Scarborough—Guildwood (federal electoral district)

Scarborough—Guildwood is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

It was created in 2003 from parts of Scarborough East, Scarborough Southwest and Scarborough Centre.

This riding lost territory to Scarborough—Rouge Park and Scarborough Southwest, and gained territory from Scarborough Centre during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Geography

It is centred on the Guildwood neighbourhood. It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded by a line drawn from Lake Ontario north along Markham Road, west along Eglinton Avenue, north along Bellamy Road South, west along Lawrence Avenue, north along McCowan Road, east along Highway 401, south along Morningside Avenue back to Lake Ontario.

Presently, it contains the neighbourhoods of Guildwood, West Hill (west of Morningside Avenue), Morningside, Woburn, and Scarborough Village (east of Markham Road).

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 36.2% South Asian, 22.2% White, 15.2% Black, 8.8% Filipino, 4.7% Chinese, 2.6% West Asian, 1.5% Latin American, 1.4% Indigenous, 1.3% Arab, 1.0% Southeast Asian
Languages: 47.4% English, 6.8% Tamil, 5.2% Gujarati, 4.5% Tagalog, 3.0% Bengali, 2.9% Urdu, 1.7% Mandarin, 1.7% Cantonese, 1.4% Hindi, 1.3% Spanish, 1.3% Malayalam, 1.2% Dari, 1.1% Arabic, 1.1% Spanish, 1.0% Punjabi
Religions: 44.7% Christian (20.1% Catholic, 3.0% Christian Orthodox, 2.5% Anglican, 2.2% Pentecostal, 1.4% United Church, 1.2% Baptist, 14.3% Other), 18.5% Muslim, 17.5% Hindu, 1.0% Buddhist, 16.7% None
Median income: $33,200 (2020)

Average income: $41,760 (2020)

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years		Party
Scarborough—Guildwood Riding created from Scarborough East, Scarborough Southwest and Scarborough Centre
38th	2004–2006	John McKay	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present
Riding dissolved into Scarborough—Guildwood—Rouge Park, Scarborough Southwest, and Scarborough—Woburn

Election results

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Graph of election results in Scarborough—Guildwood since 2004 (parties that never received at least 2% of the vote are omitted)

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John McKay	22,944	61.1	±0.0	$35,483.55
	Conservative	Carmen Wilson	7,998	21.3	-1.1	$13,959.11
	New Democratic	Michelle Spencer	5,091	13.6	+2.4	$3,318.16
	People's	James Bountrogiannis	1,096	2.9	+1.4	$2,840.02
	Independent	Kevin Clarke	155	0.4	+0.1	none listed
	Centrist	Aslam Khan	129	0.3	N/A	$3,888.19
	Independent	Opa Day	85	0.2	N/A	$2,840.02
	Canadian Nationalist	Gus Stefanis	52	0.1	-0.1	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			37,550	98.6	–	$104,850.02
Total rejected ballots			548	1.4
Turnout			38,098	58.0
Eligible voters			65,711
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.6
Source: Elections Canada

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John McKay	26,123	61.12	+1.08	$79,793.87
	Conservative	Quintus Thuraisingham	9,553	22.35	-4.15	$57,402.46
	New Democratic	Michelle Spencer	4,806	11.24	-0.02	none listed
	Green	Tara McMahon	1,220	2.85	+1.41	none listed
	People's	Jigna Jani	648	1.52	-	none listed
	Independent	Kevin Clarke	112	0.26	-0.16	none listed
	Canadian Nationalist	Gus Stefanis	85	0.20	–	none listed
	Independent	Stephen Abara	70	0.16	-	none listed
	Independent	Kathleen Marie Holding	70	0.16	-	none listed
	Canada's Fourth Front	Farhan Alvi	55	0.13	-	$791.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			42,742	98.66
Total rejected ballots			580	1.34	+0.87
Turnout			43,322	62.89	-1.69
Eligible voters			68,886
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.61
Source: Elections Canada

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John McKay	25,167	60.04	+24.25	$77,572.69
	Conservative	Chuck Konkel	11,108	26.50	-8.19	$80,342.41
	New Democratic	Laura Casselman	4,720	11.26	-15.44	$14,956.71
	Green	Kathleen Holding	606	1.45	-0.78	–
	Independent	Kevin Clarke	175	0.42	–	–
	Marijuana	Paul Coulbeck	141	0.34	-0.26	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,917	99.53		$198,726.79
Total rejected ballots			198	0.47
Turnout			42,115	64.58
Eligible voters			65,217
	Liberal hold		Swing		+16.22
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	12,380	35.79
	Conservative	11,999	34.69
	New Democratic	9,237	26.70
	Green	769	2.22
	Others	206	0.60

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John McKay	13,849	36.20	-13.97
	Conservative	Chuck Konkel	13,158	34.39	+4.23
	New Democratic	Danielle Ouellette	10,145	26.52	+12.15
	Green	Alonzo Bartley	848	2.22	-3.09
	Independent	Paul Coulbeck	259	0.68	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			38,259	100.00
Total rejected ballots			186	0.48	-0.03
Turnout			38,445	57.59	+3.57
Eligible voters			66,756	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-9.10

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John McKay	18,098	50.16	-3.09	$47,878
	Conservative	Chuck Konkel	10,881	30.16	+1.46	$71,234
	New Democratic	Sania Khan	5,183	14.36	+0.13	$15,238
	Green	Alonzo Bartley	1,913	5.30	+2.30
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,075	100.00	$80,466
Total rejected ballots			186	0.51	-0.16
Turnout			36,261	54.02	-8.36
Eligible voters			67,124	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.28

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McKay	21,875	53.25	-4.28
	Conservative	Pauline Browes	11,790	28.70	+5.97
	New Democratic	Peter Campbell	5,847	14.23	-1.93
	Green	Mike Flanagan	1,235	3.00	-0.04
	Independent	Farooq Khan	150	0.36
	Canadian Action	Brenda Thompson	98	0.23	-0.32
	Independent	Andrew Thomas	82	0.19
Total valid votes			41,077	100.00
Total rejected ballots			276	0.67
Turnout			41,355	62.38
	Liberal hold		Swing		-5.13

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John McKay	20,950	57.53
	Conservative	Tom Varesh	8,277	22.73
	New Democratic	Sheila White	5,885	16.16
	Green	Paul Charbonneau	1,106	3.04
	Canadian Action	Brenda Thompson	200	0.55
Total valid votes			36,418	100.00

References

"Scarborough—Guildwood (federal electoral district) (Code 35082) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
2011 results from Elections Canada
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

"Census Profile, 2021 Census". Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
Statistics Canada: 2011
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Scarborough--Guildwood [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
"List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
"List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
"Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Scarborough—Guildwood, 30 September 2015
Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

v t e Federal ridings in Suburban Toronto
Liberal	Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Humber River—Black Creek Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest Willowdale York Centre
Independent	Don Valley North

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S Durham
& York

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City of Toronto
(Suburbs & Downtown)

Scarborough	Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough-Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest
Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston
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See also: Former federal ridings in Ontario
Provincial ridings in Ontario

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