Kanata—Carleton

Kanata—Carleton was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015. The new riding absorbed most of the portion of Carleton—Mississippi Mills located in Ottawa, except for the portion south of Highway 7/Highway 417 that will shift to Carleton. A small fraction came from Nepean—Carleton surrounding the Bridlewood neighbourhood.

Geography

The riding will cover an area within a boundary defines as follows: Western limit of Ottawa starting at Highway 7. NE along Highway7 to Highway 417. NE along Highway 417 to Maple Grove Road. NE along Maple Grove Road to the Carp River. SE along the Carp River to the SW section of Spearman Lane. NE along Spearman Lane to Terry Fox Drive. SE along Terry Fox to Hope Side Road. NE along Hope Side Road to Richmond Road. N along Richmond Road to West Hunt Club Road. NW to Haanel Drive with Robertson Road. SW along Robertson Road to Eagleson Road. NW along Eagleson Road to March Road, Herzberg Road and March Valley Road to Riddell Road to the interprovincial boundary between Ontario and Quebec. along the boundary to the north limit of the city of Ottawa then SW and SE along the northern and western limits of the city to the point of commencement.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Kanata—Carleton Riding created from Carleton—Mississippi Mills and Nepean—Carleton
42nd	2015–Present		Karen McCrimmon	Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Karen McCrimmon	32,447	51.29	+24.82	–
	Conservative	Walter Pamic	24,829	39.21	-14.50	–
	New Democratic	John Hansen	4,313	6.81	-8.48	–
	Green	Andrew West	1,704	2.69	-1.85	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			63,323	100.00		$212,958.74
Total rejected ballots			191	0.30	–
Turnout			63,514	79.56	–
Eligible voters			79,831
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+19.66
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]^[5]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	27,285	53.71
	Liberal	13,445	26.46
	New Democratic	7,766	15.29
	Green	2,307	4.54

References

Federal ridings in Ottawa

Liberal	Kanata—Carleton Nepean Orléans Ottawa Centre Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean

Conservative	Carleton

Federal ridings in Ontario

Central Ontario

Eastern Ontario

S Durham & York

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City of Toronto
(Suburbs & Downtown)

Scarborough	Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest

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Cities of Brampton & Mississauga

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Southern Halton,
Hamilton and Niagara

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See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario

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