Ottawa West—Nepean (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see 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:...

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Ottawa West—Nepean is a provincial 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 eastern

Eastern Ontario

Eastern Ontario is a subregion of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies in a wedge-shaped area between the Ottawa River and St. Lawrence River...

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....

, Canada

Canada

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. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...

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The riding has been represented in the Ontario legislature by Liberal Bob Chiarelli

Bob Chiarelli

Robert "Bob" Chiarelli is a Canadian politician. He served in the Ontario Legislative Assembly from 1987 to 1997, and was subsequently re-elected to the legislature in 2010 after serving as regional chair and mayor of Ottawa from 1997 to 2006...

since 2010.

The riding is fairly solidly Liberal. In the 1999 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1999

An Ontario general election was held on June 3, 1999, to elect members of the 37th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

, however, former Member of Provincial Parliament Alex Cullen

Alex Cullen

Alexander Shaun Cullen is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a former Member of Provincial Parliament in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and a former member of Ottawa City Council, representing the Bay Ward in Ottawa's west end.-Early life and city politics:Cullen was born February 18,...

lost the nomination to Rick Chiarelli

Rick Chiarelli

Richard "Rick" Chiarelli is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently an Ottawa City Councillor, and the second cousin of former Ottawa mayor Bob Chiarelli. He represents the College Ward covering part of Nepean and Ottawa's west end.-Early years:...

following fierce party battles. Cullen moved to the Ontario New Democratic Party

Ontario New Democratic Party

The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

(NDP) NDP and split the Liberal vote, making Tory Garry Guzzo the surprise victor. In the 2003 provincial election

Ontario general election, 2003

The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

, former Ottawa mayor Jim Watson ousted Guzzo.

Former 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...

mayor Bob Chiarelli

Bob Chiarelli

won the seat in a March 4, 2010 by-election, after Jim Watson left his seat to run in the 2010 Ottawa municipal election

Ottawa municipal election, 2010

The Ottawa municipal election was contested on October 25, 2010 to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards...

History

The electoral district was created in 1999 from 77% of Ottawa West, 38% of Nepean and 21% of Ottawa—Rideau

Ottawa—Rideau

Ottawa–Rideau was a short lived provincial electoral district in Ottawa, Ontario. It elected one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was created in 1987 and was abolished in 1999 into Ottawa South, Nepean–Carleton, Ottawa West–Nepean and Ottawa Centre.The riding included all of...

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Parliament	Years		Party
37th 37th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 37th Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was in session from June 8, 1999 until May 5, 2003, just prior to the Ontario general election...	1999-2003	Garry Guzzo Garry Guzzo Garry Guzzo is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003....	Progressive Conservative
38th 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was a legislature of the government of the Province of Ontario, Canada. It officially opened November 19, 2003, at Queen's Park in Toronto, and ended on June 5, 2007...	2003-2007	Jim Watson	Liberal Ontario Liberal Party The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...
39th Ontario general election, 2007 The Ontario general election of 2007 was held on October 10, 2007 to elect members of the 39th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Liberals under Dalton McGuinty won the election with a majority government, winning 71 out of a possible 107 seats with 42.2% of the popular...	2007-2010	Jim Watson
	2010-present	Bob Chiarelli Bob Chiarelli Robert "Bob" Chiarelli is a Canadian politician. He served in the Ontario Legislative Assembly from 1987 to 1997, and was subsequently re-elected to the legislature in 2010 after serving as regional chair and mayor of Ottawa from 1997 to 2006...

Election results

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|Bob Chiarelli

Bob Chiarelli

|align="right"|12,353
|align="right"|43.45
|align="right"|-7.1
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|Beth Graham
|align="right"|11,086
|align="right"|38.99
|align="right"|+7.3
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|Pam Fitzgerald
|align="right"|2,404
|align="right"|8.45
|align="right"|-1.3
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|Mark Mackenzie
|align="right"|2,359
|align="right"|8.30
|align="right"|+2.0
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|John Turmel
|align="right"|230
|align="right"|0.81
|align="right"|*
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|}

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|Jim Watson
|align="right"|23,852
|align="right"|50.6
|align="right"|+3.52
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|Mike Patton
|align="right"|14,950
|align="right"|31.7
|align="right"|-9.54
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|Lynn Hamilton
|align="right"|4,565
|align="right"|9.7
|align="right"|+1.36
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|Martyn Hyde
|align="right"|2,957
|align="right"|6.3
|align="right"|+3.64
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|John Pacheco
|align="right"|591
|align="right"|1.3
|align="right"|
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|Robert Gauthier
|align="right"|208
|align="right"|0.4
|align="right"|
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|Jim Watson
|align="right"|23,127
|align="right"|47.04
|align="right"|+12.68
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|Garry Guzzo

Garry Guzzo

Garry Guzzo is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003....

|align="right"|20,277
|align="right"|41.24
|align="right"|-6.55
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|Marlene Rivier
|align="right"|4,099
|align="right"|8.34
|align="right"|-7.78
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|Neil Adair
|align="right"|1,309
|align="right"|2.66
|align="right"|+1.71
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|Robert G. Gauthier
|align="right"|353
|align="right"|0.72
|}

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|Garry Guzzo

Garry Guzzo

Garry Guzzo is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003....

|align="right"|22,834
|align="right"|47.79
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|Rick Chiarelli

Rick Chiarelli

|align="right"|16,419
|align="right"|34.36
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|Alex Cullen

Alex Cullen

|align="right"|7,701
|align="right"|16.12
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|Richard Warman

Richard Warman

Richard Warman is an Ottawa-based lawyer who is active in human rights law. Warman worked for the Canadian Human Rights Commission from July 2002 until March 2004...

|align="right"|453
|align="right"|0.95
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|Megan Hnatiw
|align="right"|129
|align="right"|0.27
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|John C. Turmel

John C. Turmel

John C. Turmel is a perennial candidate for election in Canada, and according to the Guinness Book of Records holds the records for the most elections contested and for the most elections lost having contested 75 elections and lost 74...

|align="right"|94
|align="right"|0.2
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| Anthony C. Silvestro
|align="right"|79
|align="right"|0.17
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|Lester J. Newby
|align="right"|70
|align="right"|0.15
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2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 An Ontario electoral reform referendum was held on October 10, 2007, in an attempt to establish a mixed member proportional representation system for elections to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	30,528	68.8
	Mixed member proportional	15,172	31.2

2011 election

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