Nepean—Carleton (provincial electoral district)

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Nepean—Carleton
Ontario electoral district


Nepean—Carleton in relation to other Ottawa electoral districts

Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP       Lisa MacLeod
Progressive Conservative
District created 1999
First contested 1999
Last contested 2007
Demographics
Population (2006) 133,245
Electors (2007) 97,757
Area (km²) 1,178
Pop. density (per km²) 113.1
Census divisions Ottawa
Census subdivisions Ottawa

Nepean-Carleton is a provincial electoral district in in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

The riding has been represented in the Ontario legislature by Progressive Conservative John Baird since it became a provincial riding in 1999 until he resigned in 2005 to run in the 2006 federal election. A provincial by-election to fill the vacancy was held on March 30, 2006.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

  1. Hans Daigeler, Liberal represented Nepean riding from 1987-1995.
  2. John Baird, Progressive Conservative (1995-2005)
  3. Lisa MacLeod, Progressive Conservative (2006-present)

[edit] Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Lisa MacLeod 27,173 50.5
     Liberal Jai Aggarwal 17,659 32.8
     Green Gordon Kubanek 4,489 8.3
     New Democrat Tristan Maack 3,963 7.4
     Family Coalition Suzanne Fortin 546 1.0
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 36569 68.5%
Mixed member proportional 16821 31.5%
Nepean—Carleton provincial by-election, March 30 2006
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
     Progressive Conservative Lisa MacLeod 17,311 57.6 +3.5
     Liberal Brian Ford 9,457 31.4 -4.2
     New Democrat Laurel Gibbons 2,489 8.3 +1.8
     Green Peter V. Tretter 634 2.1 -1.7
     Independent John C. Turmel 112 0.4 -
     Freedom Jurgen Vollrath 74 0.2 -
Ontario general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
     Progressive Conservative John Baird 31,662 54.1 -8.2
     Liberal Rod Vanier 20,878 35.6 +2.4
     New Democrat Liam McCarthy 3,828 6.5 +3.2
     Green Matt Takach 2,200 3.8 -
Ontario general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
     Progressive Conservative John Baird 31,546 62.31 $60,150.37
     Liberal Gord Hunter 16,809 33.20 $56,229.71
     New Democrat Craig Parsons 1,647 3.25 $8,231.29
     Freedom Bill Frampton 386 0.76 $0.00
     Natural Law Brian E. Jackson 239 0.47 $0.00
Total valid votes 50,627 100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 294
Turnout 50,921 61.02