On June 12, voters head to the polls in the 2014 Ontario election. Learn more about the candidates and political history of the riding of Ottawa-Orléans.
Candidates
Liberals: Marie-France Lalonde
Progressive Conservatives: Andrew Lister
NDP: Prosper M’Bemba-Meka
Green: Bob Bell
Geography
The easternmost of the four urban Ottawa ridings, Ottawa-Orléans extends east from the Trans-Canada Highway to Trim Road on the eastern edge of Orléans, including the southern part of Glouchester.
History
The riding has been held by the retiring Phil McNeely since 2003, when he defeated incumbent PC MPP Brian Coburn. McNeely won by margins ranging from 2,000 to 9,000 votes in each of his three wins. Federally the riding has voted Conservatives since 2006.
By the numbers
French is the primary language of 31.1 per cent of people in this riding, the third highest in Ontario. It’s also a very suburban riding, with an average household size of 2.9, highest in the province outside the GTA.
Riding in a tweet
A urban riding with suburban and rural characteristics, Ottawa-Orléans is perhaps the PCs best chance of an additional seat in Ottawa.
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