Nepean (electoral district)

This article is about the Canadian electorates. For other uses, see Nepean (disambiguation).

Nepean was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997. It was also the name of an overlapping district represented in the Ontario legislature from 1987 to 1999.

The federal riding was created in 1987 from parts of Nepean—Carleton riding.

It consisted of the City of Nepean.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Nepean—Carleton and Ottawa West—Nepean ridings.

Member of Parliament

This riding elected the following member of the Canadian House of Commons:

• Beryl Gaffney, Liberal (1988-1997)

Member of Provincial Parliament

This riding elected the following member of the Ontario legislature:

• Hans Daigeler, Liberal (1987-1995)
• John R. Baird, Progressive Conservative (1995-1999)

Electoral history

Federal

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Beryl Gaffney	26,632
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Tupper	23,399
	New Democrat	Bea Murray	6,119
	Commonwealth	Debbie Brennan	292

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Beryl Gaffney	33,376
	Progressive Conservative	Donna Hicks	9,668
	Reform	Gus Klovan	9,114
	New Democrat	Nizam Siddiqui	1,967
	National	Ralph Anderson	979
	Green	Andrew Van Iterson	420
	Natural Law	Brian Jackson	255
	Libertarian	Brian MacKintosh	133
	Commonwealth	Marko Braovac	105
	Abolitionist	Tonis Kasvand	33

Provincial

1987 provincial election: Nepean
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hans Daigeler	13,951
	Progressive Conservative	(x)Bob Mitchell	10,315
	New Democratic Party	Larry Jones	4,526

1990 provincial election: Nepean
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	(x)Hans Daigeler	13,723
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Collins	9,870
	New Democratic Party	John Raudoy	7,453
	Green	Dan Roy	933
	Libertarian	Dan Weiler	343

1995 provincial election: Nepean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	John Baird	17,510	49.66		$40,800.37
	Liberal	(x)Hans Daigeler	13,575	38.50		$45,021.83
	New Democratic Party	John Sullivan	3,274	9.29		$15,380.57
	Green	Frank de Jong	390	1.11		$0.00
	Natural Law Party	Brian E. Jackson	259	0.73		$0.00
	Freedom	Cathy Frampton	252	0.71		$2,307.70
Total valid votes			35,260	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			363
Turnout			35,623	64.97

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament