Ottawa South

For the Ontario provincial electoral district, see Ottawa South (provincial electoral district). For the neighbourhood in Ottawa, see Old Ottawa South.

Ottawa South

Ontario electoral district
Ottawa South in relation to other electoral districts in Ottawa
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	David McGuinty Liberal
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	117,581
Electors (2011)	87,579
Area (km²)	76
Pop. density (per km²)	1,547.1
Census division(s)	Ottawa
Census subdivision(s)	Ottawa

Ottawa South (Template:Lang-fr) is a federal electoral district in Ottawa in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is represented in the Canadian House of Commons by David McGuinty, brother of Ontario Premier and Ottawa South MPP Dalton McGuinty. The riding was created in 1987 from parts of Ottawa—Vanier, Ottawa Centre and the former Ottawa—Carleton electoral districts. It has been held continuously by Liberal candidates since it was first contested in 1988. Ottawa South is a suburban, generally middle class riding, notable for having the highest Arab population in Ontario.

Geography

The riding is located within the city of Ottawa. It is bounded on the north and east by Highway 417, on the west by the Rideau River and on the south by a line beginning at the Rideau River and the former Ottawa city limits, then east to Limebank Road, south to Leitrim Road, east to the CP Rail line, north to Lester Road, then east along Lester and Davidson Road to Conroy Road, north to Hunt Club Road and east along Hunt Club and its prolongation to Highway 417. Neighbouring districts include Ottawa—Vanier to the north, Ottawa—Orleans to the east, Nepean—Carleton to the south and Ottawa West—Nepean and Ottawa Centre to the west.

Ottawa South comprises the neighbourhoods of Riverview, Eastway Gardens, Alta Vista, Riverside Park, Mooney's Bay, Hunt Club Woods, Hunt Club Estate, Hunt Club Chase, South Keys, Ellwood, Heron Gate, Sheffield Glen, Airport-Uplands, Elizabeth Park, Windsor Park Village, and Blossom Park in the city of Ottawa. The total area is 76 km². There are 233 polling divisions.

Party support

The riding has been held by the Liberal Party of Canada since its creation in 1988. The closest the Liberals have come to losing the seat was a 7% win in 2006. The riding has stayed in Liberal hands despite Conservative governments and has not elected a non-Liberal Member of Parliament since its creation. If the riding existed with the same boundaries in 1984 however, the Progressive Conservatives would have won it. As of the 2008 election, Ottawa South remains one of only two Liberal held ridings in Ottawa.

The New Democratic Party has never seen its support above 14% in Ottawa South, and it was the weakest riding for the party in Ottawa for the 2008 election. The Greens saw their highest vote here in 2008 with 7%.

2008 election popular vote map by polling division

Political geography

The Liberals have support in most parts of the riding. In the 2004 election, the strongest Liberal areas were in the Alta Vista neighbourhood. However in the 2006 election, they lost some of this support, but it was gained from lower income areas such as Heron Gate. By 2008, the Liberals had gained much of their support back in Alta Vista.

The Conservatives have their strongest amount in the southern parts of the riding, especially in the community of Blossom Park and around the Macdonald-Cartier International Airport By 2006, the Conservatives had won the neighbourhood of Elmvale Acres, but this was lost in 2008. The New Democrats have only won one poll in recent memory, and that was a poll in Heron Gate in 2004.[3] [4] [5][6]

Demographics

According to the Canada 2001 Census

Ethnic groups: 71.4% White, 8.3% Black, 6.3% Arab, 3.6% Chinese, 3.0% South Asian, 1.7% Latin American, 1.3% West Asian, 1.2% Southeast Asian
Languages: 56.9% English, 13.0% French, 27.7% Other, 2.4% Multiple languages
Religions: 41.3% Catholic, 24.9% Protestant, 10.4% Muslim, 3.8% Christian Orthodox, 1.6% Jewish, 1.2% Hindu, 1.1% Buddhist, 2.2% Other Christian, 12.8% No religious affiliation
Average income: $35,247

Member of Parliament

The Member of Parliament (MP) is for Ottawa South David McGuinty, a former businessman, immigration officer, lawyer and professor. He was first elected in 2004. He represents the Liberal Party of Canada.

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties: [7]

Party

Association Name

CEO

HQ Address

Neighbourhood

Green Party of Canada

Green Party of Canada Ottawa South

Colin Hine

338 Acton Street

Riverview

Conservative Party of Canada

Ottawa South Conservative Association

Lorne Anderson

301-2446 Bank Street

Blossom Park

Liberal Party of Canada

Ottawa South Federal Liberal Association

Sid Treml

702-1785 Riverside Drive

Riverview

New Democratic Party

Ottawa South Federal NDP Riding Association

Stephanie Jones

56 Robert St.

Ottawa Centre

Progressive Canadian Party

Ottawa South PC Party Association

Ernie Schreiber

2280 Russell Rd.

Hawthorne Meadows

History

The district was created in 1987. 65.7% was from Ottawa—Carleton, 20.1% from Ottawa Centre and 14.2% from Ottawa—Vanier.

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Ottawa—Carleton, Ottawa Centre, and Ottawa—Vanier prior to 1987
34th	1988–1993	rowspan="4" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	John Manley	Liberal
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006	rowspan="3" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	David McGuinty	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–present

Election results

Ottawa South in 1987 showing the districts from which it was created.

1988

Barry Turner was the incumbent going into the 1988 election. He had previously been the member of the Ottawa—Carleton riding. As an MP, Turner had a reputation as a hard working MP. However, he would end up being defeated by John Manley, a lawyer with a specialty in tax law. Many attribute the loss to a phone and mail campaign by the Public Service Alliance of Canada which were upset at the Progressive Conservative Government's cuts to the civil service.

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^ Change based on redistributed results.

1993

Manley was re-elected, as part of a landslide victory for the opposition Liberals. He defeated consulting engineer Doug Walkinshaw of the Reform Party. Joe Anton, the Progressive Conservative candidate, an auditor for Revenue Canada defeated the mayor of Kanata for the Tory nomination. Ursule Critoph, an economist, was the NDP candidate.

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1997

Before the 1997 election, the riding changed its boundaries slightly. The old 1987 version encompassed 95% of the new 1996 version. The remaining 5% came from nearby Carleton-Gloucester. John Manley, now the Minister of Industry was once again re-elected. He faced opposition from the Somali community in the riding for his indifference to their needs and concerns. This did not have enough impact, however and Manley won again with another massive majority. He defeated Carla Marie Dancey, the Reform Party candidate who lived outside the riding. Also running was Keith Beardsley, a staffer to MP Gerry Weiner. Many attribute Manley's victory to attracting business to Ottawa's high tech sector.

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2000

By 2000, Manley had progressed to Minister of Foreign Affairs. He defeated Brad Darbyson, the Canadian Alliance candidate, who was an investment counselor. Finishing in third was engineer Kevin Lister, the Progressive Conservative candidate and native Albertan. Template:CanElec2 Template:CanElec2Row Template:CanElec2Row Template:CanElec2Row Template:CanElec2Row Template:CanElec2Row Template:CanElec2Row Template:CanElec2Row Template:CanElec2Row |- bgcolor="white" |align="right" colspan=3|Difference |align="right"|13,908 |align="right"|26.9 |align="right"|-16.3 |- bgcolor="white" |align="right" colspan=3|Rejected Ballots |align="right"|231 |align="right"|0.4 |align="right"|-0.3 |- bgcolor="white" |align="right" colspan=3|Turnout |align="right"|52,021 |align="right"|62.0 |align="right"|-10.3 |- bgcolor="white" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row |align="left" colspan=2|Liberal hold |align="right"|Swing |align="right"|-8.2 |align="right"|-3.8

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^ Canadian Alliance change compares to the vote total for the Reform Party candidate in 1997.

2004

Map of the results by poll in 2004.

The riding's boundaries had very little change. 99.7% of the riding remained intact, taking 0.3% from Ottawa-Vanier. John Manley retired prior to the 2004 election. He was among a number of high profile Liberals to retire who were known to be Jean Chrétien loyalists. David McGuinty, a lawyer and brother of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, won the Liberal nomination. He was known to be a friend of Prime Minister Paul Martin. McGuinty faced a steep challenge from Alan Riddell, another lawyer, and Monia Mazigh, the NDP candidate. Riddell, the Conservative candidate, had suffered bad press when it was discovered he had been driving with a suspended license. Mazigh, who lived in Nepean, was another high-profile candidate, being the wife of Maher Arar, who was wrongly accused of terrorism. McGuinty suffered too, as his brother's government was unpopular at the time, but in the end was victorious.

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^Change from 2000 is not based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals from the 2000 election.

Results by neighbourhood

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	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Eastway Gardens	4	1.1	8	2.3	1	0.3	19	5.5	25	7.2	161	46.5	127	36.7	1	0.3
Cyrville	0	0.0	4	2.2	0	0.0	12	6.5	17	9.2	91	49.2	57	30.8	4	2.2
Riverview	53	1.0	27	0.5	6	0.1	332	6.3	830	15.8	2482	47.3	1488	28.3	32	0.6
Rideau Park	9	0.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	74	6.0	106	8.6	646	52.4	393	31.9	5	0.4
Applewood Acres	4	0.4	5	0.5	0	0.0	80	7.4	134	12.4	551	50.8	304	28.0	6	0.6
Alta Vista	11	0.9	0	0.0	2	0.2	97	8.0	151	12.4	584	47.9	368	30.2	5	0.4
Ridgemont	5	0.8	3	0.5	2	0.3	54	8.4	82	12.7	305	47.4	188	29.2	5	0.8
Playfair Park	2	0.2	4	0.4	1	0.1	49	4.5	83	7.7	571	52.7	373	34.4	1	0.1
Guildwood Estates	1	0.1	0	0.0	2	0.3	37	5.2	47	6.6	389	54.3	238	33.2	3	0.4
Urbandale Acres	4	0.3	7	0.6	1	0.1	75	6.2	126	10.3	575	47.2	423	34.7	7	0.6
Elmvale Acres	14	0.8	12	0.7	2	0.1	123	6.8	214	11.8	792	43.6	649	35.8	11	0.6
Urbandale	13	0.6	11	0.5	3	0.1	168	7.6	209	9.5	979	44.4	810	36.7	13	0.6
Hawthorne Meadows	15	1.2	9	0.7	0	0.0	38	3.0	207	16.1	583	45.3	425	33.0	10	0.8
Sheffield Glen	21	1.7	5	0.4	3	0.2	55	4.4	203	16.3	534	42.9	415	33.3	9	0.7
Billings Bridge	17	1.2	10	0.7	4	0.3	74	5.4	253	18.5	619	45.2	381	27.8	12	0.9
Heron Park	7	0.8	9	1.1	2	0.2	48	5.7	143	17.0	364	43.2	266	31.6	3	0.4
Riverside Park	14	0.9	6	0.4	5	0.3	97	6.1	198	12.4	749	46.8	526	32.9	9	0.6
Mooney's Bay	4	0.4	0	0.0	1	0.1	91	8.9	111	10.8	487	47.5	329	32.1	3	0.3
Riverside Park South	9	0.8	7	0.6	2	0.2	86	7.3	137	11.6	472	40.1	459	39.0	6	0.5
Ellwood	12	1.5	6	0.8	3	0.4	41	5.2	139	17.6	359	45.4	227	28.7	4	0.5
Heron Gate	30	1.1	10	0.4	6	0.2	139	4.9	756	26.5	1150	40.3	723	25.4	38	1.3
Hunt Club Woods	18	0.9	3	0.2	2	0.1	110	5.6	272	13.9	867	44.2	677	34.5	11	0.6
Hunt Club Estate	23	1.3	2	0.1	2	0.1	124	7.0	282	15.9	751	42.4	573	32.3	16	0.9
Hunt Club Chase	20	1.2	2	0.1	0	0.0	129	7.5	205	12.0	761	44.5	580	33.9	12	0.7
Elizabeth Park	4	2.6	1	0.7	0	0.0	9	5.9	14	9.2	46	30.3	77	50.7	1	0.7
Windsor Park Village	4	1.4	1	0.3	0	0.0	23	7.8	38	13.0	88	30.0	134	45.7	5	1.7
South Keys	13	0.8	13	0.8.	2	0.1	84	5.0	221	13.2	666	39.9	663	39.7	7	0.4
Greenboro	43	0.9	11	0.2	8	0.2	225	4.9	712	15.7	1989	43.7	1536	33.8	23	0.5
Hunt Club Park	18	0.5	7	0.2	5	0.1	167	4.6	481	13.2	1717	47.1	1227	33.7	23	0.6
Blossom Park	69	1.3	25	0.5	4	0.1	307	5.7	755	14.0	2067	38.4	2117	39.3	40	0.7

Nomination contests

Liberal Party of Canada
Candidate	Residence	March 6, 2004
Camille Awada	Ottawa
Diane Deans	Ottawa
Sheila Gervais	Ottawa
John Samuel	Ottawa
David McGuinty	Ottawa	X

Conservative Party of Canada
Candidate	Residence	March 8, 2004
Brad Darbyson	Ottawa
Terry Kilrea	Nepean
Alan Riddell	Ottawa	X

2006

2006 election popular vote map by polling division

David McGuinty was re-elected after two years as a Liberal backbencher. The race was expected to be closer than 2004, which it was, as McGuinty faced a tough challenge from Conservative Allan Cutler. Cutler was the man who blew the whistle on the Liberal Sponsorship Scandal which saw millions of dollars of public funds transferred to Liberal friendly firms in Quebec during the Chrétien era. The margin of victory between the liberal and his conservative challenger was closer than in 2004, but McGuinty eventually came out on top. Cutler himself was painted as a hypocrite as he would not address the issue of his nomination. Accusations started that 2004 candidate Alan Riddell was given $50,000 not to stand for nomination in the race. Riddell was also pushed aside in an earlier nomination race that saw former MP Barry Turner acclaimed, but would later drop out, forcing a new race. Running for the NDP was the Lebanese-born economist Henri Sader who faced a difficult challenge holding on to the votes that Monia Mazigh won in the previous election. Running again for Greens again was John Ford who failed to hold on to his votes, and running for the Progressive Canadian Party again was Brad Thomson who lost votes as well. Thomson had all but dropped out however, endorsing McGuinty. The Marijuana Party planned to run Tim Meehan, but he did not gain ballot access.

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New Democratic Party
Candidate	Residence	April 14, 2004
Jeannie Page	Ottawa
Monia Mazigh	Nepean	X
Difference			4,124	6.71	-2.29
Rejected Ballots			298	0.5	-0.1
Turnout			61,808	71.71	+2.00
Liberal hold		Swing	-1.48	+0.1

Nomination contests

Liberal Party of Canada
Candidate	Residence	May 9, 2005
David McGuinty	Ottawa	X

Conservative Party of Canada
Candidate	Residence	May 17, 2005
Barry Turner	Nepean	X

Federal popular vote graph

Barry Turner was acclaimed for the nomination when Allan Riddell, the party's candidate in 2004, withdrew because of allegations about a prank in which he was involved in university. The party later cancelled Turner's nomination and called a new meeting. Turner was not able to get an answer from the party about why the nomination was cancelled, and decided against seeking the nomination again. Allan Cutler announced that he would seek the nomination.

Conservative Party of Canada
Candidate	Residence	November 25, 2005
Allan S. Cutler	Nepean	X

New Democratic Party
Candidate	Residence	November 10, 2005
Sandra Griffith-Bonaparte	Ottawa
Henri Sader	Ottawa	X

Green Party of Canada
Candidate	Residence	August 29, 2005
John Ford	Ottawa	X

2008

In opposition, McGuinty served as the Liberal Party's environment critic. He faced nominal opposition from three lesser-known candidates. The Conservative candidate was Elie Salibi, the director of international sales with Corel, who was born in Lebanon. The NDP candidate was Hijal De Sarkar, a Carleton University political science student of Bengali descent. The Green candidate was Qais Ghanem, a doctor, born in Yemen. Former Libertarian Party leader Jean-Serge Brisson also ran, as well as Al Gullon, the Progressive Canadian candidate. Facing lower turnout in the riding itself, as well as nationwide, and a strong lack of enthusiasm for the Liberal leader Stéphane Dion, McGuinty was able to increase his vote total, and his lead over his closest opponent, from the 2006 election. McGuinty just barely missed the 50% mark, but was nonetheless re-elected handily in Ottawa South.

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Nomination contests

Liberal Party of Canada
Candidate	Residence	?
David McGuinty	Ottawa	X

Conservative Party of Canada
Candidate	Residence	February 23, 2007
Elie Salibi	Ottawa	X
George M. Brown	Ottawa

New Democratic Party
Candidate	Residence	September 11, 2008
Hijal De Sarkar|Ottawa	X

Green Party of Canada
Candidate	Residence	June 16, 2007
Qais Ghanem	Ottawa	X
Peter Tretter	Ottawa

2011

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See also

• List of Canada's electoral districts

External links

• Elections Canada (source of campaign expense data)