Ottawa voters elected five Liberal Party candidates, two New Democrat candidates and a Progressive Conservative on election night.
The biggest surprise of the night in Ottawa was Liberal Party candidate Tyler Watt defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Alex Lewis in the riding of Nepean, which had been held by the Progressive Conservatives since 1999.
Three former Ottawa councillors will represent Ottawa at Queen’s Park: Liberal Party incumbent Stephen Blais from Orléans, and first-time winners Catherine McKenney (NDP) in Ottawa Centre and George Darouze (Progressive Conservative) in Carleton.
Here is a look at the voter turnout in the eight Ottawa ridings:
- Carleton: 47.4 per cent
- Kanata-Carleton: 48.6 per cent
- Nepean: 45.5 per cent
- Orléans: 47.7 per cent
- Ottawa Centre: 49.9 per cent
- Ottawa South: 42.47 per cent
- Ottawa-Vanier: 39.8 per cent
- Ottawa West-Nepean: 45.02 per cent
CTV News Ottawa looks at the winners in the eight Ottawa ridings following the 44th Ontario election.
Carleton
Ottawa councillor George Darouze is heading to Queen’s Park as an MPP.
The Progressive Conservative candidate won the riding of Carleton, receiving 49.7 per cent of the vote. Darouze has been an Ottawa councillor since 2014.
“Tonight, it was an amazing night; I’m very humbled,” Darouze said, adding he heard priorities in the riding include the risk of U.S. tariffs and the cost of living.
“I’m thankful for the Carleton people who elected me as their representative.”
Liberal Party candidate Brandon Bay finished second, while NDP candidate Sherin Faili finished third in the riding.
This is the third Ontario election for the riding of Carleton, with the Progressive Conservatives winning all three elections in 2018, 2022 and 2025. Progressive Conservative-turned-Independent MPP Goldie Ghamari won the riding for the party in 2018 and 2022 and did not seek re-election.
Kanata-Carleton
Liberal Party incumbent Karen McCrimmon will represent the riding of Kanata-Carleton during the next four years.
McCrimmon was re-elected Thursday night, receiving 47 per cent of the vote.
“What a run was that,” McCrimmon joked with supporters Thursday night. “Thank you isn’t enough.”
McCrimmon is a former Liberal MP and was a member of the Canadian Armed Forces.
Progressive Conservative candidate Scott Phelan finished second with 40 per cent of the vote, while NDP candidate Dave Belcher finished third.
Former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Merrilee Fullerton won the general elections in 2018 and 2022, while McCrimmon won a 2023 byelection.
This was the third election for the riding of Kanata-Carleton, after it was created from sections of the ridings of Carleton-Mississippi Mills and Nepean Carleton.
Nepean
Liberal Party candidate Tyler Watt ended 26 years of Progressive Conservative rule in the Ottawa riding of Nepean.
Watt defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Alex Lewis, receiving 48 per cent of the vote. NDP candidate Max Blair finished third.
“I’m over the moon right now,” Watt told CTV News Ottawa. “We’ve been working so hard for the last month. This wasn’t how I planned on doing this election; I was just working at the hospital just a little over four weeks ago when I got the notice that Premier (Doug) Ford was going to call an early election.”
Watt is a registered nurse who previously ran for the Liberal Party in the 2022 election.
“My door will always be open,” Watt said, adding his priority will be Nepean and health care. “I’ll work with every level of government and always advocate for Nepean.”
The riding of Nepean and Nepean-Carleton had been a Progressive Conservative riding since its creation in 1999. Longtime PC MPP Lisa MacLeod represented the riding between 2006 and 2025, before deciding not to seek re-election.
Orléans
The riding of Orléans remains Liberal for another four years.
Liberal Party incumbent Stephen Blais was re-elected with 54 per cent of the vote.
Progressive Conservative candidate Stéphan Plourde finished second with 35 per cent of the vote, followed by NDP candidate Matthew Sévigny with six per cent of the vote.
The results in the riding were not released until 11 p.m. after one poll was kept open for two hours longer.
The riding of Orléans has been represented by the Liberal Party since 2003, and Blais has represented the riding since winning a byelection in 2020. The last time the riding was represented by the Progressive Conservatives was 1999 to 2003, when Brian Coburn was the PC MPP.
Ottawa Centre
Former Ottawa Councillor Catherine McKenney is returning to politics, this time as the MPP for Ottawa Centre.
The New Democrat candidate won the downtown Ottawa riding, receiving 56 per cent of the vote.
“It stayed a strong NDP seat,” McKenney said Thursday night. “It really shows you that people here in Ottawa Centre embrace bold and progressive ideas and that’s what Marit Styles and the NDP had, and when I went to the doors, people were really open to that.”
McKenney said their priority will “always be housing.”
“I believe we can end chronic homelessness, and I believe that we can provide housing that is dignified for people. I am willing to go to Queen’s Park and work across the aisle to share those ideas, to make sure that, you know, we are working towards a place in Ontario where we end homelessness.”
McKenney was a two-term Ottawa councillor and ran for Mayor of Ottawa in the 2022 municipal election.
Liberal Party candidate Thomas Simpson finished second, followed by Progressive Conservative candidate Scott Healey and Green Party candidate Simon Beckett.
The riding of Ottawa Centre has been represented by either a New Democrat or Liberal since it was formed in 1967. MPP Joel Harden decided not to seek re-election after representing the riding since 2018. Liberal Yasir Naqvi was the MPP for Ottawa Centre between 2007 and 2018.
Ottawa South
Ottawa South remains painted in Liberal red.
Incumbent John Fraser was re-elected in the Ottawa riding, receiving 53 per cent of the vote. Fraser has represented the riding since winning a byelection to replace former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty in 2013.
Progressive Conservative candidate Jan Gao finished second and NDP candidate Morgan Gay was third.
The Ontario Liberal Party has represented the riding of Ottawa South since 1987, while the riding voted Progressive Conservative between 1926 and 1987.
Ottawa-Vanier
Liberal Party incumbent Lucille Collard returns to Queen’s Park as the MPP for Ottawa-Vanier.
Collard was re-elected with over 50 per cent of the vote. Collard was first elected the MPP for the riding in a byelection in February 2020.
Progressive Conservative candidate Marilissa Gosselin was second, followed by NDP candidate Myriam Djilane.
The riding of Ottawa-Vanier has elected a Liberal MPP in every election since 1971.
Ottawa West-Nepean
NDP incumbent Chandra Pasma will continue to represent the riding of Ottawa West-Nepean for the next four years.
Pasma was re-elected in the riding in Ottawa’s west end, receiving 49 per cent of the vote.
“I promise the residents of Ottawa West-Nepean that I will fight hard every day to make this vision a reality for you,” Pasma told supporters Thursday night. “We had the hardest working team in all of Ontario and you should be all proud of tonight’s results. Thank you to all of you who volunteered. A February election is not easy, but you all made it work and the work was more important.”
Progressive Conservative candidate Husien Abu-Rayash finished second with 28.7 per cent of the vote, followed by Liberal candidate Brett Szmul with 17.8 per cent.
The riding of Ottawa West-Nepean has flipped between Liberal, New Democrat and Progressive Conservative since the 1950s. The Progressive Conservatives represented the riding from 1993 to 2003 and again from 2018 to 2022, while the Liberals held the seat between 2003 and 2018. Pasma won the riding in 2018 by 908 votes.
