Scarborough—Rouge Park (federal electoral district)

43°48′58″N 79°10′41″W / 43.816°N 79.178°W / 43.816; -79.178Federal electoral districtLegislatureHouse of CommonsMP Gary Anandasangaree
LiberalDistrict created2013District abolished2023First contested2015Last contested2021District webpageprofile, mapDemographicsPopulation (2021)^[1]102,254Electors (2015)71,291Area (km²)^[2]57Pop. density (per km²)1,793.9Census division(s)TorontoCensus subdivision(s)Toronto

Scarborough—Rouge Park is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Scarborough—Rouge Park was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election that took place on October 19, 2015.^[3] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Pickering—Scarborough East (49%), Scarborough—Rouge River (36%) and Scarborough-Guildwood (14%).^[4]

Geography

The riding consists of the eastern part of the Scarborough district of Toronto. It contains the neighbourhoods of Morningside Heights, Rouge, Port Union, West Rouge, Highland Creek, West Hill (east of Morningside Avenue) and Malvern (east of Neilson Road).

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[5]

Ethnic groups: 35.4% South Asian, 23.6% White, 15.0% Black, 8.9% Filipino, 4.4% Chinese, 1.4% Latin American, 1.3% West Asian, 1.1% Southeast Asian, 1.0% Arab
Languages: 55.2% English, 10.6% Tamil, 4.3% Tagalog, 1.9% Bengali, 2.1% Urdu, 1.8% Cantonese, 1.5% Punjabi, 1.4% Gujarati, 1.1% Mandarin, 1.0% Hindi
Religions: 47.9% Christian (22.9% Catholic, 2.8% Anglican, 2.5% Christian Orthodox, 2.5% Pentecostal, 1.3% United Church, 1.2% Baptist, 1.1% Presbyterian, 13.6% Other), 20.0% Hindu, 12.0% Muslim, 1.4% Sikh, 1.1% Buddhist, 17.0% None
Median income: $37,200 (2020)
Average income: $47,840 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Scarborough—Rouge Park Riding created from Pickering—Scarborough East, Scarborough-Guildwood and Scarborough—Rouge River
42nd	2015–2019		Gary Anandasangaree	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present
Riding dissolved into Scarborough—Guildwood—Rouge Park and Scarborough North

Election results

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gary Anandasangaree	28,702	62.8	+0.6	$71,573.02
	Conservative	Zia Choudhary	9,628	21.1	+1.0	$21,191.05
	New Democratic	Kingsley Kwok	6,068	13.3	+1.8	$1,821.27
	People's	Asad Rehman	1,322	2.9	+2.0	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,720	99.2	–	$108,684.77
Total rejected ballots			350	0.8
Turnout			46,070	61.3
Eligible voters			75,105
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.2
Source: Elections Canada[6]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gary Anandasangaree	31,360	62.2	+1.96	$93,933.93
	Conservative	Bobby Singh	10,115	20.1	-7.26	$18,116.82
	New Democratic	Kingsley Kwok	5,801	11.5	+1.14	none listed
	Green	Jessica Hamilton	2,330	4.6	+2.57	none listed
	People's	Dilano Sally	467	0.9	-	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Mark Theodoru	353	0.7	-	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,426	100.0
Total rejected ballots			322
Turnout			50,748	66.4
Eligible voters			76,408
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.61
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gary Anandasangaree	29,913	60.24	+25.48	$144,189.04
	Conservative	Leslyn Lewis	13,587	27.36	-4.23	$59,291.73
	New Democratic	KM Shanthikumar	5,145	10.36	-20.63	$58,736.40
	Green	Calvin Winter	1,010	2.03	-0.36	$1,457.51
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,655	100.0	–	$204,974.26
Total rejected ballots			235	0.47	New
Turnout			49,890	69.98	New
Eligible voters			71,291
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

2011 federal election redistributed results[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	14,157	34.76
	Conservative	12,865	31.59
	New Democratic	12,620	30.99
	Green	974	2.39
	Others	113	0.28

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