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.
Ontario electoral district | |||
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Nepean in relation to other electoral districts in Ottawa | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 1987 | ||
First contested | 1988 | ||
Last contested | 2019 | ||
District webpage | profile, 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 | |
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Nepean Riding created from Nepean—Carleton |
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34th | 1988–1993 | Beryl Gaffney | Liberal | |
35th | 1993–1997 | |||
Riding dissolved into Nepean—Carleton and Ottawa West—Nepean |
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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
Nepean, 2015–present
2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Chandra Arya | 31,933 | 45.9 | $107,465.36 | ||||
Conservative | Brian St. Louis | 23,320 | 33.5 | $110,373.63 | ||||
New Democratic | Zaff Ansari | 9,104 | 13.1 | $3,771.41 | ||||
Green | Jean-Luc Cooke | 4,379 | 6.3 | $7,732.54 | ||||
People's | Azim Hooda | 687 | 1.0 | none listed | ||||
Communist | Dustan Wang | 160 | 0.2 | none listed | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 69,583 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 407 | |||||||
Turnout | 69,990 | 75.2 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 93,119 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[7][8] |
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Chandra Arya | 34,017 | 52.42 | +25.32 | $180,234.39 | |||
Conservative | Andy Wang | 23,442 | 36.13 | -14.89 | $160,893.69 | |||
New Democratic | Sean Devine | 5,324 | 8.20 | -9.62 | $23,472.19 | |||
Green | Jean-Luc Roger Cooke | 1,513 | 2.33 | -1.70 | $14,291.13 | |||
Independent | Jesus Cosico | 416 | 0.64 | – | – | |||
Independent | Hubert Mamba | 69 | 0.11 | – | $1,309.19 | |||
Independent | Harry Splett | 66 | 0.10 | – | – | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Tony Seed | 41 | 0.06 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 64,888 | 100.00 | $219,121.45 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 262 | 0.40 | – | |||||
Turnout | 65,150 | 78.52 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 82,976 | |||||||
Liberal notional gain from Conservative | Swing | +20.10 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[9][10] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[11] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 26,087 | 51.02 | |
Liberal | 13,863 | 27.11 | |
New Democratic | 9,117 | 17.83 | |
Green | 2,062 | 4.03 |
Nepean, 1993–1997
1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Beryl Gaffney | 33,376 | 59.55 | +12.37 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Donna Hicks | 9,668 | 17.25 | –24.21 | ||||
Reform | Gus Klovan | 9,114 | 16.26 | |||||
New Democratic | Nizam Siddiqui | 1,967 | 3.51 | –7.33 | ||||
National | Ralph Anderson | 979 | 1.75 | |||||
Green | Andrew Van Iterson | 420 | 0.75 | |||||
Natural Law | Brian Jackson | 255 | 0.45 | |||||
Libertarian | Brian MacKintosh | 133 | 0.24 | |||||
Commonwealth of Canada | Marko Braovac | 105 | 0.19 | –0.33 | ||||
Abolitionist | Tonis Kasvand | 33 | 0.06 | |||||
Total valid votes | 56,050 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +18.29 |
1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Beryl Gaffney | 26,632 | 47.18 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Bill Tupper | 23,399 | 41.46 | |||||
New Democratic | Bea Murray | 6,119 | 10.84 | |||||
Commonwealth of Canada | Debbie Brennan | 292 | 0.52 | |||||
Total valid votes | 56,442 | 100.0 |
References
- Statistics Canada: 2011
- Statistics Canada: 2011
- "Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts (Ontario)". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
- "Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act". Government of Canada (Justice). Retrieved 2014-01-13.
- http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=35064&Data=Count&SearchText=nepean&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
- http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=35064&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Nepean&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1
- "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
- Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Nepean, 30 September 2015
- Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
- Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections