Ottawa South (provincial electoral district)
Coordinates: 45°21′N 75°38′W / 45.35°N 75.633°W
Ontario electoral district | |||
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Ottawa South in relation to other Ottawa electoral districts | |||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
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District created | 1925 | ||
First contested | 1926 | ||
Last contested | 2007 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2006) | 117,581 | ||
Electors (2007) | 83,368 | ||
Area (km²) | 76 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 1,547.1 | ||
Census divisions | Ottawa | ||
Census subdivisions | Ottawa |
Ottawa South (fr. Ottawa-Sud) is a riding (provincial electoral district) in the Canadian province of Ontario, in the city of Ottawa. It is represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by the Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty.
The Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Ottawa South is Dalton McGuinty, a former lawyer, son of Dalton McGuinty, Sr., the Ottawa South MPP immediately before him, and brother of David McGuinty, the MP for the Federal riding of Ottawa South. He was first elected in 1990. He represents the Ontario Liberal Party. He is the Premier of Ontario.
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[edit] History
The district was created before the 1926 election. Prior to the 1999 election, the provincial district did not have the same borders as the federal district.
Prior to the 1967 redistribution, the riding shared no common area with the present riding.
[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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17th | 1926–1929 | Thomas Birkett | Conservative | |
18th | 1929–1934 | Arthur Ellis | ||
19th | 1934–1937 | |||
20th | 1937–1943 | George Dunbar | Progressive Conservative | |
21st | 1943–1945 | |||
22nd | 1945–1948 | |||
23rd | 1948–1951 | |||
24th | 1951–1955 | |||
25th | 1955–1959 | |||
26th | 1959–1963 | Wesley Haskett | ||
27th | 1963–1967 | |||
28th | 1967–1971 | |||
29th | 1971–1975 | Claude Bennett | ||
30th | 1975–1977 | |||
31st | 1977–1981 | |||
32nd | 1981–1985 | |||
33rd | 1985–1987 | |||
34th | 1987–1990 | Dalton McGuinty, Sr. | Liberal | |
35th | 1990–1995 | Dalton McGuinty | ||
36th | 1995–1999 | |||
37th | 1999–2003 | |||
38th | 2003–2007 | |||
39th | 2007–present |
[edit] Election results
Ontario general election, 2011 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Liberal | Dalton McGuinty[1] | - | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Jason MacDonald [2] | - | ||||
New Democrat | Wali Farah[3] | - | ||||
Green | James Mihaychuk [4] | - | ||||
Total valid votes | 100.0 |
Note: the 2011 election will be held on October 6, 2011.
Ontario general election, 2007 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Liberal | Dalton McGuinty | 23,851 | 50.0 | -1.7 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Richard Raymond | 14,151 | 29.7 | -4.7 | ||
New Democrat | Edelweiss D'Andrea | 4,477 | 9.4 | +0.4 | ||
Green | John Ford | 3,885 | 8.2 | +4.5 | ||
Family Coalition | David MacDonald | 927 | 1.9 | +0.7 | ||
Libertarian | Jean-Serge Brisson | 383 | 0.8 | - | ||
Total valid votes | 47,674 | 100.0 |
Ontario general election, 2003 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Liberal | Dalton McGuinty | 24,647 | 51.7 | +2.1 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Richard Raymond | 16,413 | 34.4 | -5.8 | ||
New Democrat | James McLaren | 4,306 | 9.0 | +3.2 | ||
Green | David Chernushenko | 1,741 | 3.7 | +2.1 | ||
Family Coalition | John Pacheco | 562 | 1.2 | - | ||
Total valid votes | 47,669 | 100.0 |
Ontario general election, 1999 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Liberal | Dalton McGuinty | 22,707 | 49.6 | -3.8 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Mike Nicholson | 19,337 | 42.2 | +12.4 | ||
New Democrat | James McLaren | 2,655 | 5.8 | -8.9 | ||
Green | George Brown | 724 | 1.6 | +0.3 | ||
Independent | Meg Carson | 243 | 0.5 | - | ||
Natural Law | James Hea | 121 | 0.3 | -0.5 | ||
Total valid votes | 45,787 | 100.0 |
^ Note: Boundaries were adjusted substantially. The percentage change is not reflected on redistributed results.
Ontario general election, 1995 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Liberal | Dalton McGuinty | 15,418 | 53.4 | +7.5 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Linda Thom | 8,618 | 29.8 | +5.3 | ||
New Democrat | Margaret Armstrong | 4,235 | 14.7 | -11.2 | ||
Green | Karen Fyson | 383 | 1.3 | -0.7 | ||
Natural Law | Wayne Foster | 245 | 0.8 | - | ||
Total valid votes | 28,899 | 100.0 |
Ontario general election, 1990 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Liberal | Dalton McGuinty | 13,845 | 45.9 | -5.0 | ||
New Democrat | Margaret Armstrong | 7,826 | 25.9 | +6.6 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Darrel Kent | 7,399 | 24.5 | -5.4 | ||
Green | Stephen Johns | 612 | 2.0 | - | ||
Family Coalition | David Fitzpatrick | 503 | 1.7 | - | ||
Total valid votes | 30,185 | 100.0 |
Ontario general election, 1987 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Liberal | Dalton McGuinty, Sr. | 15,952 | 50.9 | +15.6 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Michael McSweeney | 9,365 | 29.9 | -9.5 | ||
New Democrat | Penina Coopersmith | 6,038 | 19.3 | -5.9 | ||
Total valid votes | 31,355 | 100.0 |
Ontario general election, 1985 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Claude Bennett | 12,971 | 39.4 | -10.6 | ||
Liberal | Andrew Caddell | 11,634 | 35.3 | +6.3 | ||
New Democrat | John Smart | 8,311 | 25.2 | +5.0 | ||
Total valid votes | 32,916 | 100.0 |
Ontario general election, 1981 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Claude Bennett | 15,218 | 50.0 | +0.6 | ||
Liberal | Robert Dyck | 8,832 | 29.9 | +6.9 | ||
New Democrat | Chris Chilton | 6,146 | 20.2 | -5.8 | ||
Independent | Ray Turmel | 259 | 0.9 | - | ||
Total valid votes | 30,455 | 100.0 |
Ontario general election, 1977 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Claude Bennett | 16,682 | 49.4 | +6.3 | ||
New Democrat | Eileen Scotton | 8,759 | 26.0 | -6.4 | ||
Liberal | Patricia Thorpe | 7,754 | 23.0 | -1.4 | ||
Independent | Michael Holton | 574 | 1.7 | - | ||
Total valid votes | 33,749 | 100.0 |
Ontario general election, 1975 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Claude Bennett | 14,767 | 43.1 | -8.6 | ||
New Democrat | Eileen Scotton | 11,099 | 32.4 | +7.9 | ||
Liberal | Patricia Thorpe | 8,360 | 24.4 | +0.6 | ||
Total valid votes | 34,226 | 100.0 |
Ontario general election, 1971 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Claude Bennett | 22,392 | 51.7 | +4.2 | ||
New Democrat | Don Francis | 10,638 | 24.5 | +15.6 | ||
Liberal | Ian Kimmerly | 10,307 | 23.8 | -19.8 | ||
Total valid votes | 43,337 | 100.0 |
Ontario general election, 1967 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Wesley Irwin Haskett | 13,472 | 47.5 | -7.0 | ||
Liberal | Joseph McDonald | 12,351 | 43.6 | +3.4 | ||
New Democrat | William Hardy | 2,531 | 8.9 | +3.6 | ||
Total valid votes | 28,354 | 100.0 |
1954-1966: Ward 5 (Old Ottawa South, the Glebe) and that part of Wards 4 (Centretown) and 6 (Dalhousie Ward) south of Sparks Street and Wellington Street (West).
Ontario general election, 1963 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Wesley Irwin Haskett | 12,671 | 54.5 | +2.8 | ||
Liberal | Joseph McDonald | 9,338 | 40.2 | -4.0 | ||
New Democrat | Peter Hopwood | 1,241 | 5.3 | +1.2 | ||
Total valid votes | 23,250 | 100.0 |
Ontario general election, 1959 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Wesley Irwin Haskett | 12,989 | 51.7 | -2.2 | ||
Liberal | Archibald M. Laidlaw | 11,119 | 44.2 | +2.3 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth | John Fisher | 1,037 | 4.1 | +1.0 | ||
Total valid votes | 25,145 | 100.0 |
Ontario general election, 1955 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Progressive Conservative | George H. Dunbar | 14,151 | 53.9 | -2.1 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Fogarty | 10,984 | 41.9 | +6.9 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Allen Schroeder | 826 | 3.1 | -5.9 | ||
Labour-Progressive Party | Daniel Nerenberg | 273 | 1.0 | - | ||
Total valid votes | 26,234 | 100.0 |
1933-1954: Capital Ward, Dalhousie Ward, Central Ward, Wellington Ward, that part of Riverdale Ward west of Main Street and that part of Elmdale Ward east of Parkdale Avenue.
Ontario general election, 1951 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Progressive Conservative | George H. Dunbar | 19,908 | 56.0 | +0.9 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Fogarty | 12,444 | 35.0 | +6.5 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Melville Fleming | 3,212 | 9.0 | -6.0 | ||
Total valid votes | 35,564 | 100.0 |
Ontario general election, 1948 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Progressive Conservative | George H. Dunbar | 18,955 | 55.1 | -5.8 | ||
Liberal | William R. Burnett | 9,813 | 28.5 | +3.2 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Milton C. Anderson | 5,151 | 15.0 | +1.7 | ||
Union of Electors | Terrence O'Reilly | 279 | 0.8 | - | ||
Socialist Labour | William Leckie | 185 | 0.5 | - | ||
Total valid votes | 34,383 | 100.0 |
Ontario general election, 1945 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Progressive Conservative | George H. Dunbar | 23,616 | 60.9 | +16.8 | ||
Liberal | G. Pushman | 9,813 | 25.3 | -9.3 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth | E. Forsey | 5,151 | 13.3 | -7.4 | ||
Socialist Labour | E. Irving | 185 | 0.5 | -0.2 | ||
Total valid votes | 38,765 | 100.0 |
Ontario general election, 1943 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Progressive Conservative | George H. Dunbar | 11,870 | 44.1 | -6.1 | ||
Liberal | Leonard L. Coulter | 9,311 | 34.6 | -13.0 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Walter B. Mann | 5,579 | 20.7 | - | ||
Socialist Labour | Edward A. Irving | 185 | 0.7 | -0.1 | ||
Total valid votes | 26,945 | 100.0 |
Ontario general election, 1937 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Conservative | George H. Dunbar | 17,443 | 50.2 | +2.6 | ||
Liberal | John H. Putnam | 16,550 | 47.6 | +0.7 | ||
Communist | Harry Binder | 408 | 1.2 | +0.7 | ||
Socialist Labour | Peter Leckie | 276 | 0.8 | - | ||
Independent | James C. Sidey | 69 | 0.2 | - | ||
Total valid votes | 34,746 | 100.0 |
Ontario general election, 1934 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Conservative | Arthur Ellis | 16,983 | 47.6 | -52.4 | ||
Liberal | Percy O. Wilson | 16,737 | 46.9 | - | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth | William Henry Chapman | 1,531 | 4.3 | - | ||
Communist | John Lyons | 192 | 0.5 | - | ||
Independent | Joseph B. O'Reilly | 165 | 0.5 | - | ||
Independent | Duncan McNaughton | 100 | 0.3 | - | ||
Total valid votes | 35,708 | 100.0 |
1925-1933: Dalhousie Ward and Capital Ward
Ontario general election, 1929 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Conservative | Arthur Ellis | Acclaimed | - | +37.7 |
Ontario general election, 1926 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Conservative | Thomas Miles Birkett | 9,171 | 62.3 | - | ||
Liberal | Robert R. Sparks | 5,556 | 37.7 | - | ||
Total valid votes | 14,727 | 100.0 |
[edit] 2007 electoral reform referendum
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 | |||
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Side | Votes | % | |
First Past the Post | 30,691 | 65.8 | |
Mixed Member Proportional | 15,922 | 34.2 | |
Total | 46,613 |
[edit] Sources
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.ontarioliberal.ca/OurTeam/WhoWeAre/CandidateDetail.aspx?Riding=Ottawa+South
- ^ http://jasonmacdonald.ca/home/
- ^ http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/article/1039692--opposition-parties-choose-candidates-to-take-on-premier
- ^ "Error: no
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