Kanata—Carleton
 Ontario electoral district |
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| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal |
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| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011)[1] | 100,846 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 78,431 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 795 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 126.9 | ||
| Census divisions | Ottawa | ||
| Census subdivisions | Ottawa | ||
Kanata—Carleton is a federal electoral district in Ottawa, Ontario. [2]
Kanata—Carleton was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015. The new riding absorbed most of the portion of Carleton—Mississippi Mills located in Ottawa, except for the portion south of Highway 7/Highway 417 that will shift to Carleton. A small fraction came from Nepean—Carleton surrounding the Bridlewood neighbourhood.
Geography
The riding will cover an area within a boundary defines as follows: Western limit of Ottawa starting at Highway 7. NE along Highway7 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 Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Kanata—Carleton Riding created from Carleton—Mississippi Mills and Nepean—Carleton |
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| 42nd | 2015–Present | Karen McCrimmon | Liberal | |
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Karen McCrimmon | 32,447 | 51.29 | +24.82 | – | |||
| Conservative | Walter Pamic | 24,829 | 39.21 | -14.50 | – | |||
| New Democratic | John Hansen | 4,313 | 6.81 | -8.48 | – | |||
| Green | Andrew West | 1,704 | 2.69 | -1.85 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 63,323 | 100.00 | $212,958.74 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 191 | 0.30 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 63,514 | 79.56 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 79,831 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[3][4][5] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[6] | |||
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| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 27,285 | 53.71 | |
| Liberal | 13,445 | 26.46 | |
| New Democratic | 7,766 | 15.29 | |
| Green | 2,307 | 4.54 | |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stastistics Canada: 2012
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kanata—Carleton, 30 September 2015
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
