Scarborough North (provincial electoral district)

Scarborough North is a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada. It was originally created prior to the 1963 provincial election and eliminated in 1996, when most of its territory was incorporated into the ridings of Scarborough—Agincourt and Scarborough—Rouge River. For the 2018 provincial election, it was re-created from Scarborough—Agincourt and Scarborough—Rouge River. Scarborough North riding was originally created from part of the former riding of York—Scarborough. It is in the former borough of Scarborough.

Two Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its original existence. The most notable was Alvin Curling who served as Speaker of the Legislature.

On August 14, 2018, the province redrew municipal boundaries via the Better Local Government Act, 2018, S.O. 2018, c. 11 - Bill 5.^[1] This means that the 25 Provincial districts and the 25 municipal wards in Toronto currently share the same geographic borders.

Defined in legislation as: "Consisting of that part of the City of Toronto described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the northerly limit of said city with the Rouge River; thence generally southerly along said river to the electric power transmission line; thence westerly along said transmission line to Morningside Avenue; thence southerly along said avenue to Neilson Road; thence generally southerly along said road to Highway No. 401; thence westerly along said highway to Midland Avenue; thence northerly along said avenue to the northerly limit of said city; thence easterly along said limit to the point of commencement."^[2]

History

The riding was created in 1963 through an amendment to the Representation Act. It formed the northwest part of the former riding of York—Scarborough. The riding was bordered by Lawrence Avenue to the south, Victoria Park Avenue to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north and Markham Road to the east.^[3]

In 1975, the boundary was significantly altered. The western boundary remained Victoria Park Avenue and the northern boundary of Steeles Avenue were retained. The eastern boundary was extended to the city limits at the edge of the Rouge River. The southern boundary was made as follows. Going east on Lawrence Avenue from Victoria Park Avenue it went to Birchmount Road. It headed north on Birchmount to Highway 401 and then continued east along the highway until it met the city limits.^[4]^[5]

In 1987 the boundary was altered again. The eastern border was shifted east to the CNR right-of-way east of Kennedy Road. The southern border became Highway 401 from the railway to the city limits. The northern and eastern borders remained the same.^[6]^[7]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Scarborough North
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*Created from York—Scarborough in 1963*
27th	1963–1967		Thomas Wells	Progressive Conservative
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987		Alvin Curling	Liberal
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[8]
*Merged into Scarborough—Agincourt and Scarborough—Rouge River after 1996*
Re-created from Scarborough—Agincourt and Scarborough—Rouge River in 2015
42nd	2018–2022		Raymond Cho	Progressive Conservative
43rd	2022–2025
44th	2025–present

Electoral results

2015 boundaries

2025 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Raymond Cho	13,031	52.98	+4.67
	Liberal	Anita Anandarajan	8,548	34.75	+5.14
	New Democratic	Thadsha Navaneethan	2,554	10.38	–8.03
	Green	Zdravko Gunjevic	465	1.89	+0.06
Total valid votes			24,598	99.46	±0.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			134	0.54	±0.00
Turnout			24,732	37.08	–2.18
Eligible voters			66,703
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–0.24
Source: Elections Ontario^[9]^[10]

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Raymond Cho	12,646	48.31	−2.74	$59,970
	Liberal	Anita Anandarajan	7,750	29.61	+7.56	$27,802
	New Democratic	Justin Kong	4,820	18.41	−5.98	$46,774
	Green	Tara Mcmahon	479	1.83	+0.24	$0
	New Blue	James Bountrogiannis	277	1.06		$1,067
	Ontario Party	Pete Grusys	105	0.40		$0
	None of the Above	Mark Dickson	100	0.38		$156
Total valid votes/expense limit			26,177	99.46	+0.30	$93,845
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			141	0.54	-0.30
Turnout			26,318	39.26	-11.50
Eligible voters			66,444
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−5.15
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023.

v t e 2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Raymond Cho	17,413	51.05	+19.87
	New Democratic	Dwayne Morgan	8,320	24.39	–1.75
	Liberal	Chin Lee	7,519	22.04	–18.03
	Green	Nicole Peltier	543	1.59	–0.01
	Libertarian	Sean Morgan	318	0.93	N/A
Total valid votes			34,113	100.0
	Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal		Swing		+10.81
Source: Elections Ontario^[11]

2014 general election redistributed results^[12]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	12,365	40.07
	Progressive Conservative	9,623	31.18
	New Democratic	8,067	26.14
	Green	494	1.60
	Others	313	1.01

1963 boundaries

1963 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Leonard Wells	9,918	50.73
	Liberal	F. Leslie Callan	4,849	24.80
	New Democratic	Angus Smith	4,785	24.47
Total valid votes			19,552	100.00
Source: Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario 1867-1967

1967 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Leonard Wells	11,729	42.03
	New Democratic	John Brewin	10,202	36.56
	Liberal	Milne Freeman	5,977	21.42
Total valid votes			27,908	100.00
Source: Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario 1867-1967

**1971 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes^[13]	Vote %
Progressive Conservative	Thomas Leonard Wells	24,804	56.1
New Democrat	John Brewin	12,921	29.2
Liberal	Bob Reid	6,106	13.8
Independent	Arthur Wright	360	0.8
	Total	44,191

1975 boundaries

**1975 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes^[14]	Vote %
Progressive Conservative	Thomas Wells	16,427	43.3
Liberal	Gerry Phillips	13,821	36.4
New Democrat	Guy Beaulieu	7,268	19.1
Independent	Robert Schultz	438	1.2
	Total	37,954

**1977 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes^[15]	Vote %
Progressive Conservative	Thomas Wells	21,250	50.0
Liberal	Jean Brookes	10,495	24.7
New Democrat	Frank Lowery	10,015	23.6
Libertarian	Marilee Haylock	722	1.7
	Total	42,482

**1981 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes^[16]	Vote %
Progressive Conservative	Thomas Wells	30,560	61.0
Liberal	Jean Brookes	12,913	25.8
New Democrat	Jerry Daca	6,650	13.3
	Total	50,123

**1985 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes^[17]	Vote %
Liberal	Alvin Curling	30,504	47.5
Progressive Conservative	Carole Noble	22,644	35.3
New Democrat	Jerry Daca	9,072	14.1
Independent	R.J. Austin	1,974	3.1
	Total	64,194

1987 boundaries

**1987 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes^[18]	Vote %
Liberal	Alvin Curling	20,021	63.0
Progressive Conservative	Peter Lam	5,861	18.5
New Democrat	Nick Summers	4,509	14.2
Family Coalition	Louis L. Di Rocco	1,371	4.3
	Total	31,762

**1990 Ontario general election**
Party	Candidate	Votes^[19]^{[nb 1]}	Vote %
Liberal	Alvin Curling	13,393	44.6
New Democrat	Victor Deane	9,477	31.5
Progressive Conservative	Harold Adams	5,367	17.9
Family Coalition	Louis L. Di Rocco	1,199	4.0
Green	James Greig	620	2.1
	Total	30,056

v t e 1995 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alvin Curling	15,507	46.1
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Thomas	10,508	31.2
	New Democratic	Tarek Fatah	6,431	19.1
	Freedom	Paul Blair	601	1.8
	Family Coalition	Rina Morra	369	1.1
	Natural Law	Fred Fredeen	239	0.7
Total			33,655
Source: "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. June 8, 1995. Retrieved August 27, 2012.

References

Notes

↑ 171 out of 172 polls reporting.

Citations

↑ "e-Laws | Ontario.ca". www.ontario.ca. Archived from the original on June 16, 2025. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
↑ "Legal description electoral boundaries" (PDF). Elections Ontario.
↑ "Representation Act, RSO 1970, c 413". Ontario: Revised Statutes. 1970 (5). Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 1970.
↑ Howard, Ross (September 9, 1975). "Education chiefs find schools not an issue". Toronto Star. p. A7.
↑ "The Representation Act, 1975, SO 1975, c 13". Ontario: Annual Statutes. 1975 (1). Legislative Assembly of Ontario. March 10, 1975.
↑ Horgun, Mary Ann (August 24, 1987). "Challengers face housing minister". Toronto Star. p. A7.
↑ "Representation Act, 1986, SO 1986, c 30". Ontario: Annual Statutes. 1986 (1). Legislative Assembly of Ontario. January 6, 1986.
↑
For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Thomas Wells' Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Leonard Wells, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
- For Alvin Curling's Legislative Assembly information see "Alvin Curling, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
↑ "Candidates in: Scarborough North (096)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
↑ "Vote Totals From Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. March 3, 2025. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
↑ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 8. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
↑ "96 - Scarborough North".
↑ Canadian Press (October 22, 1971). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 12.
↑ Canadian Press (September 19, 1975). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.
↑ Canadian Press (June 10, 1977). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.
↑ Canadian Press (March 20, 1981). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
↑ Canadian Press (May 3, 1985). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
↑ "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. September 11, 1987. p. A12.
↑ "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. September 7, 1990. p. A10.

v t e Provincial ridings in Ontario
Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Kiiwetinoong Mushkegowuk—James Bay Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins
Eastern	Bay of Quinte Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Hastings—Lennox and Addington Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Central	Barrie—Innisfil Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Northumberland—Peterborough South Peterborough—Kawartha Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe
Midwestern	Brantford—Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener South—Hespeler Oxford Perth—Wellington Waterloo Wellington—Halton Hills
Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Leamington Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West
Peel	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville
Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara	Burlington Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Milton Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West Oakville North—Burlington Oakville St. Catharines
Ottawa	Carleton Kanata—Carleton Nepean Orléans Ottawa Centre Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean
Durham and York	Ajax Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill Durham King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Newmarket—Aurora Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge Whitby
Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston
See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario