Ottawa—Vanier (provincial electoral district)

Ottawa—Vanier (formerly known as Ottawa East) is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1908.

It is composed of the eastern part of downtown Ottawa.

The riding is represented in the Legislative Assembly by Liberal Madeleine Meilleur. She defeated Conservative Bruce Poulin, who was acclaimed as the Ontario Progressive Conservative candidate for Ottawa-Vanier for the October 10, 2007 provincial election.

The riding, with a large Franco-Ontarian population in Vanier, Overbrook, Lower Town, and in adjoining neighbourhoods, has been one of the most solidly Liberal in the country in recent years, having elected Liberals both federally and provincially in every election since 1971.

A sizable minority of the riding is in the former city of Vanier, which was merged with Ottawa in 2000. Vanier has long been home to much of Ottawa's francophone population, but between 1992 and 2001, the size of this linguistic group has fallen by almost 50%. Since 2003, the population of the entire riding has fallen by almost 10% at a time when the rest of the nation's capital increased by approximately 5.2%. The riding now has the second oldest population in Ottawa.

In many ways the riding which used to be known as a French riding with an English face has become a largely English-speaking riding (65%) with a French face. The riding also contains the wealthiest part of Ottawa, Rockcliffe Park, which gives some support to the Progressive Conservatives, but also to the Liberals. The neighbourhoods with higher proportions of anglophone residents, including Sandy Hill and New Edinburgh also tend to vote Liberal, but with significant support for the Ontario New Democratic Party. The riding is characterized by below average voter turn-out and an annual loss of approximately 1% in voter support for the provincial Liberals since 1987 thereby reducing their support from approximately 74% to 50% (1987–2007).

Geography

In 2003, it was redefined as the part of the City of Ottawa east and north of a line running south along the Rideau Canal from the interprovincial boundary to Mann Avenue, northeast to Nicholas Street, southeast to Highway No. 417, and east to the abandoned Canadian Pacific Railway to the hydroelectric transmission line, north to Innes Road, northeast to Blair Road, northwest to Montreal Road, east and northeast to Regional Road No. 174, northeast to Green's Creek, north to the Ottawa River.

History

The provincial electoral district was created in 1908 as "Ottawa East". The name was changed to "Ottawa—Vanier" in 1999.

Members of the Legislative Assembly/Members of Provincial Parliament¹

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

Assembly	Years		Party
Riding created — Ottawa East
12th	1908 − 1911	Donald McDougal	Liberal
13th	1911 − 1914	Napoléon Champagne	Conservative
14th	1914 − 1919	Joseph Pinard	Liberal
15th	1919 − 1923
16th	1923 − 1926
16th	1926 − 1926		Independent-Liberal
17th	1926 − 1929		Independent-Liberal
18th	1929 − 1934	Louis Côté	Conservative
19th	1934 − 1937	Paul Leduc	Liberal
20th	1937 − 1940	Paul Leduc
20th	1940 − 1943	Robert Laurier
21st	1943 − 1945	Robert Laurier
22nd	1945 − 1948	Aurele Chartrand
23rd	1948 − 1951
24th	1951 − 1955
25th	1955 − 1959	Jules Morin	Progressive Conservative
26th	1959 − 1963
27th	1963 − 1967
28th	1967 − 1971
29th	1971 − 1975	Albert Roy	Liberal
30th	1975 − 1977
31st	1977 − 1981
32nd	1981 − 1985
33rd	1985 − 1987	Bernard Grandmaître
34th	1987 − 1990
35th	1990 − 1995
36th	1995 − 1999
Riding renamed — Ottawa—Vanier
37th	1999 − 2001	Claudette Boyer	Liberal
37th	2001 − 2003	Claudette Boyer	Independent
38th	2003 − 2007	Madeleine Meilleur	Liberal
39th	2007 − 2011
40th	2011 − 2014
41st	2014 − Present

¹ In 1938, the title of members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was changed from "Members of the Legislative Assembly" (MLAs) to "Members of Provincial Parliament" (MPPs).

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Madeleine Meilleur	21,945	55.65	+4.14
	Progressive Conservative	Martin Forget	8,799	22.31	-1.13
	New Democratic	Hervé Ngamby	5,216	13.23	-6.37
	Green	Dave Bagler	3,147	7.98	+3.47
	Libertarian	Phillip Richard	330	0.84
Total valid votes			39,437	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.64
Source(s) "General Election Results by District, 065 Ottawa—Vanier". Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Madeleine Meilleur	19,619	51.51	+0.55	$ 52,761.46
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Sherman	8,929	23.44	+1.14	46,634.99
	New Democratic	Paul Étienne Laliberté-Tipple	7,466	19.60	+4.89	26,579.32
	Green	Dave Bagler	1,719	4.51	-5.93	28,290.65
	Family Coalition	Emmanuel Houle	352	0.92	-0.04	3,081.81
Total valid votes / Expense limit			38,085	100.00	-7.37	$ 97,305.11
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			161	0.42	-0.24
Turnout			38,246	46.81	-4.68
Eligible voters			81,712		+1.66
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.30
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate – October 6, 2011 General Election" (PDF). "Statistical Summary – General Elections 2011" ( Excel Spreadsheet (71KB)). Elections Ontario. "2011 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Retrieved May 31, 2014.

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Madeleine Meilleur	20,954	50.96	-2.57	$ 67,322.66
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Poulin	9,169	22.30	-3.94	46,691.00
	New Democratic	Ric Dagenais	6,049	14.71	-0.99	38,228.43
	Green	Leonard Poole	4,293	10.44	+5.92	10,062.52
	Family Coalition	Frank Cioppa	396	0.96		1,599.17
	Independent	Robert Larter	255	0.62		0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,116	100.0	-0.80	$ 86,807.16
Total rejected ballots			274	0.66	-0.29
Turnout			41,390	51.49	+0.69
Eligible voters			80,377		-2.43
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate – October 10, 2007 General Election" (PDF). "Statistical Summary – General Election 2007" (PDF). Elections Ontario. "2007 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Retrieved May 31, 2014.

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Madeleine Meilleur	22,188	53.53	+0.50	$ 56,519.01
	Progressive Conservative	Maurice Lamirande	10,878	26.24	-5.57	25,275.00
	New Democratic	Joseph Zebrowski	6,507	15.70	+5.19	21,295.58
	Green	Raphael Thierrin	1,876	4.53	+2.12	591.94
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,449	100.0	+4.62	$ 79,080.96
Total rejected ballots			399	0.95	-0.04
Turnout			41,848	50.80	+1.68
Eligible voters			82,376		+1.12
Source(s) "General Election of October 2, 2003 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. "General Election of October 2, 2003 – Statistical Summary". Retrieved May 31, 2014. "2003 Candidate and Constituency Associations – Candidate Campaign Return (CR-1)".

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Claudette Boyer	21,009	53.03	-3.91	$ 29,251.18
	Progressive Conservative	Maurice Lamirande	12,605	31.81	+10.64	26,664.80
	New Democratic	David Gagnon	4,163	10.51	-8.49	19,834.85
	Green	Richard Briggs	953	2.41	+1.09	0.00
	Natural Law	Pierrette Blondin	580	1.46	+0.43	0.00
	Independent	Kevin Corkill	310	0.78		49.11
Total valid votes/Expense limit			39,620	100.0	+56.27	$ 78,205.44
Total rejected ballots			395	0.99	-0.30
Turnout			40,015	49.12	-4.09
Eligible voters			81,464		+68.76
Source(s) "General Election of June 3 1999 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Retrieved May 31, 2014. "General Election of June 3 1999 – Statistical Summary". Elections Ontario. "1999 Candidate and Constituency Associations – Candidate Campaign Return (CR-1)".

Ontario general election, 1995: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bernard Grandmaître	14,436	56.94	-5.47	$ 19,824.52
	Progressive Conservative	Cynthia Bled	5,368	21.17	+12.77	28,483.15
	New Democratic	David Dyment	4,818	19.00	-4.28	17,425.03
	Green	Larry Tyldsley	335	1.32	-1.44	524.72
	Natural Law	Robert Mayer	261	1.03		0.00
	Independent	Steven White	136	0.54		0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			25,354	100.0	-3.30	$ 45,818.00
Total rejected ballots			331	1.29
Turnout			25,685	53.21
Eligible voters			48,272
Source(s) "General Election of June 8 1995 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Retrieved May 31, 2014. "General Election of June 8 1995 – Statistical Summary". Elections Ontario. "1995 Details of Candidate Income and Expenses" (3.16MB). & "1995 Summary of Income and Campaign Expenses" ( Word'95 .doc files (146KB)).

Ontario general election, 1990: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Bernard Grandmaître	16,363	62.41	-11.85
	New Democratic	Lori Lucier	6,103	23.28	+7.08
	Progressive Conservative	Diana Morin	2,203	8.40	-1.14
	Family Coalition	Richard Hudon	826	3.15
	Green	Frank de Jong	723	2.76
Total valid votes			26,218	100.0	+2.69

Ontario general election, 1987: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Bernard Grandmaître	18,959	74.26	+5.86
	New Democratic	Alex Connelly	4,137	16.20	-2.40
	Progressive Conservative	Corinne Price	2,435	9.54	-1.03
Total valid votes			25,531	100.0	+19.60

Ontario general election, 1985: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Bernard Grandmaître	14,601	68.40	+0.03
	New Democratic	Kathryn Barnard	3,971	18.60	+5.1
	Progressive Conservative	Paul St. Georges	2,257	10.57	-6.48
	Independent	Serge Girard	518	2.43	+1.35
Total valid votes			21,347	100.0	+88.23

Ontario provincial by-election, December 13, 1984: Ottawa East Resignation of Albert J. Roy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Bernard Grandmaître	7,754	68.37	-0.85
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Boudreau	1,934	17.05	-3.58
	New Democratic	Jean Gilbert	1,531	13.50	+4.22
	Independent	Serge Girard	122	1.08	+0.21
Total valid votes			11,341	100.0	-44.74

Ontario general election, 1981: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Albert J. Roy	14,207	69.22	+1.78
	Progressive Conservative	Omar Deslauriers	4,235	20.63	+3.39
	New Democratic	Danielle Page	1,905	9.28	-6.04
	Independent	Serge Girard	177	0.86
Total valid votes			20,524	100.0	-12.75

Ontario general election, 1977: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Albert J. Roy	15,864	67.44
	Progressive Conservative	Gisele Lalonde	4,055	17.24
	New Democratic	Robert Choquette	3,605	15.32
Total valid votes			23,524	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	24,562	61.12
	Mixed Member Proportional	15,624	38.88
Total		40,186

References

Provincial ridings in Ontario

Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins—James Bay

Eastern	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Prince Edward—Hastings Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Central	Barrie Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Newmarket—Aurora Northumberland—Quinte West Peterborough Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe

Midwestern	Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Waterloo Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Essex Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brampton West Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Mississauga—Streetsville Oakville

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Burlington Halton Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Niagara Falls Niagara West—Glanbrook St. Catharines Welland

Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean

South Durham, York	Ajax—Pickering Markham—Unionville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa

Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest St. Paul's Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario