Nepean (electoral district)

Nepean is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997, and was reinstated during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Nepean
Ontario electoral district
Nepean in relation to other electoral districts in Ottawa
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Chandra Arya
Liberal
District created1987
First contested1988
Last contested2019
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]104,775
Electors (2019)93,119
Area (km²)[2]179
Pop. density (per km²)585.3
Census division(s)Ottawa
Census subdivision(s)Ottawa

The original riding was created in 1987 from parts of the Nepean—Carleton riding. It consisted of the City of Nepean. The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between the Nepean—Carleton (54%) and the Ottawa West—Nepean (46%) ridings. The riding was then reinstated in 2012 by Elections Canada, taking effect upon the dropping of the writs for the 2015 federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015.[3][4] All of the current riding comes from parts of the former riding of Nepean—Carleton.

Geography

The most recent iteration of the riding of Nepean is formally described by Elections Canada as follows:

Commencing at the intersection of Richmond Road with Highway No. 417; thence southwesterly along said highway to March Road; thence southeasterly along said road and Eagleson Road to Robertson Road; thence northeasterly along said road to Haanel Drive; thence southeasterly in a straight line to the intersection of West Hunt Club Road with Richmond Road; thence southerly along Richmond Road to Hope Side Road; thence southwesterly along said road to Eagleson Road; thence southeasterly along said road to Brophy Drive; thence northeasterly along said drive, Bankfield Road and its northeasterly production to the Rideau River (westerly of Long Island); thence northwesterly and generally northerly along said river (westerly of Long Island and Nicolls Island) to West Hunt Club Road; thence westerly, northwesterly and southwesterly along said road to Merivale Road; thence northwesterly along said road to the Canadian National Railway; thence westerly along said railway to Richmond Road; thence northerly along said road to the point of commencement.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census[5]

Ethnic groups: 68.5% White, 7.1% South Asian, 6.5% Chinese, 4.3% Black, 3.7% Indigenous, 3.2% Arab, 2.3% Southeast Asian, 1.5% Filipino, 2.9% Other
Religions: 64.0% Christian, 6.3% Muslim, 2.9% Hindu, 1.9% Jewish, 1.8% Buddhist, 1.0% Sikh, 0.4% Other, 21.7% None
Median income: $43,517 (2010)
Average income: $50,403 (2010)

Language Data (2016) [6]

Knowledge of Official Languages

  • English only: 80,555 (68.12%)
  • French only: 515 (0.43%)
  • English and French: 34,990 (29.59%)
  • Neither English nor French: 2,190 (1.85%

Mother Tongue (single responses)

  • English: 75,065 (65.94%)
  • French: 7,690 (6.75%)
  • Mandarin: 4,175 (3.67%)
  • Arabic: 4,095 (3.60%)
  • Cantonese: 2,090 (1.84%)
  • Spanish: 1,565 (1.37%)
  • Italian: 1,420 (1.25%)
  • Vietnamese: 1,285 (1.13%)

Language Spoken Most Often at Home (single responses)

  • English: 90,465 (82.26%)
  • French: 3,585 (3.26%)
  • Mandarin: 3,085 (2.80%)
  • Arabic: 2,100 (1.91%)
  • Cantonese: 1,250 (1.14%)

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Nepean
Riding created from Nepean—Carleton
34th  1988–1993     Beryl Gaffney Liberal
35th  1993–1997
Riding dissolved into Nepean—Carleton and
Ottawa West—Nepean
Riding re-created from Nepean—Carleton
42nd  2015–2019     Chandra Arya Liberal
43rd  2019–present

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:

Party Association Name CEO HQ Address Neighbourhood
Green Nepean Green Party of Canada EDA Jean-Luc Cooke 47 Quinpool Crescent Nepean
  Conservative Party of Canada Nepean Conservative Association Bill Ayyad 900 Greenbank Road Nepean
  Liberal Party of Canada Nepean Federal Liberal Association Linda Belanger 6 Nakota Way Ottawa
  New Democratic Party Nepean Federal NDP Riding Association Jason Lushington 825 River Road Manotick

Election results

Graph of election results in Napean (since 2011 (redistributed), minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Nepean, 2015–present

2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalChandra Arya31,93345.9$107,465.36
ConservativeBrian St. Louis23,32033.5$110,373.63
New DemocraticZaff Ansari9,10413.1$3,771.41
GreenJean-Luc Cooke4,3796.3$7,732.54
People'sAzim Hooda6871.0none listed
CommunistDustan Wang1600.2none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit 69,583100.0
Total rejected ballots 407
Turnout 69,99075.2
Eligible voters 93,119
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalChandra Arya34,01752.42+25.32$180,234.39
ConservativeAndy Wang23,44236.13-14.89$160,893.69
New DemocraticSean Devine5,3248.20-9.62$23,472.19
GreenJean-Luc Roger Cooke1,5132.33-1.70$14,291.13
IndependentJesus Cosico4160.64
IndependentHubert Mamba690.11$1,309.19
IndependentHarry Splett660.10
Marxist–LeninistTony Seed410.06
Total valid votes/Expense limit 64,888100.00 $219,121.45
Total rejected ballots 2620.40
Turnout 65,15078.52
Eligible voters 82,976
Liberal notional gain from Conservative Swing +20.10
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]
2011 federal election redistributed results[11]
Party Vote %
  Conservative26,08751.02
  Liberal13,86327.11
  New Democratic9,11717.83
  Green2,0624.03

Nepean, 1993–1997

1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalBeryl Gaffney33,37659.55+12.37
Progressive ConservativeDonna Hicks9,66817.25–24.21
ReformGus Klovan9,11416.26
New DemocraticNizam Siddiqui1,9673.51–7.33
NationalRalph Anderson9791.75
GreenAndrew Van Iterson4200.75
Natural LawBrian Jackson2550.45
LibertarianBrian MacKintosh1330.24
Commonwealth of CanadaMarko Braovac1050.19–0.33
AbolitionistTonis Kasvand330.06
Total valid votes 56,050100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +18.29
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalBeryl Gaffney26,63247.18
Progressive ConservativeBill Tupper23,39941.46
New DemocraticBea Murray6,11910.84
Commonwealth of CanadaDebbie Brennan2920.52
Total valid votes 56,442100.0  

References

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