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District in Scarborough, Toronto, Canada For the federal electoral district, see Scarborough—Rouge Park.

Scarborough—Rouge Park

Ontario electoral district

Scarborough-Rouge Park in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries)

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Vijay Thanigasalam
Progressive Conservative

District created

2015

First contested

Last contested

Demographics

Population (2016)

102,275

Electors (2018)

76,313

Area (km²)

55

Pop. density (per km²)

1,859.5

Census division(s)

Census subdivision(s)

Scarborough—Rouge Park is a provincial electoral district in Scarborough, Toronto. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. This riding was created in 2015.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Scarborough—Rouge Park
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Pickering—Scarborough East, Scarborough—Guildwood and Scarborough—Rouge River
42nd	2018–2022		Vijay Thanigasalam	Progressive Conservative
43rd	2022–present		Vijay Thanigasalam	Progressive Conservative

Election results

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Vijay Thanigasalam	15,989	45.28	+6.66	$51,906
	Liberal	Manal Abdullahi	9,784	27.71	+6.80	$64,073
	New Democratic	Felicia Samuel	7,742	21.92	−14.40	$82,981
	Green	Priyan De Silva	850	2.41	−0.01	$806
	Ontario Party	Gordon Kerr	523	1.48		$7,952
	New Blue	Christopher Bressi	285	0.81		$0
	Freedom	Matthew Oliver	139	0.39		$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			35,312	99.62	+0.50	$109,994
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			135	0.38	-0.50
Turnout			35,447	45.12	-10.42
Eligible voters			77,916
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−0.07
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Vijay Thanigasalam	16,224	38.61
	New Democratic	Felicia Samuel	15,261	36.32
	Liberal	Sumi Shan	8,785	20.91
	Green	Priyan De Silva	1,014	2.41
	Libertarian	Todd Byers	582	1.39
	Trillium	Amit Mahendra Pitamber	149	0.35
Total valid votes			42,015	99.12
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			372	0.88
Turnout			42,387	55.54
Eligible voters			76,313
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

References

"Ontario's Liberal government adds 15 new ridings, bringing total to 122". CBC. Canadian Press. December 2, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
"Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 8. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

External links

Map of riding for 2018 election

43°48′18″N 79°10′34″W / 43.805°N 79.176°W / 43.805; -79.176

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