# Scarborough Southwest (provincial electoral district)

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

## Geography

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, on the north by Eglinton Avenue and on the east by Markham Road.
The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Birch Cliff, Oakridge, Cliffside, Kennedy Park, Clairlea, Cliffcrest and parts of Scarborough Village and the Golden Mile.
The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

Scarborough Southwest :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Scarborough Centre and Scarborough West |||||
| 37th | 1999–2003 | Dan Newman | Progressive Conservative |
| 38th | 2003–2007 | Lorenzo Berardinetti | Liberal |
| 39th | 2007–2011 | Lorenzo Berardinetti | Liberal |
| 40th | 2011–2014 | Lorenzo Berardinetti | Liberal |
| 41st | 2014–2018 | Lorenzo Berardinetti | Liberal |
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | Doly Begum | New Democratic |
| 43rd | 2022–2025 | Doly Begum | New Democratic |
| 44th | 2025–present | Doly Begum | New Democratic |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly |||||

## Election results

vte2025 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Doly Begum | 14,557 | 42.89 | –4.79 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Addie Dramola | 10,400 | 30.65 | +3.05 |
| | Liberal | Qadira Jackson | 7,786 | 22.94 | +4.38 |
| | Green | Mark Bekkering | 1,194 | 3.52 | –0.02 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 33,937 | 99.31 | ±0.00 |
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 235 | 0.69 | ±0.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,172 | 41.96 | –2.38 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 81,434 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | –3.92 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vte2022 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Doly Begum | 16,842 | 47.68 | +2.02 | $103,194 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bret Snider | 9,750 | 27.60 | −3.62 | $67,267 |
| | Liberal | Lisa Patel | 6,556 | 18.56 | −0.38 | $65,227 |
| | Green | Cara Brideau | 1,251 | 3.54 | +0.84 | $2,506 |
| | New Blue | Peter Naus | 383 | 1.08 | | $609 |
| | Ontario Party | Barbara Everatt | 320 | 0.91 | | $0 |
| | None of the Above | James McNair | 114 | 0.32 | −0.19 | $0 |
| | Independent | Michelle Parsons | 110 | 0.31 | | $0 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 35,326 | 99.31 | +0.42 | $112,311 |
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 247 | 0.69 | −0.42 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,573 | 44.34 | −8.85 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 79,624 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | +2.82 |
| Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18."Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21. |||||||
vte2018 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Doly Begum | 19,835 | 45.66 | +22.09 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Gary Ellis | 13,565 | 31.22 | +10.25 |
| | Liberal | Lorenzo Berardinetti | 8,228 | 18.94 | –30.99 |
| | Green | David Del Grande | 1,174 | 2.70 | –1.37 |
| | None of the Above | Allen Atkinson | 222 | 0.51 | N/A |
| | Libertarian | James Speirs | 195 | 0.45 | N/A |
| | Special Needs | Willie Little | 160 | 0.37 | N/A |
| | Trillium | Bobby Turley | 64 | 0.15 | N/A |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 43,443 | 100.0 |
| | New Democratic notional gain from Liberal | New Democratic notional gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +5.92 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
2014 general election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Liberal | 18,123 | 49.93 |
| New Democratic | 8,555 | 23.57 |
| Progressive Conservative | 7,611 | 20.97 |
| Green | 1,476 | 4.07 |
| Others | 530 | 1.46 |
2014 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Lorenzo Berardinetti | 18,420 | 50.22 | +6.13 |
| | New Democratic | Jessie Macaulay | 8,674 | 23.65 | -7.80 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Nita Kang | 7,570 | 20.64 | -0.71 |
| | Green | David Del Grande | 1,492 | 4.07 | +1.72 |
| | Libertarian | Tyler Rose | 328 | 0.89 | |
| | Independent | Jean-Baptiste Foaleng | 192 | 0.52 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 36,676 | 100.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +6.96 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
2011 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Lorenzo Berardinetti | 14,585 | 44.09 | -2.06 |
| | New Democratic | Bruce Budd | 10,404 | 31.45 | +13.37 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Mike Chopowick | 7,061 | 21.35 | -4.19 |
| | Green | Robin McKim | 777 | 2.35 | -5.76 |
| | Freedom | Caroline Blanco-Ruibal | 250 | 0.75 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,077 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 155 | 0.47 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,232 | 47.80 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 69,553 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -7.72 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
2007 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Lorenzo Berardinetti | 15,113 | 46.15 | -0.78 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Gary Crawford | 8,363 | 25.54 | -6.17 |
| | New Democratic | Jay Sarkar | 5,920 | 18.08 | +0.14 |
| | Green | Stefan Dixon | 2,655 | 8.11 | +6.26 |
| | Family Coalition | Wiktor Pawel Borkowski | 398 | 1.22 | -0.35 |
| | Libertarian | George Dance | 296 | 0.90 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 32,745 | 100.00 |
| Elections Ontario. |||||||
2003 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Lorenzo Berardinetti | 17,501 | 46.93 | +13.27 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Dan Newman | 11,826 | 31.71 | -8.05 |
| | New Democratic | Barbara Warner | 6,688 | 17.94 | -5.28 |
| | Green | Andrew Strachan | 689 | 1.85 | +0.64 |
| | Family Coalition | Ray Scott | 586 | 1.57 | +0.29 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 37,290 | 100.00 |
| Elections Ontario. |||||||
1999 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Dan Newman | 15,349 | 39.76 |
| | Liberal | Adrian Heaps | 12,992 | 33.66 |
| | New Democratic | Michael Yorke | 8,962 | 23.22 |
| | Family Coalition | Wiktor Pawel Borkowski | 495 | 1.28 |
| | Green | Barbara Schaefer | 466 | 1.21 |
| | Natural Law | Laurence Corp | 339 | 0.88 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 38,603 | 100.00 |
| Elections Ontario. |||||||

## 2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | First Past the Post | 18,860 | 59.2 |
| | Mixed member proportional | 12,890 | 40.8 |
| | Total valid votes | 31,750 | 100.0 |
| Sourced from Elections Ontario. ||||