Regional Profile
With the exception of the more conservative rural western and southern parts, the former Region of Ottawa-Carleton which became the new City of Ottawa in 2001 has traditionally been a Liberal heartland. A high proportion of Francophones and civil servants had made ridings such as Ottawa—Vanier among the safest Liberal seats in the country, however, only one safe Liberal seat remains in Ottawa. The NDP's only historical victory in the area, Ottawa Centre in 1984, was repeated in 2004, as their popular former leader Ed Broadbent was elected. The Green Party's best seat in the province also came in Ottawa Centre. The seat was retained in 2006 after Broadbent's retirement, by Paul Dewar (son of former mayor Marion Dewar). The suburban Ottawa ridings tend to be swing ridings, as the ruling Conservatives currently hold four seats.
| 2004 and 2006 Election Results City of Ottawa | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | Change (04-06) | Change (06-08) | |||||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | 153,289 | 36.4 | 181,340 | 40.8 | 180,533 | 41.8 | +4.4 | +1.0 | ||
| Liberal | 171,217 | 40.6 | 151,726 | 34.2 | 147,013 | 34.1 | -6.4 | -0.1 | ||
| New Democrats | 69,473 | 16.5 | 80,555 | 18.1 | 65,333 | 15.1 | +1.6 | -3.0 | ||
| Green | 23,536 | 5.6 | 26,854 | 6.0 | 36,683 | 8.5 | +0.4 | +2.5 | ||
| Progressive Canadian | 375 | 0.1 | 838 | 0.2 | 629 | 0.1 | +0.1 | -0.1 | ||
| Marijuana | 2,499 | 0.6 | 751 | 0.2 | 378 | 0.1 | -0.4 | -0.1 | ||
| Libertarian | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 224 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +0.1 | ||
| Communist | 90 | 0.0 | 102 | 0.0 | 150 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Canadian Action | 197 | 0.0 | 121 | 0.0 | 100 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Marxist-Leninist | 299 | 0.1 | 186 | 0.0 | 93 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | ||
| Christian Heritage | 46 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Independents | 346 | 0.1 | 1604 | 0.4 | 415 | 0.1 | +0.3 | -0.3 | ||
| Total | 421,367 | 444,077 | 431,506 | |||||||
- Note, this data is a total for all ridings within the city, plus the portions of ridings that extend outside the city, that are located within Ottawa (Cumberland in Glengarry—Prescott—Russell and all of Carleton—Mississippi Mills except Mississippi Mills). Data within these split ridings does not include votes from people residing outside the riding (prisoners, members or the Canadian forces, or for temporary reasons), or by people voting in mobile polls or by means of special ballots.
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