Ottawa West—Nepean

Coordinates: 45°21′N 75°47′W / 45.350°N 75.783°W / 45.350; -75.783

Ottawa West—Nepean

Ontario electoral district

Ottawa West—Nepean in relation to other electoral districts in Ottawa

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Vacant

District created

1996

First contested

1997

Last contested

2011

District webpage

profile, map

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

111,457

Electors (2011)

84,427

Area (km²)^[2]

65.21

Pop. density (per km²)

1,709.2

Census divisions

Ottawa

Census subdivisions

Ottawa

For the provincial electoral district, see Ottawa West—Nepean (provincial electoral district).

Ottawa West—Nepean is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 112,509.

Geography

The district includes the neighbourhoods of Shirleys Bay, Crystal Beach, Rocky Point, Bayshore, Britannia, Britannia Bay, Lincoln Heights, Whitehaven, Glabar Park, Queensway, Highland Park, Kenson Park, Redwood, Graham Park, Qualicum, Leslie Park, Briargreen, Centrepointe, Woodroffe, Bel-Air Park, Bel-Air Heights, Braemar Park, Copeland Park, Navaho, City View, Ryan Farm, Skyline, Fisher Heights, Parkwood Hills, Carleton Heights, Fisher Glen, Borden Farm, Crestview, Meadowlands, Highland Park, Woodpark, and the western half of Carlington in the City of Ottawa.

Following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, there will be no changes to the riding's boundaries.

History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from Ottawa West, Nepean and part of Lanark—Carleton ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Ottawa West, Nepean and Lanark—Carleton
36th	1997 − 2000	Marlene Catterall	Liberal
37th	2000 − 2004
38th	2004 − 2006
39th	2006 − 2008	John Baird	Conservative
40th	2008 − 2011
41st	2011 − 2015
41st	2015 − Present	Vacant	Vacant

In the 2004 federal election, Marlene Catterall defeated Conservative Party candidate Sean Casey in a very close election.

In the 2006 federal election, Catterall stepped aside, and high profile Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament, John Baird, contested and won the riding for the Conservative Party.

Until February 3, 2015, he was a member of the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He has also previously served as President of the Treasury Board, then Minister of the Environment, then as Government House Leader. Baird resigned from the House of Commons on March 16, 2015.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	John Baird	25,226	44.71	-0.27	–
	Liberal	Anita Vandenbeld	17,790	31.53	-4.59	–
	New Democratic	Marlene Rivier	11,128	19.72	+8.20	–
	Green	Mark Mackenzie	2,279	4.04	-2.32	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			56,423	100.00		–
Total rejected ballots			292	0.51	–
Turnout			56,715	69.42	–
Eligible voters			81,693	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	John Baird	25,109	44.98	+1.85	$83,719
	Liberal	David Pratt	20,161	36.12	+2.03	$84,627
	New Democratic	Marlene Rivier	6,432	11.52	-4.60	$30,086
	Green	Frances Coates	3,552	6.36	+1.42	$9,565
	Independent	David Page	415	0.74	+0.74	*
	Communist	Alex McDonald	150	0.28	+0.28	*
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,819	100.00		$87,796
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.09

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	John Baird	25,607	43.13	+3.93	$73,698
	Liberal	Lee Farnworth	20,244	34.09	-7.50	$71,412
	New Democratic	Marlene Rivier	9,569	16.12	+3.20	$24,830
	Green	Neil Adair	2,932	4.94	+0.17	$975
	Independent	John Pacheco	905	1.52	*	$16,672
	Canadian Action	Randy Bens	121	0.20	-0.45	$620
Total valid votes/Expense limit			59,378	100.00		*

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Marlene Catterall	23,971	41.59	-1.73
	Conservative	Sean Casey	22,591	39.20	-9.20
	New Democratic	Marlene Rivier	7,449	12.92	+7.72
	Green	Neil Adair	2,748	4.77	+3.65
	Marijuana	Russell Barth	430	0.75	-0.06
	Canadian Action	Mary-Sue Haliburton	376	0.65	-0.07
	Marxist–Leninist	Alecander Legeais	68	0.12	*
Total valid votes			57,633	100.00

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Marlene Catterall	22,607	43.32	-10.69
	Alliance	Barry Yeates	14,753	28.27	+7.04
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Curran	10,506	20.13	+4.59
	New Democratic	Kevin Kinsella	2,718	5.21	-2.41
	Green	Matt Takach	585	0.36
	Marijuana	Sotos Petrides	423	0.81
	Canadian Action	David Creighton	376	0.72
	Independent	John Turmel	89	0.17	-0.22
	Communist	Stuart Ryan	70	0.13
	Natural Law	Richard Wolfson	58	0.11	-0.17
Total valid votes			52,185	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Marlene Catterall	29,511	54.02
	Reform	Barry Yeates	11,601	21.23
	Progressive Conservative	Margret Kopala	8,489	15.54
	New Democratic	Wendy Byrne	4,163	7.62
	Green	Stuart Langstaff	416	0.76
	Independent	John Turmel	211	0.39
	Natural Law	Stan Lamothe	153	0.28
	Marxist–Leninist	Marsha Fine	90	0.16
Total valid votes			54,634	100.00

References

"(Code 35066) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.

Notes

↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012

Federal ridings in Ottawa

Conservative	Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa West—Nepean

Liberal	Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier

New Democratic	Ottawa Centre

Federal ridings in Ontario

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

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

Toronto (S Durham & York, Suburbs, Downtown, Brampton & Mississauga)	Ajax—Pickering Beaches—East York Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brampton West Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Markham—Unionville Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Mississauga—Streetsville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Parkdale—High Park Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill St. Paul's Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest Thornhill Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

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

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

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

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

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

See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario

Ottawa West—Nepean

Geography

History

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

References

Notes

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