Results

OTTAWA WEST-NEPEAN
Party Candidate Votes Status
287/287 polls Updated: Oct. 7, 2011 8:56 AM EDT
LIB Bob Chiarelli 18,492 Elected
PC Randall Denley 17,483
NDP Wendy Byrne 6,578
GRN Alex Hill 1,485
FCP John Pacheco 396

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Riding Info

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This urban Ottawa riding on the south shore of the Ottawa River and Lac Deschenes includes Bayshore, Crystal Beach, Crystal Bay, Centrepointe, Cityview, Britannia, Carlington and Lincoln Heights. Its largest employer is the federal government.

Its borders extend from Shelbourne Road, Maitland Avenue and Merivale Road in the north and east, to Richmond Road in the south.

In the 1999 redistribution, the new riding of Ottawa West-Nepean combined almost 40 per cent of Nepean and 20 per cent of Ottawa-Rideau with 75 per cent of Ottawa West.

Population: 109,735 (2006 census; a decrease of 2.5% since 2001)

Political history

Liberal Bob Chiarelli, former mayor of Ottawa and erstwhile MPP for the old riding of Ottawa West, beat out PC candidate Beth Graham in a 2010 byelection. The byelection was called after Liberal Jim Watson, elected by a 8,871-vote margin in 2007 over Tory Mike Patton, stepped down earlier that year for an ultimately successful run at the Ottawa mayoralty.

Watson was first elected in 2003 when he unseated Tory Gary Guzzo, who was elected to the riding in 1999 after the redistribution.

The Liberals had held the old Ottawa-West riding since 1987, when Chiarelli was first elected. Chiarelli held the seat until 1997, when he resigned to run for regional chair and was eventually elected mayor of Ottawa.

In the riding of Nepean, Liberal Hans Daigeler won in 1987 and 1990, but was defeated in 1995 by Tory John Baird.

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Demographics

Ethnic Origin

Ethnic Origin
Ethnic Origin
Region Percentage
British Isles 43.13% (46,195)
French 16.02% (17,160)
Aboriginal 3.04% (3,260)
American 1.13% (1,210)
Canadian 22.75% (24,365)
Caribbean 2.05% (2,200)
Latin, Central, South 1.47% (1,575)
Western European 11.22% (12,020)
Northern European 2.08% (2,230)
Eastern European 8.41% (9,010)
S European 10.16% (10,880)
Other European 2.62% (2,810)
Scandinavian 1.88% (2,010)
Baltic 0.33% (350)
Czech/Slovak 0.63% (680)
African 3.94% (4,225)
Arab 5.27% (5,645)
Maghrebi 0.15% (160)
West Asia 2.81% (3,010)
South Asia 3.99% (4,275)
East/SE Asia 8.80% (9,430)
Oceania 0.10% (110)
Pacific Islands 0.00% (0)
Statistics Canada Population: 107,110

Mother Tongue

Mother Tongue
Mother Tongue
Language Percentage
English 64% (67,550)
French 7% (7,780)
Algonquin 0% (0)
Atikamekw 0% (0)
Blackfoot 0% (0)
Carrier 0% (0)
Chilcotin 0% (0)
Chipewyan 0% (0)
Cree 0% (30)
Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) 0% (0)
Dene 0% (0)
Dogrib 0% (0)
Gitksan 0% (0)
Inuinnaqtun 0% (0)
Inuktitut, n.i.e. 0% (0)
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 0% (0)
Malecite 0% (0)
Mi'kmaq 0% (0)
Mohawk 0% (0)
Montagnais-Naskapi 0% (0)
Nisga'a 0% (0)
North Slave (Hare) 0% (0)
Ojibway 0% (0)
Oji-Cree 0% (0)
Shuswap 0% (0)
South Slave 0% (0)
Tlingit 0% (0)
Italian 3% (2,800)
Portuguese 0% (335)
Romanian 0% (520)
Spanish 1% (1,575)
Danish 0% (50)
Dutch 0% (455)
Flemish 0% (0)
Frisian 0% (10)
German 1% (970)
Norwegian 0% (25)
Swedish 0% (25)
Yiddish 0% (135)
Bosnian 0% (95)
Bulgarian 0% (110)
Croatian 0% (115)
Czech 0% (175)
Macedonian 0% (0)
Polish 1% (850)
Russian 1% (1,035)
Serbian 0% (140)
Serbo-Croatian 0% (95)
Slovak 0% (105)
Slovenian 0% (50)
Ukrainian 0% (350)
Latvian 0% (50)
Lithuanian 0% (45)
Estonian 0% (35)
Finnish 0% (45)
Hungarian 0% (445)
Greek 0% (350)
Armenian 0% (120)
Turkish 0% (340)
Amharic 0% (155)
Arabic 4% (4,045)
Hebrew 0% (160)
Maltese 0% (0)
Somali 1% (1,410)
Tigrigna 0% (40)
Bengali 0% (225)
Gujarati 0% (170)
Hindi 0% (310)
Kurdish 0% (140)
Panjabi (Punjabi) 0% (280)
Pashto 0% (40)
Persian (Farsi) 1% (1,420)
Sindhi 0% (30)
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0% (50)
Urdu 1% (800)
Malayalam 0% (50)
Tamil 0% (505)
Telugu 0% (60)
Japanese 0% (95)
Korean 0% (310)
Cantonese 1% (1,025)
Chinese, n.o.s. 2% (2,585)
Mandarin 1% (905)
Taiwanese 0% (20)
Lao 0% (15)
Khmer (Cambodian) 0% (295)
Vietnamese 1% (895)
Bisayan languages 0% (30)
Ilocano 0% (30)
Malay 0% (50)
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1% (605)
Akan (Twi) 0% (65)
Swahili 0% (110)
Creoles 0% (255)
Statistics Canada Population (Single Responses): 105,085

Industry

Industry
Industry
Industry Percentage
Agriculture 4.27
Mining 0.32
Utilities 0.81
Construction 7.13
Manufacturing 0.00
Wholesale 2.94
Retail 14.77
Transport 4.98
Info Culture 1.47
Finance Insurance 2.16
Real Estate 1.93
ProSciTech 4.55
Management 0.02
Waste/Remediation 5.62
Education 6.40
Heath/Social Assistance 10.85
Arts/Entertainment 1.63
Hospitality 0.00
Other Services 4.24
Public Admin 4.69
Statistics Canada Population (Total labour force): 56,570

Overall

Unemployment Rate
7.1%
Provincial
6.4%
National
6.6%
Seniors
19.24%
Provincial
13.56%%
National
13.71%%
Home Owners
23.23%
Provincial
26.61%%
National
26.92%%
Avg Family Income
$86,561
Provincial
$90,526
National
$82,325
Immigration
28%
Provincial
28%
National
20%
Post-Secondary Degree
35.14%
Provincial
33.54%
National
33.35%
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census

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Candidates

LIB - Bob Chiarelli

PC - Randall Denley

NDP - Wendy Byrne

GRN - Alex Hill

FCP - John Pacheco

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