Kanata—Carleton

Kanata—Carleton is a federal electoral district in Ottawa, Ontario.[2]

Kanata—Carleton
Ontario electoral district
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Karen McCrimmon
Liberal
District created2013
First contested2015
Last contested2019
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]100,846
Electors (2015)78,431
Area (km²)[1]795
Pop. density (per km²)126.9
Census divisionsOttawa
Census subdivisionsOttawa

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 2015 federal election. 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 to Carleton. A small fraction came from Nepean—Carleton surrounding the Bridlewood neighbourhood.

Geography

The riding covers an area within a boundary defined 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
Kanata—Carleton
Riding created from Carleton—Mississippi Mills and Nepean—Carleton
42nd  2015–2019     Karen McCrimmon Liberal
43rd  2019–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Kanata—Carleton (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalKaren McCrimmon28,74643.1-8.26
ConservativeJustina McCaffrey24,36136.5-2.53
New DemocraticMelissa Coenraad8,31712.5+5.57
GreenJennifer Purdy4,3876.6+3.78
People'sScott Miller9611.4
Total valid votes/Expense limit 66,772100.0
Total rejected ballots 438
Turnout 67,21077.4
Eligible voters 86,836
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalKaren McCrimmon32,44751.29+24.82$114,216.22
ConservativeWalter Pamic24,82939.21-14.50$98,315.02
New DemocraticJohn Hansen4,3136.81-8.48$24,279.11
GreenAndrew West1,7042.69-1.85$8,506.35
Total valid votes/Expense limit 63,323100.00 $214,203.12
Total rejected ballots 1910.30
Turnout 63,51479.56
Eligible voters 79,831
Liberal notional gain from Conservative Swing +19.66
Source: Elections Canada[5][6][7]
2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party Vote %
  Conservative27,28553.71
  Liberal13,44526.46
  New Democratic7,76615.29
  Green2,3074.54
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