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Pickering—Scarborough East

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Legislature
  
House of Commons

First contested
  
2004

District webpage
  
profile, map

Province
  
Ontario

Elector
  
76,709

District created
  
2003

Last contested
  
2011

Population (2011)
  
107,910

District abolished
  
2013

Pickering—Scarborough East

Census divisions
  
Regional Municipality of Durham, Toronto, Pickering, Scarborough

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Pickering—Scarborough East was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

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The district was created in 2003 from 44.1% of Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge, 39.7% of Scarborough East, and 0.1% of Scarborough—Rouge River ridings.

Following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, the riding will be redistributed among Pickering—Uxbridge and Scarborough—Rouge Park.

The district consists of the southwest part of the city of Pickering and the southeast part of the Scarborough district of Toronto. It is the only riding to overlap the boundaries of the 416 (City of Toronto) and the 905 (Greater Toronto Area) regions.

Specifically, it consists of the part of the City of Pickering lying south and west of a line drawn from the western city limit east along Finch Avenue, south along Valley Farm Road, northeast along Highway 401 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 Sheppard Avenue East, south along Morningside Avenue and southeast along Highland Creek to Lake Ontario.

Demographics

(According to the Canada 2006 Census)

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 Member of Parliament:

References

Pickering—Scarborough East Wikipedia