History
The federal riding was created in 1996 from parts of Scarborough Centre and Scarborough West. It consisted initially of the part of the City of Scarborough lying south and west of a line drawn from the western city limit east along Eglinton Avenue East, north along Markham Road, east along the Canadian National Railway, southwest along Kingston Road, south along Scarborough Golf Club Road, southwest along Hill Crescent, southeast along Bellamy Ravine Creek.
In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.
Read more about this topic: Scarborough Southwest
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