+ Seats obtained by party This page shows results of Canadian federal elections in the Ottawa, Ontario area since the 1979 election.
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, now there are probably only two safe Liberal seats in Ottawa - Ottawa South and Ottawa—Vanier. 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.
Party 2004 2006 2008 Change (04-06) Change (06-08) Votes% Votes% Votes%Conservative153,28936.4181,34040.8180,53341.8 +4.4 +1.0Liberal171,21740.6151,72634.2147,01334.1 -6.4 -0.1New Democrats69,47316.580,55518.165,33315.1 +1.6 -3.023,5365.626,8546.036,6838.5 +0.4 +2.53750.18380.26290.1 +0.1 -0.12,4990.67510.23780.1 -0.4 -0.100.000.02240.1 0.0 +0.1900.01020.0 150 0.0 0.0 0.01970.01210.01000.0 0.0 0.02990.11860.0930.0 -0.1 0.0460.000.00 0.0 0.0 0.0Independents3460.116040.44150.1 +0.3 -0.3Total421,367444,077431,506
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.
Votes by party throughout time Election /1979 121,92143.6% 40,33114.4% 116,49641.6% 1,0110.4%1980 126,12547.9% 34,18013.0% 100,38238.1% 2,8941.1%1984 107,69435.7% 57,30719.0% 1,3630.5% 133,30844.1% 2,3720.8%1988 155,44448.5% 50,07415.6% 3000.1% 109,13534.0% 5,5941.7%1993 208,13162.0% 23,2716.9% 2,7900.8% 47,29114.1% 45,16013.5% 8,8552.6%1997 176,17954.3% 33,75410.4% 2,3620.7% 53,78116.6% 54,37916.8% 3,8831.2%2000 149,85546.7% 28,2838.8% 4,5651.4% 51,78216.1% 80,82325.2% 5,4881.7%2004 170,60940.4% 154,65436.6% 69,78516.5% 23,7545.6% 3,8060.9%2006 151,13833.8% 183,68141.1% 80,82318.1% 27,1916.1% 3,7280.8%2008 145,32333.8% 180,32741.9% 65,15015.1% 37,0008.6% 2,3580.5%2011 139,99930.9% 188,89141.7% 104,30723.0% 18,5774.1% 1,7060.4%2015 281,66453.0% 157,51029.6% 74,45114.0% 14,4122.7% 3,8180.7%2019 265,03347.5% 156,75128.1% 91,86316.5% 34,1906.1% 6,7661.2% 2,8860.5%2021 236,62745.1% 158,84430.3% 99,68719.0% 12,5612.4% 14,7382.8% 1,8690.4%2025 371,71162.5% 175,20929.4% 36,3036.1% 6,2271.0% 1,4510.2% 4,1370.7%
Representation history by area Representation West Carleton Kanata Goulbourn Rideau Osgoode South Nepean North Nepean West Ottawa Westboro Central Ottawa South Ottawa Alta Vista Riverview East Ottawa/Vanier Rockcliffe North Gloucester South Gloucester Orleans Rural Cumberland 2022 Carleton Kanata Carleton Nepean Ottawa West—Nepean Ottawa Centre Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Carleton Orléans Prescott—Russell—Cumberland 2012 Kanata—Carleton Carleton Nepean Ottawa West—Nepean Ottawa Centre Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Carleton Orléans Glengarry—Prescott—Russell 2003 Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa West—Nepean Ottawa Centre Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Nepean—Carleton Ottawa—Orléans Glengarry—Prescott—Russell 1996 Lanark—CarletonNepean—Carleton Ottawa West—Nepean Ottawa Centre Ottawa SouthOttawa—Vanier Ottawa—Orléans Glengarry—Prescott—Russell 1987 Lanark—Carleton Carleton—Gloucester Nepean Ottawa West Ottawa Centre Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Carleton—Gloucester Glengarry—Prescott—Russell 1976 Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton Nepean—Carleton Ottawa West Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Carleton Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa—Carleton Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
2025
| style="background-color:whitesmoke" rowspan=5|Carleton Details | rowspan=5 | | rowspan=5|Bruce Fanjoy43,84650.9% | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5|Pierre Poilievre39,33345.7% | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5|Beth Prokaska1,2211.4% | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5|Mark Watson5610.7% | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5| | |Karen Bourdeau (UP)112 0.1% | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5|Pierre Poilievre
|Sébastien CoRhino (Rhino.)31 0.0%
|Danny Légaré (Mar.)37 0.0%
|Shawn MacEachern (CFP)63 0.1%
|LBC at bottom of table |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Kanata || |Jenna Sudds45,24460.8% | |Greg Kung26,55735.7% | |Melissa Simon1,7022.3% | |Jennifer Purdy8351.1%
|Moinuddin Siddiqui (Cent.)1220.2% || |Jenna SuddsKanata—Carleton |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Nepean || |Mark Carney46,07363.8% | |Barbara Bal24,01733.2% | |Shyam Shukla1,4242.0% | |Greg Hopkins4620.6% | |Eric Fleury2610.4%
||Chandra Arya± |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" rowspan=3|Orléans | rowspan=3 | | rowspan=3|Marie-France Lalonde53,14667.4% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Steve Mansour22,07228.0% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Oulai B. Goué2,0632.6% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Jaycob Jacques6520.8% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Tafiqul Abu Mohammad3310.4% | |Arlo Arrowsmith (Libert.)301 0.4% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Marie-France Lalonde
|Mazhar Choudhry (Ind.)162 0.2%
|Arabella Vida (Ind.)76 0.1% |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" rowspan=5|Ottawa Centre | rowspan=5 | | rowspan=5|Yasir Naqvi51,02662.7% | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5|Paul D'Orsonnens12,69215.6% | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5|Joel Harden15,93519.6% | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5|Amanda Rosenstock9161.1% | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5| | |Andrea Chabot (CFP)268 0.3% | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5|Yasir Naqvi
|Zed Chebib (Ind.)47 0.1%
|Marie-Chantal Leriche (CHP)234 0.3%
|Cashton Perry (Comm.)154 0.2%
|Mike Salmon (Ind.)66 0.1% |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" rowspan=3|Ottawa South | rowspan=3 | | rowspan=3|David McGuinty43,38865.2% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Blair Turner18,01027.1% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Hena Masjedee4,0176.0% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Nira Dookeran6421.0% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| | |William Cooper (Rhino.)155 0.2% |rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|David McGuinty
|Alex Perrier (CHP)259 0.4%
|John Redins (CFP)93 0.1% |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" rowspan=3|Ottawa—Vanier—Gloucester | rowspan=3 | | rowspan=3|Mona Fortier45,93467.4% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Dean Wythe14,63321.5% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Tristan Oliff5,1647.6% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Christian Proulx1,3452.0% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Marty Simms3490.5% | |Elizabeth Benoit (Ind.)238 0.3% | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Mona FortierOttawa—Vanier
|Coreen Corcoran (Libert.)338 0.5%
|Christian Legeais (M-L)182 0.3% |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Ottawa West—Nepean || |Anita Vandenbeld43,55563.6% | |Ryan Telford18,51727.1% | |Josh Bizjak4,8477.1% | |Prashanta Dhakal7801.1% | |Glen Armstrong5140.8% | |Sean Mulligan (CHP)2320.3% || |Anita Vandenbeld |}<noinclude> Longest Ballot CommitteeLongest Ballot Committee candidates have Tomas Szuchewycz as their official agent. Affiliated candidates from registered political parties are listed normally. 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
2021
| style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Carleton | |Gustave Roy24,29834.28% || |Pierre Poilievre35,35649.89% | |Kevin Hua8,16411.52% | |Nira Dookeran1,3271.87% | |Peter Crawley1,7282.44%
|Pierre Poilievre |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Kanata—Carleton || |Jenna Sudds26,39441.79% | |Jennifer McAndrew24,37338.59% | |Melissa Coenraad8,82213.97% | |Jennifer Purdy1,7092.71% | |Scott Miller1,8582.94%
|Karen McCrimmon$ |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Nepean || |Chandra Arya29,62045.05% | |Matt Triemstra22,18433.74% | |Sean Devine10,78616.41% | |Gordon Kubanek1,3182.00% | |Jay Nera1,8402.80%
|Chandra Arya |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Orléans || |Marie-France Lalonde39,10151.94% | |Mary-Elsie Wolfe21,70028.82% | |Jessica Joanis10,98314.59% | |Michael Hartnett1,2331.64% | |Spencer Oklobdzija2,0462.72% | |André Junior Cléroux (FPC)2200.29% || |Marie-France Lalonde |- |rowspan=3 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Ottawa Centre |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Yasir Naqvi33,82545.50% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Carol Clemenhagen11,65015.67% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Angella MacEwen24,55233.03% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Angela Keller-Herzog2,1152.84% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Regina Watteel1,6052.16% | |Shelby Bertrand (Animal)261 0.35% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Catherine McKenna
|Richard "Rich" Joyal (Ind.)132 0.18%
|Alex McDonald (Comm.)201 0.27% |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Ottawa South || |David McGuinty29,03848.81% | |Eli Tannis15,49726.05% | |Huda Mukbil11,51419.35% | |Les Schram1,4012.35% | |Chylow Hall1,8983.19% | |Larry Wasslen (Comm.)1440.24% || |David McGuinty |- |rowspan=3 style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Ottawa—Vanier |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Mona Fortier28,46249.05% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Heidi Jensen11,61120.01% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Lyse-Pascale Inamuco13,70323.61% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Christian Proulx1,8163.13% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Jean-Jacques Desgranges1,8553.20% | |Crystelle Bourguignon (FPC)179 0.31% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3 |Mona Fortier
|Daniel Elford (Libert.)248 0.43%
|Marie-Chantal TaiEl Leriche (Ind.)157 0.27% |- | style="background-color:whitesmoke" |Ottawa West—Nepean || |Anita Vandenbeld25,88945.10% | |Jennifer Jennekens16,47328.70% | |Yavar Hameed11,16319.45% | |David Stibbe1,6422.86% | |David Yeo1,9083.32% | |Sean Mulligan (CHP)3270.57% || |Anita Vandenbeld