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-Vanier.
Candidates
Liberals: Madeleine Meilleur*
Progressive Conservatives: Martin Forget
NDP: Hervé Ngamby
Green: David Bagler
Geography
History
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Liberal MPP Madeleine Meilleur won this riding by over 10,000 votes last election, her third straight victory. The Liberals have taken this seat in every election since 1971, when Albert Roy won what was then known as Ottawa East.
By the numbers
Only 47.4% of people in this riding listed English as their mother tongue last election, the lowest number in Ottawa. A rapidly gentrifying area, the 2.1 average household size is the fifth lowest in the province.
Riding in a tweet
One of the safest Liberal seats for decades, Ottawa-Vanier is expected to go their way again barring a disaster.
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