Scarborough North (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial riding. For the federal riding, see Scarborough North (electoral district).

Scarborough North

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1963
District abolished	1996
First contested	1963
Last contested	1995
Demographics
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Scarborough North was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1963 provincial election and eliminated in 1996, when most of its territory was incorporated into the ridings of Scarborough—Agincourt and Scarborough—Rouge River. Scarborough North riding was created from part of the former riding of York—Scarborough. It was in the former borough of Scarborough.

Two Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its existence. The most notable was Alvin Curling who served as Speaker of the Legislature.

Boundaries

The riding was created in 1963 through an amendment to the Representation Act. It formed the northwest part of the former riding of York—Scarborough. The riding was bordered by Lawrence Avenue to the south, Victoria Park Road to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north and Markham Road to the east.

In 1975, the boundary was significantly altered. The western boundary remained Victoria Park Road and the northern boundary of Steeles Avenue were retained. The eastern boundary was extended to the city limits at the edge of the Rouge River. The southern boundary was made as follows. Going east on Lawrence Avenue from Victoria Park Road it went to Birchmount Road. It headed north on Birchmount to Highway 401 and then continued east along the highway until it met the city limits.

In 1987 the boundary was altered again. The eastern border was shifted east to the CNR right-of-way east of Kennedy Avenue. The southern border became Highway 401 from the railway to the city limits. The northern and eastern borders remained the same.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Scarborough North
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Created from York—Scarborough in 1963
27th	1963–1967		Thomas Wells	Progressive Conservative
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987		Alvin Curling	Liberal
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into Scarborough—Agincourt and Scarborough—Rouge River after 1996

Electoral results

1963 boundaries

Ontario general election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Leonard Wells	9,918	50.73
	Liberal	F. Leslie Callan	4,849	24.80
	New Democratic	Angus Smith	4,785	24.47
Total valid votes			19,552	100.00
Source: Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario 1867-1967

Ontario general election, 1967
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Leonard Wells	11,729	42.03
	New Democratic	John Brewin	10,202	36.56
	Liberal	Milne Freeman	5,977	21.42
Total valid votes			27,908	100.00
Source: Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario 1867-1967

Ontario general election, 1971

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Leonard Wells	24,804	56.1
	New Democrat	John Brewin	12,921	29.2
	Liberal	Bob Reid	6,106	13.8
	Independent	Arthur Wright	360	0.8
		Total	44,191

1975 boundaries

Ontario general election, 1975

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Wells	16,427	43.3
	Liberal	Gerry Phillips	13,821	36.4
	New Democrat	Guy Beaulieu	7,268	19.1
	Independent	Robert Schultz	438	1.2
		Total	37,954

Ontario general election, 1977

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Wells	21,250	50.0
	Liberal	Jean Brookes	10,495	24.7
	New Democrat	Frank Lowery	10,015	23.6
	Libertarian	Marilee Haylock	722	1.7
		Total	42,482

Ontario general election, 1981

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Wells	30,560	61.0
	Liberal	Jean Brookes	12,913	25.8
	New Democrat	Jerry Daca	6,650	13.3
		Total	50,123

Ontario general election, 1985

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Liberal	Alvin Curling	31,842	47.5
	Progressive Conservative	Cotela Noble	23,718	35.4
	New Democrat	Jerry Daca	9,401	14.0
	Independent	R.J. Austin	2,122	3.2
		Total	67,083

1987 boundaries

Ontario general election, 1987

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Liberal	Alvin Curling	20,019	64.0
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Lam	5,748	18.4
	New Democrat	Nick Summers	4,441	14.2
	Family Coalition	Louis L. Di Rocco	1,096	3.5
		Total	25,954

Ontario general election, 1990

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote %
	Liberal	Alvin Curling	13,237	44.6
	New Democrat	Victor Deane	9,385	31.4
	Progressive Conservative	Harold Adams	5,334	17.9
	Family Coalition	Louis L. Di Rocco	1,194	4.0
	Green	James Greig	617	2.1
		Total	29,857

Ontario general election, 1995: Scarborough North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alvin Curling	15,507	46.1
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Thomas	10,508	31.2
	New Democratic	Tarek Fatah	6,431	19.1
	Freedom	Paul Blair	601	1.8
	Family Coalition	Rina Morra	369	1.1
	Natural Law	Fred Fredeen	239	0.7
Total			33,655
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