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Canadian federal election results in Ottawa

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Canadian federal election results in Ottawa

This page shows results of Canadian federal elections in the Ottawa, Ontario area since the 1979 election.

Contents

Key

  • Red - Liberal seats
  • Blue - Conservative seats
  • Orange - NDP seats

    • Regional profile

    With the exception of the more conservative rural western and southern parts, the former Region of Ottawa-Carleton which became the new City of Ottawa in 2001, has traditionally been a Liberal heartland. A high proportion of Francophones and civil servants had made ridings such as Ottawa—Vanier among the safest Liberal seats in the country, however, only one safe Liberal seat remains in Ottawa. The NDP's only historical victory in the area, Ottawa Centre in 1984, was repeated in 2004, as their popular former leader Ed Broadbent was elected. The Green Party's best seat in the province also came in Ottawa Centre. The seat was retained in 2006 after Broadbent's retirement, by Paul Dewar (son of former mayor Marion Dewar).

    The suburban Ottawa ridings tended to be swing ridings, a trend that was masked until the Canadian Alliance won Carleton-Mississippi Mills (then known as Lanark-Carleton), traditionally the most conservative riding in what was then Ottawa-Carleton. The Conservatives broke through to take another seat in 2004, and two more in 2006. They held them until 2015, when the massive Liberal wave that swept through Ontario resulted in the Conservatives being reduced to only one seat. The Liberals even managed to win Kanata-Carleton, which included the bulk of Carleton-Mississippi Mills, with the help of star candidate and retired Air Force officer Karen McCrimmon.

  • Note, this data is a total for all ridings within the city, plus the portions of ridings that extend outside the city, that are located within Ottawa (Cumberland in Glengarry—Prescott—Russell and all of Carleton—Mississippi Mills except Mississippi Mills). Data within these split ridings does not include votes from people residing outside the riding (prisoners, members or the Canadian forces, or for temporary reasons), or by people voting in mobile polls or by means of special ballots.

    • 2004 - 38th General Election

    1. ^ Previously held by Liberal Mac Harb

    1979 - 31st General Election

    For earlier results, please see Canadian federal election results in Eastern Ontario.

    References

    Canadian federal election results in Ottawa Wikipedia
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