Scarborough—Agincourt

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This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Scarborough—Agincourt (provincial electoral district). For the ward on Toronto City Council, see Ward 22 Scarborough—Agincourt.
Scarborough—Agincourt
Ontario electoral district
Scarborough-Agincourt in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries).png
Scarborough—Agincourt in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Jean Yip
Liberal
District created1987
First contested1988
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]104,499
Electors (2015)68,748
Area (km²)[1]22
Pop. density (per km²)4,750
Census division(s)Toronto
Census subdivision(s)Toronto
Map of Scarborough-Agincourt

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.

Geography[]

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).

Former boundaries[]

  • 1987-1996

  • 1996 to 2003 (remained the same)

  • 2003 to 2015

Demographics[]

Immigrants make up 67.8% of the population of Scarborough—Agincourt, the highest such percentage for any Canadian federal riding;[2] 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,[3] 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).[4]

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation[5][6]

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

History[]

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.[7]

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.[8]

Members of Parliament[]

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Scarborough—Agincourt
Riding created from York—Scarborough
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–present

Election results[]

Graph of election results in Scarborough—Agincourt (since 1988, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election
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[9][10]
2019 Canadian federal election
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[11][12]

On November 5, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that a by-election would be held on December 11, 2017.[13]

Canadian federal by-election, December 11, 2017
Death of Arnold Chan
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
2015 Canadian federal election
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[14][15]


2011 federal election redistributed results[16]
Party Vote %
  Liberal 17,197 45.57
  Conservative 12,887 34.15
  New Democratic 6,788 17.99
  Green 866 2.29
Canadian federal by-election, June 30, 2014
Resignation of Jim Karygiannis
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[17]
2011 Canadian federal election
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
2008 Canadian federal election
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
2006 Canadian federal election
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
2004 Canadian federal election
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.
2000 Canadian federal election
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.
1997 Canadian federal election
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
1993 Canadian federal election
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
1988 Canadian federal election
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

Neighbourhoods[]

Three neighbourhoods fall completely within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:

The west ends of three neighbourhoods also fall within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:

  • #128 - Agincourt South-Malvern West
  • #129 - Agincourt North
  • #130 - Milliken

In addition, there are other neighbourhoods such as Wishing Well, Lynngate and Bridlewood.

Community and resident associations[]

  • ACSA: Agincourt Community Services Association
  • Bridlewood
  • Leacock Community Association
  • Lynngate Residents' Association & Neighbourhood Watch
  • Neighbourhood Watch
  • SAS Scarborough Association of Seniors
  • The Scarborough-Agincourt Ward 40 Residents' Association

See also[]

References[]

  • "(Code 35080) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  • Riding history from Library of Parliament
  • 2011 results from Elections Canada
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. ^ "Immigrant Status and Place of Birth (38), Sex (3) and Age Groups (10) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  3. ^ "Appendix J Comparison of places of birth disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996". 2.statcan.ca. November 20, 2009. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  4. ^ "First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  5. ^ "National Household Survey (NHS) Profile, 2011".
  6. ^ "National Household Survey (NHS) Profile, 2011".
  7. ^ "Federal byelections set for June 30". CBC News. May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
  8. ^ Wherry, Aaron (September 14, 2017). "Liberal MP Arnold Chan dies after battle with cancer". CBC News. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  9. ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  10. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  11. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  12. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  13. ^ "Prime Minister of Canada announces by-elections". Prime Minister's Office. November 5, 2017.
  14. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Scarborough—Agincourt, 30 September 2015
  15. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  16. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
  17. ^ "Elections Canada". Elections Canada. June 30, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.

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