Pickering—Scarborough East was a federal

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, Canada, that had been represented in the

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from 2004 to 2015. The district was created in 2003 from 44.1% of

Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge was an electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2003. This riding was created in 1996, from parts of Durham and Ontario ridings. It consisted of th ...

, 39.7% of Scarborough East, and 0.1% of Scarborough—Rouge River ridings. Following the

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, the riding was redistributed between Pickering—Uxbridge and Scarborough—Rouge Park. The district consisted of the southwest part of the city of Pickering and the southeast part of the

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district of

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. It was the only riding to overlap the boundaries of the 416 (City of Toronto) and the 905 (Greater Toronto Area) regions. Specifically, it consisted of the part of the City of Pickering lying south and west of a line drawn from the western city limit east along

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, south along Valley Farm Road, northeast along

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and south along Brock Road to the southern city limit; and the part of the City of Toronto lying south and east of a line drawn from the eastern city limit west along Finch Avenue East, south along Meadowvale Road, west along

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East, south along Morningside Avenue and southeast along Highland Creek to Lake Ontario.

Demographics

(According to the

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) Ethnic groups: 61.3% White, 13.5% South Asian, 10.4% Black, 4.1% Filipino, 3.2% Chinese
Languages: 74.6% English, 1.3% French, 23.9% Other
Average income: $31 920

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

References

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Riding history from the

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* ickering—Scarborough East 2011 results from Elections Canada
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
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Demographics

Member of Parliament

Election results

See also

References