Scarborough—Ellesmere

Scarborough—Ellesmere was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1975 provincial election and eliminated in 1996, when its territory was incorporated into the riding of Scarborough Centre. Scarborough—Ellesmere riding was created from parts of the former ridings of Scarborough North, Scarborough West and Scarborough Centre. It was in the former borough of Scarborough.

Scarborough-Ellesmere

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1974
District abolished	1996
First contested	1975
Last contested	1995
Demographics
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Four Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its history. The most notable was David Warner who served as Speaker of the Legislature from 1990 to 1995.

Boundaries

Scarborough—Ellesmere occupied the west central part of Scarborough. From its southwest corner it went north along Victoria Park Avenue to Lawrence Avenue East. East to Birchmount Road and then north to Highway 401. It turned east and followed the 401 to Markham Road. South from this point along Markham to Ellesmere Road and then east to Scarborough Golf Club Road. It went south to Lawrence Avenue East and then turned back west along Lawrence to Midland Avenue where it jogged south to Eglinton Avenue East. It then followed Eglinton west to back to Victoria Park Avenue.^[1]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Scarborough—Ellesmere
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Created from Scarborough North, Scarborough West and Scarborough Centre in 1975
30th	1975–1977		David Warner	New Democratic
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985		Alan Robinson	Progressive Conservative
33rd	1985–1987		David Warner	New Democratic
34th	1987–1990		Frank Faubert	Liberal
35th	1990–1995		David Warner	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		Marilyn Mushinski	Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[2]
Merged into Scarborough Centre after 1996

Electoral results

1975 boundaries

1975 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[3][nb 1]	Vote %
	New Democrat	David Warner	9,452	39.2
	Conservative	Brian Harrison	8,242	34.1
	Liberal	Ken Tilley	6,147	25.5
	Independent	Scott Bell	299	1.2
		Total	24,140

1977 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[4]	Vote %
	New Democrat	David Warner	11,150	40.4
	Conservative	Spurge Near	9,676	35.1
	Liberal	Ken Dimson	6,557	23.8
	Libertarian	Mathias Blecker	213	0.8
		Total	27,596

1981 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[5]	Vote %
	Conservative	Alan Robinson	11,608	44.7
	New Democrat	David Warner	9,720	37.5
	Liberal	Joe Gideon	4,615	17.8
		Total	25,943

1985 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[6]	Vote %
	New Democrat	David Warner	10,115	37.4
	Conservative	Alan Robinson	9,832	36.4
	Liberal	Carole Lidgold	6,742	24.9
	Libertarian	George Dance	347	1.3
		Total	27,036

1987 boundaries

1987 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[7]	Vote %
	Liberal	Frank Faubert	12,421	41.7
	New Democrat	David Warner	11,949	40.1
	Conservative	Gail Brewer	5,445	18.3
		Total	29,815

1990 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[8]	Vote %
	New Democrat	David Warner	14,036	48.2
	Liberal	Frank Faubert	9,417	32.3
	Conservative	Greg Vezina	4,855	16.7
	Libertarian	Kalvin Smith	811	2.8
		Total	29,119

1995 Ontario general election

	Party	Candidate	Votes[9]	Vote %
	Conservative	Marilyn Mushinski	13,282	47.9
	New Democrat	David Warner	7,906	28.5
	Liberal	Kris Parthiban	5,602	20.2
	Confederation of Regions	James C. MacLeod	745	2.7
	Natural Law	Daniele Bélair	202	0.7
		Total	27,737