Scarborough—Rouge Park (provincial electoral district)

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
MPP	Vijay Thanigasalam; Progressive Conservative
;
District created	2015
First contested	2018
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Population (2016)	102,275
Electors (2018)	76,313
Area (km²)	55
Pop. density (per km²)	1,859.5
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

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.[1]

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

2022 Ontario general election
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Vijay Thanigasalam	15,732	45.47	+6.86
	Liberal	Manal Abdullahi	9,522	27.52	+6.61
	New Democratic	Felicia Samuel	7,576	21.89	-14.43
	Green	Priyan De Silva	835	2.41	±0.00
	Ontario Party	Gordon Kerr	521	1.51
	New Blue	Christopher Bressi	283	0.82
	Freedom	Matthew Oliver	133	0.38
Total valid votes			34,602	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
Turnout				44.12
Eligible voters			78,430
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+0.13
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

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
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[3]

References

"Ontario's Liberal government adds 15 new ridings, bringing total to 122". CBC. Canadian Press. December 2, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
"Candidates in: Scarborough—Rouge Park (097)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
"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

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[1] "Ontario's Liberal government adds 15 new ridings, bringing total to 122". CBC. Canadian Press. December 2, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2017.

[2] "Candidates in: Scarborough—Rouge Park (097)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved May 6, 2022.

[3] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 8. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

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See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario