 | |||
Green | Casey Maple | 1,120 | 2.49 | +0.3 | $0 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 44,838 | 100.00 | $124,191 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 168 | 0.4 | −0.1 | |||||
Turnout | 45,006 | 61.74 | +5.3 | |||||
Eligible voters | 72,895 | $76,434 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Jim Karygiannis | 26,400 | 64.1 | −6.0 | $61,321 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Faust | 8,649 | 21.0 | −3.01 | $71,263 | |||
New Democratic | D'Arcy Palmer | 4,182 | 10.2 | +6.3 | $4,124 | |||
Progressive Canadian | Tony J. Karadimas | 1,048 | 2.5 | Ø | $10,513 | |||
Green | Wayne Yeechong | 919 | 2.2 | Ø | $0 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,198 | 100.0 | $147,222 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 224 | 0.5 | ||||||
Turnout | 41,422 | 56.4 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 73,391 | |||||||
1: Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals in 2000. |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Jim Karygiannis | 26,986 | 70.1 | +5.0 | $62,964 | |||
Alliance | Andrew Faust | 5,100 | 13.4 | +2.61 | $19,772 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Bruce Elliott | 4,030 | 10.6 | −7.2 | $9,953 | |||
New Democratic | Michael Laxer | 1,499 | 3.9 | −2.4 | $2,785 | |||
Canadian Action | Wayne Cook | 341 | 0.9 | Ø | $10,116 | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Sarah Thompson | 112 | 0.3 | Ø | $8 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 38,068 | 100.0 | $105,599 | |||||
1: Canadian Alliance change is based on Reform Party totals in 1997. |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Jim Karygiannis | 25,995 | 65.1 | +5.3 | $47,944 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Rick Perkins | 7,115 | 17.8 | −3.4 | $41,232 | |||
Reform | Edward Lee | 4,291 | 10.8 | −3.8 | $0.00 | |||
New Democratic | Doug Hum | 2,512 | 6.3 | +4.0 | $15,398 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 39,913 | 100.0 | $104,574 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Jim Karygiannis | 24,739 | 59.8 | +15.5 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Ben Eng | 8,775 | 21.2 | −21.2 | ||||
Reform | Cyril Gibb | 6,036 | 14.6 | Ø | ||||
New Democratic | Joe José Perez | 944 | 2.3 | −9.3 | ||||
National | Bruce Nord | 270 | 0.7 | Ø | ||||
Independent | Anne C. McBride | 247 | 0.6 | −0.4 | ||||
Natural Law | Bill Morrison | 194 | 0.5 | Ø | ||||
Abolitionist | Michael Green | 95 | 0.2 | Ø | ||||
Independent | Sp. Thakore | 89 | 0.2 | Ø | ||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,389 | 100.0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Jim Karygiannis | 19,459 | 44.3 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | W. Paul McCrossan | 18,601 | 42.4 | |||||
New Democratic | Susie Vallance | 5,082 | 11.6 | |||||
Independent | Anne C. McBride | 442 | 1.0 | |||||
Libertarian | B.D.G. Antrobus | 328 | 0.7 | |||||
Total valid votes | 43,912 |
Three neighbourhoods fall completely within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:
The west ends of three neighbourhoods also fall within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:
In addition, there are other neighbourhoods such as Wishing Well, Lynngate and Bridlewood.
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