Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest

Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest is a municipal ward in the Scarborough section of Toronto, Ontario, Canada represented by Parthi Kandavel who won the by-election on November 30, 2023.[2] The seat was temporarily vacant between July 26, 2023 and November 30, 2023 following the resignation of Gary Crawford[3] to run in the 2023 Scarborough—Guildwood provincial by-election.[4] It covers the area of the City of Toronto bounded by Eglinton Avenue East to the north, Lake Ontario to the south, Victoria Park Avenue to the west, and Markham Road to the east.[5] It contains the neighbourhoods of Birch Cliff, Birch Cliff Heights, Clairlea, Cliffcrest, Cliffside, Fallingbrook, Hunt Club, Oakridge, Scarborough Junction, and the western half of Scarborough Village.[6]

Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest
Constituency
for the Toronto City Council
Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest
CityToronto
Population111,194 (2021)[1]
Current constituency
Created2018
CouncillorParthi Kandavel

The ward was created for the 2018 municipal elections when newly elected Premier of Ontario Doug Ford introduced legislation to require that Toronto's municipal elections use the same ridings as it does for provincial and federal elections.[7]

From 2000 to 2018, Scarborough Southwest was represented on city council by Wards 35 (northern half) and 36 (southern half). From 1998 to 2000 the area generally corresponded to Ward 13 (Scarborough Bluffs) on City Council, and returned two members. From 1988 to 1997 Scarborough Bluffs was represented on Metropolitan Toronto Council until Scarborough's amalgamation into the city.

Councillors

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Council term Member
Scarborough Bluffs (Metro Council)
1988–1991 Brian Ashton
1991–1994
1994–1997
Ward 13 Scarborough Bluffs
1997–2000 Brian Ashton, Gerry Altobello
Ward 35 Scarborough Southwest Ward 36 Scarborough Southwest
2000–2003 Gerry Altobello (until June 2006)
Harvey Barron (interim)
Brian Ashton
2003–2006
2006–2010 Adrian Heaps
2010–2014 Michelle Berardinetti (Holland after 2006) Gary Crawford
2014–2018
Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest
2018–2022 Gary Crawford (until July 2023)
2022–2026
Parthi Kandavel (since November 2023)

Election results

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2023 by-election

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Following the resignation of Gary Crawford to run in the 2023 Scarborough—Guildwood provincial by-election, a by-election was called in the ward, and was held on November 30 with Parthi Kandavel being elected as the new incoming councillor.[8]

Election Result

Parthi Kandavel was elected councillor of Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest on November 30, 2023 with 27.38% of the vote. [9]

Candidate Vote[10] %
Parthi Kandavel 4,641 27.38
Kevin Rupasinghe 3,854 22.74
Anna Sidiropoulos 2,275 13.42
Malika Ghous 1,565 9.23
Suman Roy 1,289 7.60
Alamgir Hussain 1,130 6.67
Sudip Shome 555 3.27
Reginald Tull 399 2.35
Marzia Hoque 209 1.23
Corey David 190 1.12
Jessica Hines 190 1.12
Malik Ahmad 162 0.96
MD Abdullah Al Mamun 148 0.87
Thomas Hall 77 0.45
Angus MacKenzie 56 0.33
Trevor Sutton 47 0.28
Walayat Khan 41 0.24
Anthony Internicola 27 0.16
Sandeep Srivastava 24 0.14
Peter Handjis 22 0.13
Manny Zanders 21 0.12
Syed Jaffery 15 0.09
Naser Kaid 13 0.08
Registered candidates[11]

2022

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Candidate Vote[15] %
Gary Crawford 8,216 35.07
Parthi Kandavel 6,936 29.61
Kevin Rupasinghe 3,208 13.69
Lorenzo Berardinetti 2,773 11.84
Malik Ahmad 709 3.03
Corey David 615 2.63
Sharif Ahmed 608 2.60
Philip Mills 363 1.55

2018

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Candidate Vote[16] %
Gary Crawford 10,505 35.73
Michelle Holland-Berardinetti 10,094 34.33
Mohsin Bhuiyan 2,910 9.90
Paulina Corpuz 1,813 6.17
Suman Roy 1,582 5.38
Gerard Arbour 1,187 4.04
Curtis Smith 541 1.84
Robert McDermott 367 1.25
Bruce Waters 246 0.84
John Letonja 160 0.54

2014

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Ward 35

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Council Candidate Vote[17] %
Michelle Berardinetti 11,919 63.25
Paul Bocking 2,722 14.44
Sharif Arhmed 927 4.92
Christopher Upwood 890 4.72
Shahid Uddin 831 4.41
Teferi Assefa 487 2.58
Anwarul Kabir 403 2.14
Saima Shaikh 389 2.06
Jason Woychesko 277 1.47

Ward 36

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Council Candidate Vote[17] %
Gary Crawford 10,833 52.81
Robert Spencer 6,390 31.15
Joy Robertson 994 4.85
Masihullah Mohebzada 795 3.88
Robert McDermott 638 3.11
Ed Green 447 2.18
Christian Tobin 320 1.56
Andre Musters 98 0.48

2010

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Ward 35

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Council Candidate Vote[18] %
Michelle Berardinetti 8,293 50.45
Adrian Heaps 6,020 36.62
Malik Ahmad 850 5.17
Victoria Doyle 429 2.61
Ed Green 253 1.54
John Lewis 183 1.11
Jay Burnett 173 1.05
Peter Tijiri 90 0.55
John Morawietz 76 0.46
Jason Woychesko 70 0.43

Ward 36

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Council Candidate Vote[18] %
Gary Crawford 4,392 25.25
Robert Spencer 3,970 22.82
Diane Hogan 2,341 13.46
Sean Gladney 2,233 12.84
Eddy Gasparotto 1,727 9.93
Marvin Macaraig 866 4.98
Vicki Breen 663 3.81
Robert McDermott 518 2.98
Tony Ashdown 475 2.73
Roman Danilov 210 1.21

2006

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Ward 35

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Council Candidate Vote[19] %
Adrian Heaps 2,949 23.78
Michelle Berardinetti 2,860 23.06
Dan Harris 1,853 14.94
Elizabeth Moyer 1,371 11.06
Michael Kilpatrick 1,098 8.85
Worrick Russell 786 6.34
Sharif Arhmed 669 5.40
Norman Lovatsis 436 3.52
Jason Carey 113 0.91
Armando Calderon 94 0.76
Michael Brausewetter 89 0.72
Tony Festino 52 0.42
Axcel Cocon 30 0.24

Ward 36

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Council Candidate Vote[19] %
Brian Ashton 9,717 77.68
Eddy Gasparotto 1,597 12.77
Greg Compton 828 6.62
Ron Sonier 367 2.93

2003

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Ward 35

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Council Candidate Vote[20] %
Gerry Altobello 5,410 45.56
Adrian Heaps 3,388 28.53
Worrick Russell 1,651 13.90
Peter Harris 550 4.63
Barry Nicholson 326 2.75
Kalonji Muteba 279 2.35
Jason Carey 271 2.28

Ward 36

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Council Candidate Vote[20] %
Brian Ashton 11,683 78.05
Robert Scott 3,286 21.95

2000

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Ward 35

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Council Candidate Vote %
Gerry Altobello 7,118 64.86
Worrick Russell 3,290 29.98
Tao Gold 566 5.16

Ward 36

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Council Candidate Vote %
Brian Ashton 9,374 71.80
Robert Scott 3,682 28.20

1997

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Two to be elected

Council Candidate Vote %
Brian Ashton 15,528 30.16
Gerry Altobello 12,605 24.48
Fred Johnston 11,265 21.88
Gaye Dale 6,491 12.61
Karin Eaton 4,670 9.07
Ed Green 931 1.81

1994

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Council Candidate Vote %
Brian Ashton 13,191 72.70
Randall Bentley 4,953 27.30

1991

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Council Candidate Vote %
Brian Ashton 11,398 74.05
Frank Duckworth 3,994 25.95

1988

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Council Candidate Vote %
Brian Ashton 9,957 54.39
Bill Belfontaine 8,348 45.61

References

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  2. ^ "Former school board trustee appears to have won Scarborough Southwest city byelection". CBC News. 2023-11-30. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  3. ^ "Toronto City Council to consider vacancy in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest". City of Toronto. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  4. ^ "Liberals hold Toronto riding, pick up new seat in Ottawa area in Ontario provincial byelections". CP24. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
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  7. ^ "What the judge said in the ruling on Doug Ford's plan to cut size of Toronto council | The Star". thestar.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
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  10. ^ info@thelocal.to (2023-12-01). "Live Results from Scarborough Southwest By-Election". The Local. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
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  16. ^ "Declaration of Results" (PDF). City of Toronto. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 25, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
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