This page shows results of Canadian federal elections in the Ottawa, Ontario area since the 1979 election.
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 OttawaâÂÂVanier among the safest Liberal seats in the country, however, now there are probably only two safe Liberal seats in Ottawa - Ottawa South and OttawaâÂÂVanier. 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, essentially the Ottawa portion of Carleton-Mississippi Mills, with the help of star candidate and retired Air Force officer Karen McCrimmon.
|- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" rowspan=5|Carleton <br/> <small>Details</small> | rowspan=5 | | rowspan=5|Bruce Fanjoy<br/>43,846<br/>50.9% | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5|Pierre Poilievre<br/>39,333<br/>45.7% | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5|Beth Prokaska<br/>1,221<br/>1.4% | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5|Mark Watson<br/>561<br/>0.7% | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5| | |Karen Bourdeau (UP)<br/>112 0.1% | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5|Pierre Poilievre |- | |Sébastien CoRhino (Rhino.)<br/>31 0.0% |- | |Danny Légaré (Mar.)<br/>37 0.0% |- | |Shawn MacEachern (CFP)<br/>63 0.1% |- | |LBC at bottom of table |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Kanata || |Jenna Sudds<br/>45,244<br/>60.8% | |Greg Kung<br/>26,557<br/>35.7% | |Melissa Simon<br/>1,702<br/>2.3% | |Jennifer Purdy<br/>835<br/>1.1% | | | |Moinuddin Siddiqui (Cent.)<br/>122<br/>0.2% || |Jenna Sudds<br/><span style="font-size: 75%;">KanataâÂÂCarleton</span> |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Nepean || |Mark Carney<br/>46,073<br/>63.8% | |Barbara Bal<br/>24,017<br/>33.2% | |Shyam Shukla<br/>1,424<br/>2.0% | |Greg Hopkins<br/>462<br/>0.6% | |Eric Fleury<br/>261<br/>0.4% | | || ||Chandra Arya<sup>ñ</sup> |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" rowspan=3|Orléans | rowspan=3 | | rowspan=3|Marie-France Lalonde<br/>53,146<br/>67.4% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Steve Mansour<br/>22,072<br/>28.0% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Oulai B. Goué<br/>2,063<br/>2.6% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Jaycob Jacques<br/>652<br/>0.8% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Tafiqul Abu Mohammad<br/>331<br/>0.4% | |Arlo Arrowsmith (Libert.)<br/>301 0.4% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Marie-France Lalonde |- | |Mazhar Choudhry (Ind.)<br/>162 0.2% |- | |Arabella Vida (Ind.)<br/>76 0.1% |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" rowspan=5|Ottawa Centre | rowspan=5 | | rowspan=5|Yasir Naqvi<br/>51,026<br/>62.7% | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5|Paul D'Orsonnens<br/>12,692<br/>15.6% | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5|Joel Harden<br/>15,935<br/>19.6% | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5|Amanda Rosenstock<br/>916<br/>1.1% | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5| | |Andrea Chabot (CFP)<br/>268 0.3% | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5|Yasir Naqvi |- | |Zed Chebib (Ind.)<br/>47 0.1% |- | |Marie-Chantal Leriche (CHP)<br/>234 0.3% |- | |Cashton Perry (Comm.)<br/>154 0.2% |- | |Mike Salmon (Ind.)<br/>66 0.1% |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" rowspan=3|Ottawa South | rowspan=3 | | rowspan=3|David McGuinty<br/>43,388<br/>65.2% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Blair Turner<br/>18,010<br/>27.1% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Hena Masjedee<br/>4,017<br/>6.0% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Nira Dookeran<br/>642<br/>1.0% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| | |William Cooper (Rhino.)<br/>155 0.2% |rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|David McGuinty |- | |Alex Perrier (CHP)<br/>259 0.4% |- | |John Redins (CFP)<br/>93 0.1% |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" rowspan=3|OttawaâÂÂVanierâÂÂGloucester | rowspan=3 | | rowspan=3|Mona Fortier<br/>45,934<br/>67.4% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Dean Wythe<br/>14,633<br/>21.5% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Tristan Oliff<br/>5,164<br/>7.6% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Christian Proulx<br/>1,345<br/>2.0% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Marty Simms<br/>349<br/>0.5% | |Elizabeth Benoit (Ind.)<br/>238 0.3% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Mona Fortier<br/><span style="font-size: 75%;">OttawaâÂÂVanier</span> |- | |Coreen Corcoran (Libert.)<br/>338 0.5% |- | |Christian Legeais (M-L)<br/>182 0.3% |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Ottawa WestâÂÂNepean || |Anita Vandenbeld<br/>43,555<br/>63.6% | |Ryan Telford<br/>18,517<br/>27.1% | |Josh Bizjak<br/>4,847<br/>7.1% | |Prashanta Dhakal<br/>780<br/>1.1% | |Glen Armstrong<br/>514<br/>0.8% | |Sean Mulligan (CHP)<br/>232<br/>0.3% || |Anita Vandenbeld <noinclude> Longest Ballot Committee All Independent unless noted: Sana Ahmad 41; Mélodie Anderson 16; Marthalee Aykroyd 9; Alex Banks 16; Tetia Bayoro 5; Sophie Bearden 14; Michael Bednarski 15; Line Bélanger 6; Jeani Boudreault (NA) 12; Alain Bourgault 8; John Boylan 17; Sarah Burke 27; Dante Camarena Jimenez 4; Jenny Cartwright 11; Jaël Champagne Gareau 4; David Cherniak 5; Charlie Currie 20; John Dale 20; Manon Marie Lili Desbiens (NA) 3; Gerrit Dogger 4; Ysack Dupont (NA) 0; Alexandra Engering 12; Scott Falkingham 45; Euan Fraser Tait 18; Maria Gabriel 10; Daniel Gagnon 8; Pierre Gauthier 38; Gregory Gillis 4; Jeffrey Goodman 11; Peter Gorman 7; Daniel Graham 2; Artem Gudkov 3; Zornitsa Halacheva 2; Anthony Hamel 2; Blake Hamilton 6; Robert Harris 8; Loren Hicks 6; Kerri Hildebrandt (NA) 3; Andrea Hollinger 8; Trevor Holsworth 3; Seyed Hosseini Lavasani 13; Ryan Huard 9; Demetrios Karavas 2; Laina Kohler (NA) 10; Kevin Krisa 5; Krzysztof Krzywinski (NA) 3; Dan Kyung 35; Samuel Lafontaine 3; Alain Lamontagne 5; Alexander Lein (NA) 6; Charles Lemieux 10; Connie Lukawski 8; Agnieszka Marszalek 6; Joseph Maw 1; Donald McKay 11; Mark Moutter 23; Christopher Navarro-Canseco (NA) 4; Winston Neutel 5; David Nguyen 15; Sheri Oberman 2; John Francis O'Flynn 8; Lény Painchaud 5; Lanna Palsson 4; Guillaume Paradis 37; Lajos Polya 12; Lorant Polya 57; Spencer Rocchi 4; Wallace Richard Rowat 2; Julian Selody 7; Hakim Sheriff 6; Roger Sherwood 3; Yogo Shimada 3; Michael Skirzynski 3; Julie St-Amand 3; Pascal St-Amand 2; Patrick Strzalkowski 4; Daniel Stuckless 11; Benjamin Teichman 2; Sarah Thompson 9; Darcy Vanderwater (NA) 12; Elliot Wand 5; Michal Wieczorek 7; David Zhu 21
|- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Carleton | |Gustave Roy<br />24,298<br />34.28% || |Pierre Poilievre<br />35,356<br />49.89% | |Kevin Hua<br />8,164<br />11.52% | |Nira Dookeran<br />1,327<br />1.87% | |Peter Crawley<br />1,728<br />2.44% | | || |Pierre Poilievre |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |KanataâÂÂCarleton || |Jenna Sudds<br />26,394<br />41.79% | |Jennifer McAndrew<br />24,373<br />38.59% | |Melissa Coenraad<br />8,822<br />13.97% | |Jennifer Purdy<br />1,709<br />2.71% | |Scott Miller<br />1,858<br />2.94% | | || |Karen McCrimmon$ |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Nepean || |Chandra Arya<br />29,620<br />45.05% | |Matt Triemstra<br />22,184<br />33.74% | |Sean Devine<br />10,786<br />16.41% | |Gordon Kubanek<br />1,318<br />2.00% | |Jay Nera<br />1,840<br />2.80% | | || |Chandra Arya |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Orléans || |Marie-France Lalonde<br />39,101<br />51.94% | |Mary-Elsie Wolfe<br />21,700<br />28.82% | |Jessica Joanis<br />10,983<br />14.59% | |Michael Hartnett<br />1,233<br />1.64% | |Spencer Oklobdzija<br />2,046<br />2.72% | |André Junior Cléroux (FPC)<br />220<br />0.29% || |Marie-France Lalonde |- |rowspan=3 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Ottawa Centre |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Yasir Naqvi<br />33,825<br />45.50% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Carol Clemenhagen<br />11,650<br />15.67% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Angella MacEwen<br />24,552<br />33.03% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Angela Keller-Herzog<br />2,115<br />2.84% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Regina Watteel<br />1,605<br />2.16% | |Shelby Bertrand (Animal)<br />261 0.35% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Catherine McKenna |- | |Richard "Rich" Joyal (Ind.)<br />132 0.18% |- | |Alex McDonald (Comm.)<br />201 0.27% |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Ottawa South || |David McGuinty<br />29,038<br />48.81% | |Eli Tannis<br />15,497<br />26.05% | |Huda Mukbil<br />11,514<br />19.35% | |Les Schram<br />1,401<br />2.35% | |Chylow Hall<br />1,898<br />3.19% | |Larry Wasslen (Comm.)<br />144<br />0.24% || |David McGuinty |- |rowspan=3 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |OttawaâÂÂVanier |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Mona Fortier<br />28,462<br />49.05% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Heidi Jensen<br />11,611<br />20.01% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Lyse-Pascale Inamuco<br />13,703<br />23.61% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Christian Proulx<br />1,816<br />3.13% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Jean-Jacques Desgranges<br />1,855<br />3.20% | |Crystelle Bourguignon (FPC)<br />179 0.31% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Mona Fortier |- | |Daniel Elford (Libert.)<br />248 0.43% |- | |Marie-Chantal TaiEl Leriche (Ind.)<br />157 0.27% |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Ottawa WestâÂÂNepean || |Anita Vandenbeld<br />25,889<br />45.10% | |Jennifer Jennekens<br />16,473<br />28.70% | |Yavar Hameed<br />11,163<br />19.45% | |David Stibbe<br />1,642<br />2.86% | |David Yeo<br />1,908<br />3.32% | |Sean Mulligan (CHP)<br />327<br />0.57% || |Anita Vandenbeld
|- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Carleton | |Chris Rodgers<br>26,518<br>38.23% || |Pierre Poilievre<br>32,147<br>46.35% | |Kevin Hua<br>6,479<br>9.34% | |Gordon Kubanek<br>3,423<br>4.94% | |Alain Musende<br>792<br>1.14% | | | | || |Pierre Poilievre |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |KanataâÂÂCarleton || |Karen McCrimmon<br>28,746<br>43.05% | |Justina McCaffrey<br>24,361<br>36.48% | |Melissa Coenraad<br>8,317<br>12.46% | |Jennifer Purdy<br>4,387<br>6.57% | |Scott Miller<br>961<br>1.44% | | | | || |Karen McCrimmon |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Nepean || |Chandra Arya<br>31,933<br>45.89% | |Brian St. Louis<br>23,320<br>33.51% | |Zaff Ansari<br>9,104<br>13.08% | |Jean-Luc Cooke<br>4,379<br>6.29% | |Azim Hooda<br>687<br>0.99% | |Dustan Wang<br>160<br>0.23% | | || |Chandra Arya |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Orléans || |Marie-France Lalonde<br>44,183<br>54.27% | |David Bertschi<br>22,984<br>28.23% | |Jacqui Wiens<br>9,428<br>11.58% | |Michelle Petersen<br>3,829<br>4.70% | |Roger Saint-Fleur<br>986<br>1.21% | | | | || |Andrew Leslieâ |- |rowspan=5 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Ottawa Centre |rowspan=5 | |rowspan=5 |Catherine McKenna<br>38,391<br>48.66% |rowspan=5 | |rowspan=5 |Carol Clemenhagen<br>9,920<br>12.57% |rowspan=5 | |rowspan=5 |Emilie Taman<br>22,916<br>29.04% |rowspan=5 | |rowspan=5 |Angela Keller-Herzog<br>5,837<br>7.40% |rowspan=5 | |rowspan=5 |Merylee Sevilla<br>720<br>0.91% |rowspan=5 | |rowspan=5 |Stuart Ryan<br>111<br>0.14% | |Shelby Bertrand (Animal)<br>207 0.26% |rowspan=5 | |rowspan=5 |Catherine McKenna |- | |Coreen Corcoran (Libert.)<br>360 0.46% |- | |Chris G Jones (Ind.)<br>177 0.22% |- | |Marie-Chantal Leriche (CHP)<br>198 0.25% |- | |Giang Ha Thu Vo (Ind.)<br>65 0.08% |- |rowspan=2 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Ottawa South |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |David McGuinty<br>34,205<br>52.32% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Eli Tannis<br>16,025<br>24.51% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Morgan Gay<br>10,457<br>16.00% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Les Schram<br>3,645<br>5.58% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Rodrigo André Bolaños<br>717<br>1.10% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |Larry Wasslen<br>99<br>0.15% | |Ahmed Bouragba (Ind.)<br>141 0.22% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2 |David McGuinty |- | |Sarmad Laith (Ind.)<br>87 0.13% |- |rowspan=4 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |OttawaâÂÂVanier |rowspan=4 | |rowspan=4 |Mona Fortier<br>32,679<br>51.16% |rowspan=4 | |rowspan=4 |Joel E. Bernard<br>11,118<br>17.40% |rowspan=4 | |rowspan=4 |Stéphanie Mercier<br>13,516<br>21.16% |rowspan=4 | |rowspan=4 |Oriana Ngabirano<br>4,796<br>7.51% |rowspan=4 | |rowspan=4 |Paul Durst<br>1,064<br>1.67% |rowspan=4 | |rowspan=4 |Michelle Paquette<br>115<br>0.18% | |Joel Altman (Ind.)<br>211 0.33% |rowspan=4 | |rowspan=4 |Mona Fortier |- | |Christian Legeais (M-L)<br>59 0.09% |- | |Daniel James McHugh (Ind.)<br>94 0.15% |- | |Derek Miller (Rhino.)<br>229 0.36% |- |rowspan=3 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Ottawa WestâÂÂNepean |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Anita Vandenbeld<br>28,378<br>45.62% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Abdul Abdi<br>16,876<br>27.13% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Angella MacEwen<br>11,646<br>18.72% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |David Stibbe<br>3,894<br>6.26% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Serguei Guevorkian<br>839<br>1.35% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Vincent Cama<br>103<br>0.17% | |Nick Lin (M-L)<br>48 0.08% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Anita Vandenbeld |- | |Butch Moore (NA)<br>71 0.11% |- | |Sean Mulligan (CHP)<br>351 0.56% <noinclude>
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