Kanata—Carleton (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Kanata—Carleton.

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

Kanata—Carleton

Ontario electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Karen McCrimmon Liberal
District created	2015
First contested	2018
Last contested	2023
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

History

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

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

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

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

v t e 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.

v t e 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

1. Final Report – Ontario
2. "Ontario provincial elections to move to spring as Liberals promise to tackle largely unregulated third-party ads". National Post. June 4, 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
3. "Fullerton resigns as MPP for Kanata-Carleton". CTV News. 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
4. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-kanata-carleton-byelection-1.6918342 ^{[bare URL]}
5. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
6. "43 - Kanata-Carleton".

External links

• Map of riding for 2018 election

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