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Kanata—Carleton (provincial electoral district)

Coordinates: 45°22′16″N 76°05′49″W / 45.371°N 76.097°W / 45.371; -76.097
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Kanata—Carleton
Ontario electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Karen McCrimmon
Liberal
District created2015
First contested2018
Last contested2023
Demographics
Population (2016)110,965
Electors (2018)86,449
Area (km²)806
Pop. density (per km²)137.7
Census division(s)Ottawa
Census subdivision(s)Ottawa

Kanata—Carleton is a provincial electoral district in Ottawa, Ontario[1] which was first contested in the 2018 provincial election.

History

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The riding was created federally with the 2012 redistribution process. That same process was announced by the Ontario government, meaning the provincial ridings will follow a similar boundary division for the 2018 provincial election.[2] The new riding contains almost all of the portion of the former Carleton—Mississippi Mills located in Ottawa, except for the portion south of Highway 7/Highway 417 that transferred Carleton. A small fraction came from Nepean—Carleton surrounding the Bridlewood neighbourhood.

Its first MPP, Merrilee Fullerton resigned in 2023, triggering a by-election.[3] The Liberals won the by-election, replacing the Progressive Conservatives after decades of straight wins in the area.[4]

Geography

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The riding roughly covers the Ottawa suburb of Kanata and the rural West Carleton-March Ward, including the communities of Carp, Constance Bay, Corkery, Dunrobin, Fitzroy Harbour, Galetta, Kinburn and Marathon Village.

The riding covers an area within a boundary defined as follows: Western limit of Ottawa starting at Highway 7. NE along Highway 7 to Highway 417. NE along Highway 417 to Maple Grove Road. NE along Maple Grove Road to the Carp River. SE along the Carp River to the SW section of Spearman Lane. NE along Spearman Lane to Terry Fox Drive. SE along Terry Fox to Hope Side Road. NE along Hope Side Road to Richmond Road. N along Richmond Road to West Hunt Club Road. NW to Haanel Drive with Robertson Road. SW along Robertson Road to Eagleson Road. NW along Eagleson Road to March Road, Herzberg Road and March Valley Road to Riddell Road to the interprovincial boundary between Ontario and Quebec. along the boundary to the north limit of the city of Ottawa then SW and SE along the northern and western limits of the city to the point of commencement.

Members of Provincial Parliament

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Kanata-Carleton
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Carleton—Mississippi Mills and Nepean—Carleton
42nd  2018–2022     Merrilee Fullerton Progressive Conservative
43rd  2022–2023
 2023–present     Karen McCrimmon Liberal

Electoral history

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Ontario provincial by-election, July 27, 2023
Resignation of Merrilee Fullerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Karen McCrimmon 11,214 34.53 +11.11 $83,158
Progressive Conservative Sean Webster 10,416 32.07 -11.54 $83,028
New Democratic Melissa Coenraad 9,560 29.43 +5.19 $59,139
New Blue Jennifer Boudreau 636 1.96 -0.42 $9,996
Green Steven Warren 442 1.36 -4.13 $12,205
Independent Josh Rachlis 90 0.28 $0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 32,358 99.63 -0.09
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 121 0.37 +0.09
Turnout 32,479 35.14 -16.24
Eligible voters 91,666
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +11.10
2022 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Merrilee Fullerton 19,871 43.61 +0.41 $81,000
New Democratic Melissa Coenraad 11,045 24.24 −4.93 $41,326
Liberal Shahbaz Syed 10,672 23.42 +6.41 $58,626
Green Pat Freel 2,503 5.49 +0.20 $10,073
New Blue Jennifer Boudreau 1,085 2.38   $3,718
Ontario Party Brian Chuipka 393 0.86   $0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 45,569 99.72 +0.50 $124,510
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 126 0.28 -0.50
Turnout 45,695 51.38 -10.94
Eligible voters 88,389
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +2.67
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.
2018 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Merrilee Fullerton 23,089 43.19 -2.39
New Democratic John Hansen 15,592 29.17 +15.21
Liberal Stephanie Maghnam 9,090 17.01 -16.35
Green Andrew West 2,827 5.29 -1.81
Trillium Jack MacLaren 1,947 3.64
Libertarian Peter D'Entremont 524 0.98
None of the Above Robert LeBrun 384 0.72
Total valid votes 53,453 99.22
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 418 0.78
Turnout 53,871 62.32
Eligible voters 86,449
Progressive Conservative notional hold Swing -8.80
Source: Elections Ontario[5]

^ Results are compared to redistributed results

2014 general election redistributed results[6]
Party Vote %
  Progressive Conservative 19,598 45.59
  Liberal 14,340 33.36
  New Democratic 6,000 13.96
  Green 3,052 7.10

References

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45°22′16″N 76°05′49″W / 45.371°N 76.097°W / 45.371; -76.097