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Ottawa West—Nepean is the name of a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. Its population is 112,509. (2001)
Geography
The district includes the neighbourhoods of Shirleys Bay, Crystal Beach, Rocky Point, Bayshore, Britannia, Britannia Bay, Lincoln Heights, Whitehaven, Queensway, Kenson Park, Redwood, Graham Park, Qualicum, Leslie Park, Briar Green, Centrepointe, Woodroffe, Bel-Air Park, Bel-Air Heights, Braemar Park, Copland Park, Navaho, City View, Ryan Farm, Skyline, Fisher Heights, Parkwood Hills, Carleton Heights, Fisher Glen, Borden Farm, Crestview, Meadowlands, and the western half of Carlington in the City of Ottawa.
History
The electoral district was created in 1996 from Ottawa West, Nepean and part of Lanark—Carleton.
List of the representative Members of the Canadian House of Commons:
- Marlene Catterall, Liberal (1997-present)
List of the representative Members of the Ontario Legislature:
- Garry Guzzo, Progressive Conservative 1999-2003
- Jim Watson, Liberal 2003-present
The riding is fairly solidly Liberal, however in the 1999 Ontario election fierce inner party battles saw former MPP Alex Cullen lose the nomination Rick Chiarelli. Cullen moved to the NDP and split the Liberal vote making Tory MPP Garry Guzzo the surprise victor. In 2003 former Ottawa mayor Jim Watson ousted Guzzo. In 2004 Marlene Catterall defeated Conservative candidate Sean Casey in a very close election.
Federal election results
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Marlene Catterall | 29,511 | |||
| Reform | Barry Yeates | 11,601 | |||
| Progressive Conservatives | Margaret Kopala | 8,489 | |||
| NDP | Wendy Byrne | 4,163 | |||
| Green | Stuart Langstaff | 416 | |||
| Independent | John C. Turmel | 211 | |||
| Natural Law | Stan Lamothe | 153 | |||
| Marxist-Leninist | Marsha Fine | 90 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Marlene Catterall | 22,607 | |||
| Canadian Alliance | Barry Yeates | 14,753 | |||
| Progressive Conservatives | Tom Curran | 10,506 | |||
| NDP | Kevin Kinsella | 2,718 | |||
| Green | Matt Takach | 585 | |||
| Marijuana | Sotos Petrides | 423 | |||
| Canadian Action | David Creighton | 376 | |||
| Independent | John C. Turmel | 89 | |||
| Communist | Stuart Ryan | 70 | |||
| Natural Law | Richard Wolfson | 58 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Marlene Catterall | 23,971 | |||
| Conservative | Sean Casey | 22,591 | |||
| NDP | Marlene Rivier | 7,449 | |||
| Green | Neil Adair | 2,748 | |||
| Marijuana | Russell Barth | 430 | |||
| Canadian Action | Mary-Sue Haliburton | 376 | |||
| Marxist-Leninist | Alecander Legeais | 68 | |||