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Scarborough Southwest in relation to the other Toronto ridings

The former borders of Scarborough Southwest, in place from 1996 to 2004. These borders are still those represented in the Ontario legislature and on Toronto city council

Scarborough Southwest is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

On Toronto City Council, the southeast portion is represented by Brian Ashton. The northwest section is representd by Adrian Heaps.

It covers the southwestern part of the Scarborough part of Toronto. It stretches from Lake Ontario in the south to Eglinton Avenue in the north.

It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the south by Lake Ontario, and on the north and east by a line drawn from Victoria Park Avenue northeast along the hydroelectric transmission line situated north of Craigton Drive, south along the Canadian National Railway, east along Eglinton Avenue East, south along Bellamy Road South, southwest along Kingston Road, and southeast along Bellamy Ravine Creek.

The riding includes the neighbouhoods of Birch Cliff, Oakridge, Birchmount Park, Cliffside, Kennedy Park, Clairlea, Golden Mile, Ionview and Cliffcrest in Scarborough, Toronto.

The federal riding was created in 1996 from parts of Scarborough Centre and Scarborough West. It consisted initially of the part of the City of Scarborough lying south and west of a line drawn from the western city limit east along Eglinton Avenue East, north along Markham Road, east along the Canadian National Railway, southwest along Kingston Road, south along Scarborough Golf Club Road, southwest along Hill Crescent, southeast along Bellamy Ravine Creek.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

This riding has elected the following member of the Canadian House of Commons:

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

1. Dan Newman, Progressive Conservative, (1999 -2003)
2. Lorenzo Berardinetti, Liberal (2003 - present)

All electoral information is taken from Elections Canada. Italicized expenditures from elections after 1997 refer to candidate submissions, and are presented when the final reviewed totals are not available. Expenditures from 1997 refer to submitted totals. The +/- figures from 1997 and 2004 are adjusted for redistribution.

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Federal Ridings in Greater Toronto
Liberal	Ajax—Pickering | Beaches—East York | Bramalea—Gore—Malton | Brampton—Springdale | Brampton West | Davenport | Don Valley East | Don Valley West | Eglinton—Lawrence | Etobicoke Centre | Etobicoke—Lakeshore | Etobicoke North | Markham—Unionville | Mississauga—Brampton South | Mississauga East—Cooksville | Mississauga—Erindale | Mississauga South | Mississauga—Streetsville* | Oak Ridges—Markham | Pickering—Scarborough East | Richmond Hill | St. Paul's | Scarborough—Agincourt | Scarborough Centre | Scarborough—Guildwood | Scarborough—Rouge River | Scarborough Southwest | Thornhill | Toronto Centre | Vaughan | Willowdale | York Centre | York South—Weston | York West
New Democratic	Parkdale—High Park | Toronto—Danforth | Trinity—Spadina
Conservative	Mississauga—Streetsville* | Oshawa | Whitby—Oshawa
* Mississauga—Streetsville MP Wajid Khan was elected as a Liberal, but has crossed the floor to the Conservatives.