| Nepean—Carleton Electoral district | |
|---|---|
 Nepean—Carleton shown within the Ottawa area | |
| MP | Pierre Poilievre (2004-) |
| Party | Conservative (2004-) |
| MPP | vacant |
| Party | vacant |
| Province | Ontario |
| Census division(s) | Ottawa |
| Census subdivision(s) | Ottawa |
| Ottawa city wards | Bell-South Nepean, Gloucester-Southgate, Knoxdale-Merivale, Osgoode, Rideau |
| Federal district created | 1976 |
Nepean—Carleton is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988 and since 1979, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.
Geography
Nepean—Carleton consists of the part of the City of Ottawa lying east and south of a line drawn from the southwestern city limit, northeast along the southeast limit of the former Township of Goulbourn, northwest along McCordick Road and Eagleson Road to the southern limit of the former City of Kanata, then along the southern and eastern limits of Kanata, northwest along Eagleson Road, northeast along Highway 417, southwest along Richmond Road, east along the Canadian National Railway, southeast along Merivale Road, east along West Hunt Club Road, south along the Rideau River, east along the former southern limit of the City of Ottawa, south along Riverside Drive, southeast along Limebank Road, northeast along Leitrim Road, northwest along the Canadian Pacific Railway, northeast along Lester Road, northwest along Conroy Road, northeast along Hunt Club Road to Hawthorne Road and then in a in a straight line to Blake Road, and northeast along Blake Road, east along Highway 417, and southeast along Boundary Road to the eastern city limit.
Federal electoral district
The riding was created in 1976 from parts of Grenville—Carleton and Ottawa—Carleton. In 1987, it was abolished when it was redistributed between Nepean, Carleton—Gloucester and Lanark—Carleton ridings.
In 1996, it was re-created from parts of Nepean, Carleton—Gloucester, Lanark—Carleton and Ottawa South ridings.
It consisted initially of the townships of Goulbourn, Osgoode and Rideau, and the the City of Nepean, excluding the northeastern part lying north and east of a line drawn from the western city east along the Queensway (Highway 417), southwest along Richmond Road, east along the the Canadian National Railway, north along Merivale Road, and east along the northern boundary of the National Capital Commission buffer zone to the eastern city limit.
It was given its current boundaries described above in 2003.
The riding has been represented by Conservative Pierre Poilievre since 2004.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the follwing members of the the House of Commons:
- Walter Baker, Progressive Conservative (1979-1984)
- Bill Tupper, Progressive Conservative (1984-1988)
- David Pratt, Liberal (1997-2004)
- Pierre Poilievre, Conservative (2004-present)
Provincial electoral district
The riding has been represented in the Ontario legislature by Progressive Conservative John Baird since it became a provincial riding in 1999 until he resigned in 2005 to run in the 2006 federal election.
Members of Provincial Parliament
- Hans Daigeler, Liberal represented Nepean riding from 1987-1995.
- John Baird, Progressive Conservative (1995-2005)
Federal election results
| Canadian federal election, 1979 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Walter Baker | 36,717 | |||
| Liberal | Bluma Appel | 17,108 | |||
| New Democratic Party | Marnie Girvan | 7,810 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1980 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Walter Baker | 31,498 | |||
| Liberal | Gord Hunter | 19,482 | |||
| New Democratic Party | Alan White | 7,187 | |||
| Rhino | Alan Cockerell | 658 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1984 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Tupper | 41,663 | |||
| Liberal | Gord Hunter | 20,852 | |||
| New Democratic Party | Bea Murray | 11,035 | |||
| Green | Gregory Vezina | 737 | |||
| Independent | Ray Turmel | 204 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | David Pratt | 28,366 | |||
| Reform | Paul Fitzgerald | 15,333 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Hill | 11,072 | |||
| New Democratic Party | Cathy Martin | 2,788 | |||
| Canadian Action | Terrence Bell | 331 | |||
| Natural Law | Brian Jackson | 238 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | David Pratt | 24,570 | |||
| Canadian Alliance | Michael Green | 22,310 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Knott | 9,536 | |||
| New Democratic Party | Craig Parsons | 2,223 | |||
| Green | Isobel McGregor | 805 | |||
| Canadian Action | Jack Waisvisz | 131 | |||
| Natural Law | Lester Newby | 118 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | Pierre Poilievre | 30,420 | |||
| Liberal | David Pratt | 26,684 | |||
| New Democratic Party | Phil Brown | 6,072 | |||
| Green | Chris Walker | 2,886 | |||
| Marijuana | Brad Powers | 561 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | Pierre Poilievre | ||||
| Liberal | Michael Gaffney | ||||
| New Democratic Party | Laurel Gibbons | ||||
| Green | Lori Gadzala | ||||