The Progressive Conservatives lost a seat in Ottawa on an otherwise successful election night for the entire Ontario party.
NPD candidate Chandra Pasma ousted PC Party leader Jeremy Roberts in the Ottawa West-Nepean constituency, becoming the first member of the New Democratic Party to take the seat at the end. west of Ottawa.
Progressive Conservatives and Liberals won three constituencies in Ottawa in the 43rd general election, while the NPD won two seats.
The incumbents won in the constituencies of Carleton, Kanata-Carleton, Nepean, Orleans, Ottawa Center, Ottawa South and Ottawa-Vanier.
Across Ontario, Prime Minister Doug Ford and the PC Party will form a second consecutive majority government.
CTVNewsOttawa.ca analyzes results on Ottawa circuits.
Carleton
Goldie Ghamari returns to Queen’s Park for a second term as MPP in Carleton.
The Progressive Conservative candidate received 48% of the vote, defeating Liberal candidate Tom Dawson (27%) and NPD candidate Kevin St. Denis (15.7%).
Ghamari was first elected MPP in the Carleton constituency in the 2018 election.
Kanata-Carleton
Conservative progressive Merrilee Fullerton has been re-elected for a second term as MPP in the Kanata-Carleton constituency.
Fullerton, who served as Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, received 43.2% of the vote, defeating NDP candidate Melissa Coenraad (24.1%) and Liberal Shahbaz Syed (17%).
Fullerton was first chosen for the new Kanata-Carleton riding in 2018.
Nepean
Conservative progressive Lisa MacLeod has won a sixth term at Queen’s Park.
MacLeod received 45% of the vote to win the Nepean constituency. MacLeod defeated Liberal Tyler Watt (33.2%) and NDP Brian Double (20%).
MacLeod did not speak to the media when he arrived at the campaign headquarters to celebrate his election victory. The media could not enter the building for his speech in front of the fans.
MacLeod served as Minister of Heritage, Sports, Tourism and the Cultural Industries.
Orleans
The Liberals continue their rule in Orleans.
Stephen Blais won with 46.4% of the vote, defeating the Conservative progressive candidate Melissa Felian (32.7%) and Gabe Bourdon (13.6%) of the NPD.
Blais has represented the Orleans committee since winning the February 2022 by-election.
Downtown Ottawa
Joel Harden of the New Democratic Party will represent the Central Ottawa constituency for a second term.
Harden won the party with 54.6 percent of the vote, defeating Liberal Katie Gibbs (22.5 percent) and Progressive Conservative Scott Healy (15.7 percent).
Harden was first elected to Central Ottawa in 2018.
Shortly before NDP leader Andrea Horwath announced she would step down as party leader, Harden said it was time for a new leadership.
“I want to congratulate Andrea for leading us four times in four election campaigns. They asked me in French if I think we need a change of leadership, yes!” said Harden.
“We are now at a time when, personally, I think it is time to overcome partisan snipers, it is time to put our communities first.”
Ottawa South
Liberal John Fraser will represent the Ottawa South entourage at Queen’s Park for another term.
Fraser won the South Ottawa constituency with 45.2% of the vote, defeating NPD candidate Morgan Gay (23.8%) and PC Party candidate Edward Dinca (23.1%).
Fraser has represented the ring road since winning a by-election in 2013.
The Liberals have represented the Ottawa South entourage since 1987.
Ottawa-Vanier
Ottawa-Vanier remains painted red liberal for another four-year term.
Liberal Lucille Collard won the Ottawa-Vanier ring road with 41% of the vote, defeating NDP leader Lyra Evans (25.5%) and PC candidate Patrick Mayangi (20.2%).
Collard has represented the Ottawa Vanier constituency since winning a by-election in February 2020. The Liberals have represented the constituency since 1971.
Ottawa West – Nepean
The New Democratic Party has taken Ottawa West-Nepean’s seat in the Progressive Conservative Party government.
NPD candidate Chandra Pasma defeated PC incumbent Jeremy Roberts by just over 900 votes.
Pasma received 37% of the vote. Roberts received 34.9% of the vote, while Liberal candidate Sam Bhalesar received 22.7% of the vote.
Roberts defeated Pasma by 175 votes in the 2018 election.
This is the first time the NDP has won the Ottawa West-Nepean ring road, which was previously occupied by the PC Party and the Liberals since its inception in 1999.