Scarborough Centre (provincial electoral district)

Scarborough Centre

Ontario electoral district
Scarborough Centre in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Brad Duguid Liberal
District created	1963
First contested	1963
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	111,911
Electors (2011)	71,094
Area (km²)	27.54
Pop. density (per km²)	4,063.6
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Coordinates: 43°46′N 79°15′W / 43.767°N 79.250°W / 43.767; -79.250

Scarborough Centre is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1963.

It consists of the part of the Scarborough district of the City of Toronto bounded:

Notable landmarks in Scarborough Centre include:

It has been represented in the Ontario Legislature by Liberal Brad Duguid since 2003.

Scarborough Centre is a bellwether riding, having voted for the winner in every election since 1971 (longer than any other provincial riding). However, it did comprise different territories, changing shape significantly between the 1995 and 1999 elections.

The riding was created in 1963 through an amendment to the Representation Act. It was formed from the south central part of the former riding of York—Scarborough. The riding was bordered by Lawrence Avenue to the north, Kennedy Road to the west, Lake Ontario to the south and Markham Road to the east.

In 1975, the boundary was significantly altered. The northern boundary of Lawrence Avenue and the southern boundary of Lake Ontario were retained. The western boundary was redrawn as follows: from Lawrence Avenue, it followed the CNR right-of-way located west of Midland Avenue south and then curved southeast to where it met Midland Avenue at Danforth Road. It followed Midland Avenue south to Kingston Road where it turned southwest following Kingston to a point where a northerly extension of Wynnview Court would meet the road. It then turned south along Wynnview Court and continued on the same line south until it met the lake. The eastern boundary started at Lawrence Avenue and went south on Scarborough Golf Club Road following this road to the CNR right-of-way. It followed the tracks west to Markham Road and then south to the lake.