Ottawa West—Nepean (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Ottawa West—Nepean.

Ottawa West—Nepean

Ontario electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Chandra Pasma New Democratic
First contested	1999
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	111,835
Electors (2018)	89,575
Area (km²)	88
Pop. density (per km²)	1,270.9
Census division(s)	Ottawa
Census subdivision(s)	Ottawa

Ottawa West—Nepean (French: Ottawa-Ouest–Nepean) is a provincial electoral district in eastern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

The riding is represented in the Ontario legislature by the NDP's Chandra Pasma.

The riding has been fairly solidly Liberal. In the 1999 provincial election, former Member of Provincial Parliament Alex Cullen lost the nomination to Rick Chiarelli following fierce party battles. Cullen instead ran for the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP). The seat was won by Tory Garry Guzzo. In the 2003 provincial election, former Ottawa mayor Jim Watson ousted Guzzo.

Former Ottawa mayor Bob Chiarelli won the seat in a March 4, 2010, by-election, after Jim Watson left his seat to run in the 2010 Ottawa municipal election. Chiarelli lost his seat to PC Jeremy Roberts in 2018 which saw the former governing Liberals fall to third place in the legislature. In the 2022 provincial election the NDP's Chandra Pasma defeated Roberts, the only PC incumbent to lose his seat in the election. This marked the first time the NDP had ever won the seat, either provincially or federally.

History

The electoral district was created in 1999 from 77% of Ottawa West, 38% of Nepean and 21% of Ottawa—Rideau.

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Ottawa West—Nepean
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Ottawa West, Nepean and Ottawa—Rideau
37th	1999–2003		Garry Guzzo	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007		Jim Watson	Liberal
39th	2007–2010
	2010–2011		Bob Chiarelli
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022		Jeremy Roberts	Progressive Conservative
43rd	2022–present		Chandra Pasma	New Democratic

Election results

2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Chandra Pasma	15,696	37.54	+5.06	$125,025
	Progressive Conservative	Jeremy Roberts	14,610	34.94	+2.12	$90,418
	Liberal	Sam Bhalesar	9,384	22.44	−6.86	$67,587
	Green	Steven Warren	1,475	3.53	−0.30	$4,298
	Ontario Party	Vilteau Delvas	649	1.55		$5,110
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,814	98.58	-0.34	$127,707
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			601	1.42	+0.34
Turnout			42,415	47.42	-9.62
Eligible voters			91,223
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+1.47
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jeremy Roberts	16,590	32.82	−1.06
	New Democratic	Chandra Pasma	16,415	32.48	+18.06
	Liberal	Bob Chiarelli	14,810	29.30	−15.54
	Green	Pat Freel	1,937	3.83	−2.35
	None of the Above	Colin A. Pritchard	542	1.07
	Libertarian	Nicholas Paliga	251	0.50	-0.18
Total valid votes			50,545	98.92
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			552	1.08	-0.43
Turnout			51,097	57.04	+1.10
Eligible voters			89,575
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.24
Source: Elections Ontario

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Chiarelli	21,035	44.84	+4.06
	Progressive Conservative	Randall Denley	15,895	33.89	−6.06
	New Democratic	Alex Cullen	6,760	14.41	−0.51
	Green	Alex Hill	2,899	6.18	+2.67
	Libertarian	Matthew Brooks	318	0.68
Total valid votes			46,907	98.49
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			719	1.51
Turnout			47,626	55.95
Eligible voters			85,125
	Liberal hold		Swing		+5.06
Source(s) "General Election Results by District, 066 Ottawa West—Nepean". Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bob Chiarelli	18,492	41.62	−1.83	$ 93,241.85
	Progressive Conservative	Randall Denley	17,483	39.35	+0.36	80,950.00
	New Democratic	Wendy Byrne	6,576	14.80	+6.35	13,936.09
	Green	Alex Hill	1,485	3.34	−4.96	3,113.29
	Family Coalition	John Pacheco	396	0.89		8,382.66
Total valid votes / expense limit			44,432	100.00	+56.27	$ 97,809.67
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			174	0.39	−0.18
Turnout			44,606	54.27	+21.33
Eligible voters			82,187		−5.32
	Liberal hold		Swing		−1.10
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate – October 6, 2011 General Election" (PDF). "Statistical Summary – General Elections 2011" ( XLS Spreadsheet (71KB)). Elections Ontario. "2011 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Retrieved May 31, 2014.

Ontario provincial by-election, March 4, 2010 Resignation of Jim Watson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bob Chiarelli	12,353	43.45	−7.19	$ 100,242.09
	Progressive Conservative	Beth Graham	11,086	38.99	+7.19	98,437.24
	New Democratic	Pam Fitzgerald	2,404	8.45	−1.24	20,689.04
	Green	Mark Mackenzie	2,359	8.30	+2.13	16,707.36
	Independent	John Turmel	230	0.81		0.00
Total valid votes			28,432	100.0	−39.61
Total rejected ballots			163	0.57	−0.07
Turnout			28,595	32.94	−24.57
Eligible voters			86,809		+5.35
Source(s) "Ottawa West-Nepean By-Election – March 4, 2010". Elections Ontario. Retrieved June 1, 2014. "2010 By-Election Returns – Ottawa West-Nepean – Candidate (CR-1) & Association (CR-3) Returns". "MPP Watson to run for Ottawa mayor". CBC News. Archived from the original on Jan 15, 2010.

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Watson	23,842	50.64	+3.60	$ 81,588.12
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Patton	14,971	31.80	−9.44	67,155.94
	New Democratic	Lynn Hamilton	4,564	9.69	+1.35	15,904.92
	Green	Martin Hyde	2,903	6.17	+3.51	1,064.61
	Family Coalition	John Pacheco	592	1.26		6,938.62
	Independent	Robert Gilles Gauthier	207	0.44	−0.28	Unavailable
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,079	100.0	−4.24	$ 88,988.76
Total rejected ballots			304	0.64	+0.09
Turnout			47,383	57.51	−4.62
Eligible voters			82,397		+3.55
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate – October 10, 2007 General Election" (PDF). "Statistical Summary – General Election 2007" (PDF). Elections Ontario. "2007 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Retrieved June 1, 2014.

2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Watson	23,127	47.04	+12.68	$ 67,833.00
	Progressive Conservative	Garry Guzzo	20,277	41.24	−6.55	60,734.31
	New Democratic	Marlene Rivier	4,099	8.34	−7.78	17,396.47
	Green	Neil Adair	1,309	2.66	+1.71	2,684.09
	Independent	Robert G. Gauthier	353	0.72		Unavailable
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,165	100.0	+2.90	$ 76,392.96
Total rejected ballots			272	0.55	−0.27
Turnout			49,437	62.13	+3.24
Eligible voters			79,576		−2.72
Source(s) "General Election of October 2, 2003 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. "General Election of October 2, 2003 – Statistical Summary". Retrieved June 1, 2014. "2003 Candidate and Constituency Associations – Candidate Campaign Return (CR-1)".

1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Garry Guzzo	22,834	47.79	$ 52,524.00
	Liberal	Rick Chiarelli	16,419	34.36	69,057.01
	New Democratic	Alex Cullen	7,701	16.12	32,467.74
	Green	Richard Warman	453	0.95	0.00
	Independent	Megan Hnatiw	129	0.27	0.00
	Independent	John Turmel	94	0.20	0.00
	Confederation of Regions	Anthony C. Silvestro	79	0.17	806.00
	Natural Law	Lester J. Newby	70	0.15	0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,779	100.0	$ 78,526.08
Total rejected ballots			393	0.82
Turnout			48,172	58.89
Eligible voters			81,798
Source(s) "General Election of June 3 1999 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. "General Election of June 3 1999 – Statistical Summary". Retrieved June 1, 2014. "1999 Candidate and Constituency Associations – Candidate Campaign Return (CR-1)".

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	30,528	68.8
	Mixed member proportional	15,172	31.2

External links

• Map of riding for 2018 election