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Ottawa South is a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

in Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

in the Canadian province of Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. It is represented in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

by David McGuinty

David McGuinty

David Joseph McGuinty, MP is a Canadian lawyer politician from Ontario, Canada. He is the Member of Parliament for the riding of Ottawa South and sits in the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal Party of Canada's Critic for Natural Resources...

, brother of Ontario Premier

Premier of Ontario

The Premier of Ontario is the first Minister of the Crown for the Canadian province of Ontario. The Premier is appointed as the province's head of government by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and presides over the Executive council, or Cabinet. The Executive Council Act The Premier of Ontario...

and Ottawa South MPP Dalton McGuinty

Dalton McGuinty

Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP is a Canadian lawyer, politician and, since October 23, 2003, the 24th and current Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario....

. The riding was created in 1987 from parts of Ottawa—Vanier

Ottawa—Vanier

Ottawa—Vanier is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935...

, Ottawa Centre

Ottawa Centre

Ottawa Centre is an urban federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968...

and the former Ottawa—Carleton

Ottawa—Carleton

Ottawa–Carleton was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1988. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Carleton, Ottawa East and Russell ridings....

electoral districts. It has been held continuously by Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

candidates since it was first contested in 1988. Ottawa South is a suburban, generally middle class

Middle class

The middle class is any class of people in the middle of a societal hierarchy. In Weberian socio-economic terms, the middle class is the broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socio-economically between the working class and upper class....

riding, notable for having the highest Arab

Arab

Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...

population in Ontario.

Geography

The riding is located within the city of Ottawa. It is bounded on the north and east by Highway 417

Highway 417 (Ontario)

King's Highway 417, also known as Highway 417 and the Queensway through Ottawa is a 400-series highways in the Canadian province of Ontario which connects Montreal with Ottawa. It is the backbone of the transportation system in the Ottawa region, where it forms part of the Queensway along with...

, on the west by the Rideau River

Rideau River

thumb|Rapids on the Rideau River opposite [[Carleton University]].The Rideau River is a Southern Ontario river which flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at Rideau Falls in Ottawa, Ontario. Its length is 146 km...

and on the south by a line beginning at the Rideau River and the former Ottawa city limits, then east to Limebank Road, south to Leitrim Road, east to the CP Rail line

Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...

, north to Lester Road, then east along Lester and Davidson Road to Conroy Road, north to Hunt Club Road and east along Hunt Club and its prolongation to Highway 417. Neighbouring districts include Ottawa—Vanier

Ottawa—Vanier

Ottawa—Vanier is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935...

to the north, Ottawa—Orleans

Ottawa—Orléans

Ottawa—Orléans is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988....

to the east, Nepean—Carleton

Nepean—Carleton

Nepean—Carleton is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988 and since 1997....

to the south and Ottawa West—Nepean

Ottawa West—Nepean

Ottawa West—Nepean is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 112,509.-Geography:...

and Ottawa Centre

Ottawa Centre

Ottawa Centre is an urban federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968...

to the west.

Ottawa South comprises the neighbourhoods of Riverview, Eastway Gardens, Alta Vista, Riverside Park

Riverside Park, Ottawa

Riverside Park is a neighbourhood in the south end of Ottawa, Canada.It is bounded on the north by Brookfield Road, on the east by the Airport Parkway, on the south by Walkley Road and on the west by the Rideau River....

, Mooney's Bay, Hunt Club Woods, Hunt Club Estate, Hunt Club Chase, South Keys, Ellwood, Heron Gate

Heron Gate

Heron Gate is the name given to the neighbourhood in South-East Ottawa.The boundaries are Heron Road from the north, Alta Vista Drive on the west, the angle of Heron and Walkley on the east and Walkley Road in the south....

, Sheffield Glen

Sheffield Glen

Sheffield Glen is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Canada. It is located in the southeast part of the old city of Ottawa. It is bounded on the west by Russell Road, on the south by Walkley Road and on the north and east by Lancaster Road. The neighbourhood is more commonly referred to as Southvale by...

, Airport-Uplands, Elizabeth Park, Windsor Park Village, and Blossom Park

Blossom Park, Ontario

Blossom Park is a suburban community located in the south-end of the city of Ottawa, Ontario. It is considered an outer-suburb of the city. Before the 2001 city of Ottawa amalgamation it was a suburb of the city of Gloucester.Population : 12,361....

in the city of Ottawa. The total area is 76 km². There are 233 polling divisions.

Party support

The riding has been held by the Liberal Party of Canada

Liberal Party of Canada

since its creation in 1988. The closest the Liberals have come to losing the seat was a 7% win in 2006. The riding has stayed in Liberal hands despite Conservative governments and has not elected a non-Liberal Member of Parliament since its creation. If the riding existed with the same boundaries in 1984 however, the Progressive Conservatives would have won it. As of the 2008 election, Ottawa South remains one of only two Liberal held ridings in Ottawa.

The New Democratic Party has never seen its support above 14% in Ottawa South, and it was the weakest riding for the party in Ottawa for the 2008 election. The Greens saw their highest vote here in 2008 with 7%.

Political geography

The Liberals have support in most parts of the riding. In the 2004 election, the strongest Liberal areas were in the Alta Vista

Alta Vista (Ottawa)

Alta Vista is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Its boundaries can be broadly described as: Smyth Road in the north, St. Laurent Boulevard in the east, Walkley Road and Heron Road in the south, and Bank Street and Riverside Drive in the west...

neighbourhood. However in the 2006 election, they lost some of this support, but it was gained from lower income areas such as Heron Gate

Heron Gate

. By 2008, the Liberals had gained much of their support back in Alta Vista.

The Conservatives have their strongest amount in the southern parts of the riding, especially in the community of Blossom Park

Blossom Park, Ontario

and around the Macdonald-Cartier International Airport By 2006, the Conservatives had won the neighbourhood of Elmvale Acres

Elmvale Acres

Elmvale Acres is a neighbourhood in Alta Vista . It was built in the late 1950s by the contractor and property developer, Robert Campeau....

, but this was lost in 2008. The New Democrats have only won one poll in recent memory, and that was a poll in Heron Gate in 2004.http://www.elections.ca/scripts/OVR2004/23/5158.html http://www.elections.ca/scripts/OVR2006/25/6034.html http://www.elections.ca/scripts/OVR2008/31/7423.html http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding/?riding=1117&pane=3

Demographics

According to the Canada 2001 Census
Canada 2001 Census
The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 15, 2001. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 30,007,094. This was a 4% increase over 1996 Census of 28,846,761. In...

Ethnic groups: 71.4% White, 8.3% Black, 6.3% Arab, 3.6% Chinese, 3.0% South Asian, 1.7% Latin American, 1.3% West Asian, 1.2% Southeast Asian

Languages: 56.9% English, 13.0% French, 27.7% Other, 2.4% Multiple languages

Religions: 41.3% Catholic, 24.9% Protestant, 10.4% Muslim, 3.8% Christian Orthodox, 1.6% Jewish, 1.2% Hindu, 1.1% Buddhist, 2.2% Other Christian, 12.8% No religious affiliation

Average income: $35,247

Member of Parliament

The Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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(MP) is for Ottawa South David McGuinty

David McGuinty

, a former businessman, immigration officer, lawyer and professor. He was first elected in 2004

Canadian federal election, 2004

The Canadian federal election, 2004 , was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 38th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority, but was able to form a minority government after the elections...

. He represents the Liberal Party of Canada

Liberal Party of Canada

Riding associations

Riding association

In Canadian politics a riding association , officially called an electoral district association is the basic unit of a political party, that is it is the party's organization at the level of the electoral district, or "riding"...

s are the local branches of the national political parties: http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding/?riding=1117&pane=5

Party		Association Name	CEO	HQ Address	Neighbourhood	Green Party of Canada Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...	Green Party of Canada Ottawa South	Manuel Costa	3158 Uplands Drive	Hunt Club Hunt Club Hunt Club is a large suburban neighbourhood in the southern part of Ottawa, Canada. The area is named after the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, which used to own much of the land where the community is now situated and is still a major presence...	Conservative Party of Canada Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...	Ottawa South Conservative Association	Kyle Bandy	301-2446 Bank Street Bank Street (Ottawa) Bank Street is the major north-south road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs south from Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa, south through the neighbourhoods of Centretown, The Glebe, Old Ottawa South, Alta Vista, Hunt Club, and then through the villages of Blossom Park, Leitrim, South...	Blossom Park	Liberal Party of Canada Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...	Ottawa South Federal Liberal Association	Sid Treml	702-1785 Riverside Drive Riverside Drive (Ottawa) Riverside Drive is a major road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada that follows along the eastern bank of the Rideau River. From its northern terminus at the Transitway/Via Rail underpass just south of the Queensway, the road proceeds south to Limebank Road where it continues as River Road until the city...	Riverview	New Democratic Party New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...	Ottawa South Federal NDP Riding Association	Stephanie Jones	56 Robert St.	Ottawa Centre Ottawa Centre Ottawa Centre is an urban federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968...	Progressive Canadian Party Progressive Canadian Party The Progressive Canadian Party is a minor federal political party in Canada. It is a centre/centre-right party that was officially registered with Elections Canada, the government's election agency, on March 29, 2004....	Ottawa South PC Party Association	Ernie Schreiber Ernie Schreiber (politician) H. Ernie Schreiber MA was the founding interim leader of the Progressive Canadian Party from 2004 until his resignation due to a heart condition in 2005.-Biography:...	2280 Russell Rd. Russell Road Russell Road may refer to one of the following:Russell Road , CanadaRussell Road , AustraliaRussell Road , CaliforniaRussell Road...	Hawthorne Meadows

History

The district was created in 1987. 65.7% was from Ottawa—Carleton

Ottawa—Carleton

, 20.1% from Ottawa Centre

Ottawa Centre

Ottawa Centre is an urban federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968...

and 14.2% from Ottawa—Vanier

Ottawa—Vanier

Ottawa—Vanier is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935...

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Ottawa—Carleton Ottawa—Carleton Ottawa–Carleton was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1988. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Carleton, Ottawa East and Russell ridings.... , Ottawa Centre Ottawa Centre Ottawa Centre is an urban federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968... , and Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa—Vanier is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935... prior to 1987
34th Canadian federal election, 1988 The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....	1988–1993	John Manley John Manley John Manley may refer to:* John Manley , English soldier, MP and Postmaster General* John Manley, Canadian politician* John Manley , British archaeologist* John H. Manley, American nuclear physicist...	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
35th Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...	1993–1997
36th Canadian federal election, 1997 The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...	1997–2000
37th Canadian federal election, 2000 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....	2000–2004
38th Canadian federal election, 2004 The Canadian federal election, 2004 , was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 38th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority, but was able to form a minority government after the elections...	2004–2006	David McGuinty David McGuinty David Joseph McGuinty, MP is a Canadian lawyer politician from Ontario, Canada. He is the Member of Parliament for the riding of Ottawa South and sits in the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal Party of Canada's Critic for Natural Resources...	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
39th Canadian federal election, 2006 The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:...	2006–2008
40th Canadian federal election, 2008 The 2008 Canadian federal election was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by the Governor General on September 7, 2008...	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results

1988

Barry Turner was the incumbent going into the 1988 election. He had previously been the member of the Ottawa—Carleton

Ottawa—Carleton

riding. As an MP, Turner had a reputation as a hard working MP. However, he would end up being defeated by John Manley, a lawyer with a specialty in tax law. Many attribute the loss to a phone and mail campaign by the Public Service Alliance of Canada

Public Service Alliance of Canada

The Public Service Alliance of Canada is one of Canada’s largest national labour unions, with members in every province and territory. In fact, it is the biggest union in the Canadian Federal Public Sector...

which were upset at the Progressive Conservative Government's cuts to the civil service.
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Liberal Party of Canada

gain from Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

1993

Manley was re-elected, as part of a landslide victory for the opposition Liberals. He defeated consulting engineer Doug Walkinshaw of the Reform Party. Joe Anton, the Progressive Conservative candidate, an auditor for Revenue Canada defeated the mayor of Kanata

Kanata, Ontario

Situated in the Ottawa Valley, Kanata is located about west-southwest of Downtown Ottawa along Highway 417 at a latitude of 45°18' North and a longitude of 75°55' West, with an area of . Its northern end is just to the west of the Ottawa River....

for the Tory nomination. Ursule Critoph, an economist, was the NDP candidate.

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|align="left" colspan=2|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

1997

Before the 1997 election, the riding changed its boundaries slightly. The old 1987 version encompassed 95% of the new 1996 version. The remaining 5% came from nearby Carleton-Gloucester. John Manley, now the Minister of Industry

Minister of Industry (Canada)

The Minister of Industry is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's economic development and corporate affairs department, Industry Canada. The Minister of Industry is also the minister responsible for Statistics Canada...

was once again re-elected. He faced opposition from the Somali

Somali people

Somalis are an ethnic group located in the Horn of Africa, also known as the Somali Peninsula. The overwhelming majority of Somalis speak the Somali language, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family...

community in the riding for his indifference to their needs and concerns. This did not have enough impact, however and Manley won again with another massive majority. He defeated Carla Marie Dancey, the Reform Party candidate who lived outside the riding. Also running was Keith Beardsley, a staffer to MP Gerry Weiner

Gerry Weiner

Gerald "Gerry" Weiner, PC is a Canadian politician.A pharmacist educated at McGill University and the Université de Montréal, Weiner entered local politics and eventually became mayor of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec...

Liberal Party of Canada

2000

By 2000, Manley had progressed to Minister of Foreign Affairs

Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's international relations section of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada....

. He defeated Brad Darbyson, the Canadian Alliance candidate, who was an investment counselor. Finishing in third was engineer Kevin Lister, the Progressive Conservative candidate and native Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

Liberal Party of Canada

2004

The riding's boundaries had very little change. 99.7% of the riding remained intact, taking 0.3% from Ottawa-Vanier. John Manley retired prior to the 2004 election. He was among a number of high profile Liberals to retire who were known to be Jean Chrétien

Jean Chrétien

Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien , known commonly as Jean Chrétien is a former Canadian politician who was the 20th Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the position for over ten years, from November 4, 1993 to December 12, 2003....

loyalists. David McGuinty, a lawyer and brother of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty

Dalton McGuinty

Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP is a Canadian lawyer, politician and, since October 23, 2003, the 24th and current Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario....

, won the Liberal nomination. He was known to be a friend of Prime Minister Paul Martin

Paul Martin

Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, PC , also known as Paul Martin, Jr. is a Canadian politician who was the 21st Prime Minister of Canada, as well as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada....

. McGuinty faced a steep challenge from Alan Riddell, another lawyer, and Monia Mazigh, the NDP candidate. Riddell, the Conservative candidate, had suffered bad press when it was discovered he had been driving with a suspended license. Mazigh, who lived in Nepean

Nepean, Ontario

- Recent quantity of snow :- History :Nepean Township, originally known as Township D, was established in 1792 and originally included what is now the central area of Ottawa west of the Rideau River. Jehiel Collins, from Vermont, is believed to have been the first person to settle in Nepean...

, was another high-profile candidate, being the wife of Maher Arar

Maher Arar

Maher Arar is a telecommunications engineer with dual Syrian and Canadian citizenship who resides in Canada. Arar's story is frequently referred to as "extraordinary rendition" but the U.S. government insisted it was a case of deportation.Arar was detained during a layover at John F...

Liberal Party of Canada

Results by neighbourhood

Community	John Akpata		Raymond Aubin		Saroj Bains		John Ford		Monia Mazigh		David McGuinty		Alan Riddell		Brad Thomson
	Mar.		Ind.		M-L		Green		NDP		Liberal		Cons.		PC Party
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Eastway Gardens	4	1.1	8	2.3	1	0.3	19	5.5	25	7.2	161	46.5	127	36.7	1	0.3
Cyrville	0	0.0	4	2.2	0	0.0	12	6.5	17	9.2	91	49.2	57	30.8	4	2.2
Riverview Riverview (Ottawa) Riverview also known as Riverview Park is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is southeast of the downtown adjacent to the Rideau River, its location on which is its namesake...	53	1.0	27	0.5	6	0.1	332	6.3	830	15.8	2482	47.3	1488	28.3	32	0.6
Rideau Park	9	0.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	74	6.0	106	8.6	646	52.4	393	31.9	5	0.4
Applewood Acres	4	0.4	5	0.5	0	0.0	80	7.4	134	12.4	551	50.8	304	28.0	6	0.6
Alta Vista Alta Vista (Ottawa) Alta Vista is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Its boundaries can be broadly described as: Smyth Road in the north, St. Laurent Boulevard in the east, Walkley Road and Heron Road in the south, and Bank Street and Riverside Drive in the west...	11	0.9	0	0.0	2	0.2	97	8.0	151	12.4	584	47.9	368	30.2	5	0.4
Ridgemont	5	0.8	3	0.5	2	0.3	54	8.4	82	12.7	305	47.4	188	29.2	5	0.8
Playfair Park	2	0.2	4	0.4	1	0.1	49	4.5	83	7.7	571	52.7	373	34.4	1	0.1
Guildwood Estates Guildwood Estates Guildwood Estates is a sub neighbourhood in Alta Vista, Ottawa. It can be broadly described as south of Kilborn ave., anything west of the Walkley-Kilborn greenspace, anything east of Parkland and north of Heron road....	1	0.1	0	0.0	2	0.3	37	5.2	47	6.6	389	54.3	238	33.2	3	0.4
Urbandale Acres	4	0.3	7	0.6	1	0.1	75	6.2	126	10.3	575	47.2	423	34.7	7	0.6
Elmvale Acres Elmvale Acres Elmvale Acres is a neighbourhood in Alta Vista . It was built in the late 1950s by the contractor and property developer, Robert Campeau....	14	0.8	12	0.7	2	0.1	123	6.8	214	11.8	792	43.6	649	35.8	11	0.6
Urbandale	13	0.6	11	0.5	3	0.1	168	7.6	209	9.5	979	44.4	810	36.7	13	0.6
Hawthorne Meadows	15	1.2	9	0.7	0	0.0	38	3.0	207	16.1	583	45.3	425	33.0	10	0.8
Sheffield Glen Sheffield Glen Sheffield Glen is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Canada. It is located in the southeast part of the old city of Ottawa. It is bounded on the west by Russell Road, on the south by Walkley Road and on the north and east by Lancaster Road. The neighbourhood is more commonly referred to as Southvale by...	21	1.7	5	0.4	3	0.2	55	4.4	203	16.3	534	42.9	415	33.3	9	0.7
Billings Bridge Billings Bridge Billings Bridge is a bridge over the Rideau River in Ottawa. Bank Street passes over the river by way of this bridge. The bridge was named after Braddish Billings, who settled in this area and established a farm nearby in 1812. The first bridge, originally called Farmers Bridge, was built over the...	17	1.2	10	0.7	4	0.3	74	5.4	253	18.5	619	45.2	381	27.8	12	0.9
Heron Park Heron Park Heron Park is located south of Old Ottawa South. Its boundaries are the Rideau River to the north, the Sawmill Creek to the west, Bank Street to the east, Walkley Road to the south....	7	0.8	9	1.1	2	0.2	48	5.7	143	17.0	364	43.2	266	31.6	3	0.4
Riverside Park	14	0.9	6	0.4	5	0.3	97	6.1	198	12.4	749	46.8	526	32.9	9	0.6
Mooney's Bay	4	0.4	0	0.0	1	0.1	91	8.9	111	10.8	487	47.5	329	32.1	3	0.3
Riverside Park South	9	0.8	7	0.6	2	0.2	86	7.3	137	11.6	472	40.1	459	39.0	6	0.5
Ellwood Ellwood (Ottawa) Ellwood is a neighbourhood bounded by Walkley Road on the north, the O-Train corridor on the west, Albion Road on the east and the Walkley Railway Yards on the south....	12	1.5	6	0.8	3	0.4	41	5.2	139	17.6	359	45.4	227	28.7	4	0.5
Heron Gate Heron Gate Heron Gate is the name given to the neighbourhood in South-East Ottawa.The boundaries are Heron Road from the north, Alta Vista Drive on the west, the angle of Heron and Walkley on the east and Walkley Road in the south....	30	1.1	10	0.4	6	0.2	139	4.9	756	26.5	1150	40.3	723	25.4	38	1.3
Hunt Club Woods	18	0.9	3	0.2	2	0.1	110	5.6	272	13.9	867	44.2	677	34.5	11	0.6
Hunt Club Estate	23	1.3	2	0.1	2	0.1	124	7.0	282	15.9	751	42.4	573	32.3	16	0.9
Hunt Club Chase	20	1.2	2	0.1	0	0.0	129	7.5	205	12.0	761	44.5	580	33.9	12	0.7
Elizabeth Park	4	2.6	1	0.7	0	0.0	9	5.9	14	9.2	46	30.3	77	50.7	1	0.7
Windsor Park Village	4	1.4	1	0.3	0	0.0	23	7.8	38	13.0	88	30.0	134	45.7	5	1.7
South Keys	13	0.8	13	0.8.	2	0.1	84	5.0	221	13.2	666	39.9	663	39.7	7	0.4
Greenboro	43	0.9	11	0.2	8	0.2	225	4.9	712	15.7	1989	43.7	1536	33.8	23	0.5
Hunt Club Park	18	0.5	7	0.2	5	0.1	167	4.6	481	13.2	1717	47.1	1227	33.7	23	0.6
Blossom Park Blossom Park, Ontario Blossom Park is a suburban community located in the south-end of the city of Ottawa, Ontario. It is considered an outer-suburb of the city. Before the 2001 city of Ottawa amalgamation it was a suburb of the city of Gloucester.Population : 12,361....	69	1.3	25	0.5	4	0.1	307	5.7	755	14.0	2067	38.4	2117	39.3	40	0.7

Nomination contests

Candidate	Residence	March 6, 2004
Liberal Party of Canada
Camille Awada	Ottawa
Diane Deans Diane Deans Diane Elisabeth Deans is a member of Ottawa City Council, Canada, representing Gloucester-Southgate Ward in the city's south-east.A graduate of the University of Guelph she was active in the Canadian Federation of Students. Deans was first elected to Ottawa city council in 1994...	Ottawa
Sheila Gervais	Ottawa
John Samuel	Ottawa
David McGuinty David McGuinty David Joseph McGuinty, MP is a Canadian lawyer politician from Ontario, Canada. He is the Member of Parliament for the riding of Ottawa South and sits in the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal Party of Canada's Critic for Natural Resources...	Ottawa	X

Candidate	Residence	March 8, 2004
Conservative Party of Canada
Brad Darbyson	Ottawa
Terry Kilrea Terry Kilrea Terry Kilrea is an aspiring politician from Ottawa.-2003 election:Kilrea ran for mayor of Ottawa in the 2003 municipal election on a platform that included opposition to light rail expansion, opposition to official bilingualism, abolition of the ban on smoking in public places, and an increase of...	Nepean Nepean, Ontario - Recent quantity of snow :- History :Nepean Township, originally known as Township D, was established in 1792 and originally included what is now the central area of Ottawa west of the Rideau River. Jehiel Collins, from Vermont, is believed to have been the first person to settle in Nepean...
Alan Riddell Alan Riddell Alan Riddell is a bilingual labour relations lawyer and partner with the law firm of Soloway Wright LLP in Ottawa, Canada. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and France's Institut d'etudes politiques de Paris...	Ottawa	X

Candidate	Residence	April 14, 2004
New Democratic Party
Jeannie Page	Ottawa
Monia Mazigh Monia Mazigh Monia Mazigh is a Canadian academic best known for her efforts to free her husband Maher Arar from a Syrian prison. A resident of Ottawa, Ontario, she was the New Democratic Party candidate for the riding of Ottawa South, a traditionally Liberal riding, in the 2004 federal election.She was born...	Nepean Nepean, Ontario - Recent quantity of snow :- History :Nepean Township, originally known as Township D, was established in 1792 and originally included what is now the central area of Ottawa west of the Rideau River. Jehiel Collins, from Vermont, is believed to have been the first person to settle in Nepean...	X

2006

David McGuinty

was re-elected after two years as a Liberal backbencher. The race was expected to be closer than 2004, which it was, as McGuinty faced a tough challenge from Conservative Allan Cutler

Allan Cutler

Allan S. Cutler is a former Canadian public servant notable for his role as the whistleblower who reported anomalies in a Canadian sponsorship program designed to raise awareness in Quebec of the Government of Canada's contributions to Quebec industries and culture. This program was undertaken to...

. Cutler was the man who blew the whistle on the Liberal Sponsorship Scandal

Sponsorship scandal

The sponsorship scandal, "AdScam", "Sponsorship" or Sponsorgate, is a scandal that came as a result of a Canadian federal government "sponsorship program" in the province of Quebec and involving the Liberal Party of Canada, which was in power from 1993 to 2006...

which saw millions of dollars of public funds transferred to Liberal friendly firms in Quebec during the Chrétien era. The margin of victory between the liberal and his conservative challenger was closer than in 2004, but McGuinty eventually came out on top. Cutler himself was painted as a hypocrite as he would not address the issue of his nomination. Accusations started that 2004 candidate Alan Riddell

Alan Riddell

Alan Riddell is a bilingual labour relations lawyer and partner with the law firm of Soloway Wright LLP in Ottawa, Canada. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and France's Institut d'etudes politiques de Paris...

was given $50,000 not to stand for nomination in the race. Riddell was also pushed aside in an earlier nomination race that saw former MP Barry Turner acclaimed, but would later drop out, forcing a new race. Running for the NDP was the Lebanese

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

-born economist Henri Sader who faced a difficult challenge holding on to the votes that Monia Mazigh

Monia Mazigh

Monia Mazigh is a Canadian academic best known for her efforts to free her husband Maher Arar from a Syrian prison. A resident of Ottawa, Ontario, she was the New Democratic Party candidate for the riding of Ottawa South, a traditionally Liberal riding, in the 2004 federal election.She was born...

Liberal Party of Canada

Nomination contests

Candidate	Residence	May 9, 2005
Liberal Party of Canada
David McGuinty David McGuinty David Joseph McGuinty, MP is a Canadian lawyer politician from Ontario, Canada. He is the Member of Parliament for the riding of Ottawa South and sits in the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal Party of Canada's Critic for Natural Resources...	Ottawa	X

Candidate	Residence	May 17, 2005
Conservative Party of Canada
Barry Turner	Nepean Nepean, Ontario - Recent quantity of snow :- History :Nepean Township, originally known as Township D, was established in 1792 and originally included what is now the central area of Ottawa west of the Rideau River. Jehiel Collins, from Vermont, is believed to have been the first person to settle in Nepean...	X

Barry Turner was acclaimed for the nomination when Allan Riddell, the party's candidate in 2004, withdrew because of allegations about a prank in which he was involved in university. The party later cancelled Turner's nomination and called a new meeting. Turner was not able to get an answer from the party about why the nomination was cancelled, and decided against seeking the nomination again. Allan Cutler

Allan Cutler

announced that he would seek the nomination.

Candidate	Residence	November 25, 2005
Conservative Party of Canada
Allan S. Cutler Allan Cutler Allan S. Cutler is a former Canadian public servant notable for his role as the whistleblower who reported anomalies in a Canadian sponsorship program designed to raise awareness in Quebec of the Government of Canada's contributions to Quebec industries and culture. This program was undertaken to...	Nepean Nepean, Ontario - Recent quantity of snow :- History :Nepean Township, originally known as Township D, was established in 1792 and originally included what is now the central area of Ottawa west of the Rideau River. Jehiel Collins, from Vermont, is believed to have been the first person to settle in Nepean...	X

Candidate	Residence	November 10, 2005
New Democratic Party
Sandra Griffith-Bonaparte	Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
Henri Sader	Ottawa	X

Candidate	Residence	August 29, 2005
Green Party of Canada
John Ford	Ottawa	X

2008

In opposition, McGuinty served as the Liberal Party's environment critic. He faced nominal opposition from three lesser-known candidates. The Conservative candidate was Elie Salibi, the director of international sales with Corel

Corel

Corel Corporation from the abbreviation is a computer software company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, that specializes in graphics processing, similar to Adobe Systems...

, who was born in Lebanon

Lebanon

. The NDP candidate was Hijal De Sarkar, a Carleton University

Carleton University

Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...

political science student of Bengali

Bengali people

The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...

descent. The Green candidate was Qais Ghanem, a doctor, born in Yemen

Yemen

The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....

. Former Libertarian Party leader Jean-Serge Brisson

Jean-Serge Brisson

Jean-Serge Brisson is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is the former leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada, which he joined in 1986.-Biography:...

also ran, as well as Al Gullon, the Progressive Canadian candidate. Facing lower turnout in the riding itself, as well as nationwide, and a strong lack of enthusiasm for the Liberal leader Stéphane Dion, McGuinty was able to increase his vote total, and his lead over his closest opponent, from the 2006 election. McGuinty just barely missed the 50% mark, but was nonetheless re-elected handily in Ottawa South.
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Liberal Party of Canada

Nomination contests

Candidate	Residence	?
Liberal Party of Canada
David McGuinty David McGuinty David Joseph McGuinty, MP is a Canadian lawyer politician from Ontario, Canada. He is the Member of Parliament for the riding of Ottawa South and sits in the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal Party of Canada's Critic for Natural Resources...	Ottawa	X

Candidate	Residence	February 23, 2007
Conservative Party of Canada
Elie Salibi	Ottawa	X
George M. Brown	Ottawa

Candidate	Residence	September 11, 2008
New Democratic Party
Hijal De Sarkar	Ottawa	X

Candidate	Residence	June 16, 2007
Green Party of Canada
Qais Ghanem	Ottawa	X
Peter Tretter	Ottawa

2011

While in opposition, McGuinty was promoted to the position of the Official Opposition House leader. Once again, he faced and defeated Elie Salibi, the Conservative candidate. McGuinty was one of only 34 Liberals elected to the House of Commons in the election, and both he and Salibi saw a reduction in their percentage of votes. The NDP candidate, James McLaren, a teacher, had the best performance for the NDP in riding history, despite a mid-campaign controversy regarding comments he made on Facebook.
|align="left" colspan=2|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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