Pickering—Scarborough East (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Pickering—Scarborough East.

Pickering—Scarborough East

Ontario electoral district
Pickering—Scarborough East in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Tracy MacCharles Liberal
District created	2003
First contested	2007
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2006)	106,602
Electors (2011)	76,709
Area (km²)	52
Pop. density (per km²)	2,050
Census divisions	Durham, Toronto
Census subdivisions	Pickering, Scarborough

Map of Pickering-Scarborough East

Pickering—Scarborough East is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2007.

The district was created in 2003 from 44.1% of Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge, 39.7% of Scarborough East, and 0.1% of Scarborough—Rouge River ridings.

The district consists of the southwest part of the city of Pickering and the southeast part of the Scarborough district of Toronto.

Specifically, it consists of the part of the City of Pickering lying south and west of a line drawn from the western city limit east along Finch Avenue, south along Valley Farm Road, northeast along Highway 401 and south along Brock Road to the southern city limit; and the part of the City of Toronto lying south and east of a line drawn from the eastern city limit west along Finch Avenue East, south along Meadowvale Road, west along Sheppard Avenue East, south along Morningside Avenue and southeast along Highland Creek to Lake Ontario.

Demographics

(According to the Canada 2006 Census)

Ethnic groups: 61.3% White, 13.5% South Asian, 10.4% Black, 4.1% Filipino, 3.2% Chinese
Languages: 74.6% English, 1.3% French, 23.9% Other
Average income: $31 920

Members of Provincial Parliament

Pickering—Scarborough East
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge, Scarborough East and Scarborough—Rouge River
39th	2007–2011		Wayne Arthurs	Liberal
40th	2011–2014		Tracy MacCharles	Liberal
41st	2014–Present

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Tracy MacCharles	23,128	51.76	+5.10
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Gaudet	12,623	28.25	-5.16
	New Democratic	Eileen Higdon	6,599	14.77	-1.70
	Green	Anthony Navarro	1,548	3.46	+0.65
	Libertarian	Scott Hoefig	590	1.32	+0.67
	Freedom	Matt Oliver	192	0.43
Total valid votes			44,680	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+5.13
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Tracy MacCharles	18,201	46.66	-1.97
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Gaudet	13,033	33.41	+1.70
	New Democratic	Nerissa Carino	6,424	16.47	+5.24
	Green	Kevin Smith	1,096	2.81	-3.52
	Libertarian	Heath Thomas	252	0.65	-0.27
Total valid votes			39,006	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			166	0.42
Turnout			39,172	49.69
Eligible voters			78,835
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.84
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Wayne Arthurs	19,762	48.63
	Progressive Conservative	Diana Hall	12,884	31.71
	New Democratic	Andrea Moffat	4,563	11.23
	Green	Anita Lalchan	2,572	6.33
	Libertarian	Josh Insang	375	0.92
	Independent	John Newell	270	0.66
	Family Coalition	Mitchell Andrew Persaud	210	0.52
Total valid votes			40,636	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	24,849	63.5
	Mixed member proportional	14,274	36.5
	Total valid votes	39,123	100.0

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results