Scarborough—Ellesmere was a provincial
riding in
Ontario
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,
Canada
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. It was created prior to the
1975 provincial election and eliminated in 1996, when its territory was incorporated into the riding of
Scarborough Centre. Scarborough—Ellesmere riding was created from parts of the former ridings of
Scarborough North,
Scarborough West
Scarborough Southwest is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.
Geography
It covers the southwestern part of the Scarboro ...
and
Scarborough Centre. It was in the former borough of
Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to:
People
* Scarborough (surname)
* Earl of Scarbrough
Places Australia
* Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
* Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong
* Scarborough, Queensland, su ...
.
Four
Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its history. The most notable was
David Warner David or Dave Warner may refer to:
Sports
* Dave Warner (strongman) (born 1969), Northern Ireland strongman competitor
* David Bruce Warner (born 1970), South African alpine skier
* David Warner (cricketer) (born 1986), Australian cricketer
Oth ...
who served as Speaker of the Legislature from 1990 to 1995.
Boundaries
Scarborough—Ellesmere occupied the west central part of Scarborough. From its southwest corner it went north along
Victoria Park Avenue
Victoria Park Avenue is a major north-south route in eastern Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the western border of Scarborough, separating it from Old Toronto, East York, and North York. The common nickname for it is VP or Vic Park.
History
Vic ...
to
Lawrence Avenue East
Lawrence Avenue is a major east-west thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is divided into east and west portions (Lawrence Avenue East and Lawrence Avenue West) by Yonge Street, the dividing line of east-west streets in Toronto.
Route de ...
. East to
Birchmount Road and then north to
Highway 401
King's Highway 401, commonly referred to as Highway 401 and also known by its official name as the Macdonald–Cartier Freeway or colloquially referred to as the four-oh-one,
is a controlled-access 400-series highway in the Canadian provin ...
. It turned east and followed the 401 to
Markham Road Markham may refer to:
It may also refer to brand of of clothing which originates from South Africa which saw it's establishment in 1873.
Biology
* Markham's storm-petrel (''Oceanodroma markhami''), a seabird species found in Chile and Colombia
* ...
. South from this point along Markham to
Ellesmere Road Ellesmere ( ) may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Ellesmere, Queensland, a locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland
* the former name of Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia
Canada
* Ellesmere Island, an Arctic island of Canada and named for ...
and then east to Scarborough Golf Club Road. It went south to Lawrence Avenue East and then turned back west along Lawrence to
Midland Avenue
Midland may refer to:
Places Australia
* Midland, Western Australia
Canada
* Midland, Albert County, New Brunswick
* Midland, Kings County, New Brunswick
* Midland, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Midland, Ontario
India
* Midland Ward, Kohima, Naga ...
where it jogged south to
Eglinton Avenue East. It then followed Eglinton west to back to Victoria Park Avenue.
Members of Provincial Parliament
Electoral results
1975 boundaries
1987 boundaries
References
Notes
Citations
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Former provincial electoral districts of Ontario
Provincial electoral districts of Toronto
Scarborough, Toronto