- Ottawa—Vanier (provincial electoral district)
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Coordinates: 45°26′N 75°39′W / 45.433°N 75.65°W
Ottawa—Vanier 
Ontario electoral district
Ottawa—Vanier in relation to other Ottawa electoral districts Provincial electoral district Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario MPP
Madeleine Meilleur
LiberalDistrict created 1908 First contested 1908 Last contested 2011 Demographics Population (2006) 101,611 Electors (2007) 77,318 Area (km²) 39 Pop. density (per km²) 2,605.4 Census divisions Ottawa Census subdivisions Ottawa - For the Ottawa—Vanier federal electoral district, please see Ottawa—Vanier.
Ottawa—Vanier (formerly known as Ottawa East) is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1908.
It is composed of the eastern part of downtown Ottawa.
The riding is represented in the Legislative Assembly by Liberal Madeleine Meilleur. She defeated Conservative Bruce Poulin, who was acclaimed as the Ontario Progressive Conservative candidate for Ottawa-Vanier for the October 10, 2007 provincial election.
The riding, with a large Franco-Ontarian population in Vanier, Overbrook, Lower Town, and in adjoining neighbourhoods, has been one of the most solidly Liberal in the country in recent years, having elected Liberals both federally and provincially in every election since 1971.
A sizable minority of the riding is in the former city of Vanier, which was merged with Ottawa in 2000. Vanier has long been home to much of Ottawa's francophone population, but between 1992 and 2001, the size of this linguistic group has fallen by almost 50%. Since 2003, the population of the entire riding has fallen by almost 10% at a time when the rest of the nation's capital increased by approximately 5.2%. The riding now has the second oldest population in Ottawa.
In many ways the riding which used to be known as a French riding with an English face has become a largely English-speaking riding (65%) with a French face. The riding also contains the wealthiest part of Ottawa, Rockcliffe Park, which gives some support to the Progressive Conservatives, but also to the Liberals. The neighbourhoods with higher proportions of anglophone residents, including Sandy Hill and New Edinburgh also tend to vote Liberal, but with significant support for the Ontario New Democratic Party. The riding is characterized by below average voter turn-out and an annual loss of approximately 1% in voter support for the provincial Liberals since 1987 thereby reducing their support from approximately 74% to 50% (1987–2007).
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Geography
In 2003, it was redefined as the part of the City of Ottawa east and north of a line running south along the Rideau Canal from the interprovincial boundary to Mann Avenue, northeast to Nicholas Street, southeast to Highway No. 417, and east to the abandoned Canadian Pacific Railway to the hydroelectric transmission line, north to Innes Road, northeast to Blair Road, northwest to Montreal Road, east and northeast to Regional Road No. 174, northeast to Green's Creek, north to the Ottawa River.
History
The provincial electoral district was created in 1908 as "Ottawa East". The name was changed to "Ottawa—Vanier" in 1999.
Members of the Legislative Assembly/Members of Provincial Parliament1
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
- Donald McDougal, Liberal (1908–1911)
- Napoleon Champagne, Conservative (1911–1914)
- Joseph Pinard, Liberal (1914–1929)
- Louis Côté, Conservative (1929–1934)
- Paul Leduc, Liberal (1934–1940)
- Robert Laurier, Liberal (1940–1945)
- Aurele Chartrand, Liberal (1945–1955)
- Jules Morin, Progressive Conservative (1955–1971)
- Albert Roy, Liberal (1971–1985)
- Bernard Grandmaître, Liberal (1985–1999)
- Claudette Boyer, Liberal/Independent (1999–2003)
- Madeleine Meilleur, Liberal (2003–present)
1 In 1938, the title of members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was changed from "Members of the Legislative Assembly" (MLAs) to "Members of Provincial Parliament" (MPPs).
Election results since 1977
Ontario general election, 2011 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Madeleine Meilleur 19,615 51.4 - Progressive Conservative Fred Sherman 8,931 23.4 - New Democrat Paul Étienne Laliberté-Tipple 7,525 19.7 - Green Dave Bagler 1,719 4.5 - Family Coalition Emmanuel Houle 352 0.9 - Total valid votes 38,142 100.0 Ontario general election, 2007 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Madeleine Meilleur 20,951 50.8 -1.7 Progressive Conservative Bruce Poulin 9,169 22.2 -4.0 New Democrat Ric Dagenais 6,144 14.9 -0.8 Green Leonard Poole 4,287 10.4 +5.9 Family Coalition Frank Cioppa 400 1.0 - Independent Robert Larter 256 0.6 - Total valid votes 38,142 100.0 Ontario general election, 2003 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Madeleine Meilleur 22,188 53.5 +0.5 Progressive Conservative Maurice Lamirande 10,878 26.2 -5.6 New Democrat Joseph Zebrowski 6,507 15.7 +5.2 Green Raphael Thierrin 1,876 4.5 +2.1 Total valid votes 41,449 100.0 Ontario general election, 1999 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Claudette Boyer 21,009 53.0 -3.9 Progressive Conservative Maurice Lamirande 12,605 31.8 +10.6 New Democrat David Gagnon 4,163 10.5 -8.5 Green Richard Briggs 953 2.4 +1.1 Natural Law Pierrette Blondin 580 1.5 +0.5 Independent Kevin Corkill 310 0.8 Ontario general election, 1995 Party Candidate Votes % +/- Liberal Bernard Grandmaître 14,436 56.9 -5.5 Progressive Conservative Cynthia Bled 5,368 21.2 +12.8 New Democrat David Dyment 4,818 19.0 -4.3 Green Larry Tyldsley 335 1.3 -1.5 Natural Law Robert Mayer 261 1.0 Independent Steven White 136 0.5 Ontario general election, 1990 Party Candidate Votes % +/- Liberal Bernard Grandmaître 16,363 62.4 -11.9 New Democrat Lori Lucier 6,103 23.3 +7.1 Progressive Conservative Diana Morin 2,203 8.4 -1.1 Family Coalition Richard Hudon 826 3.2 Green Frank de Jong 723 2.8 Ontario general election, 1987 Party Candidate Votes % +/- Liberal Bernard Grandmaître 18,959 74.3 +5.9 New Democrat Alex Connelly 4,137 16.2 -2.4 Progressive Conservative Corinne Price 2,435 9.5 -1.1 Ontario general election, 1985 Party Candidate Votes % +/- Liberal Bernard Grandmaître 14,601 68.4 0.0 New Democrat Kathryn Barnard 3,971 18.6 +5.1 Progressive Conservative Paul St. Georges 2,257 10.6 -7.5 Independent Serge Girard 518 2.4 +1.3 By-election: December 13, 1984 Party Candidate Votes % +/- Liberal Bernard Grandmaître 7,754 68.4 -0.8 Progressive Conservative Richard Boudreau 1,934 17.1 -3.5 New Democrat Jean Gilbert 1,531 13.5 +4.2 Independent Serge Girard 122 1.1 +0.2 Ontario general election, 1981 Party Candidate Votes % +/- Liberal Albert J. Roy 14,207 69.2 +1.8 Progressive Conservative Omar Deslauriers 4,235 20.6 +3.4 New Democrat Danielle Page 1,905 9.3 -6.0 Independent Serge Girard 177 0.9 Ontario general election, 1977 Party Candidate Votes % +/- Liberal Albert J. Roy 15,864 67.4 Progressive Conservative Gisele Lalonde 4,055 17.2 New Democrat Robert Choquette 3,605 15.3 2007 electoral reform referendum
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 Side Votes % First Past the Post 24,562 61.12 Mixed Member Proportional 15,624 38.88 Total 40,186 External links
- Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results
- Map of the Riding (pdf)
- Ottawa-Vanier Greens
- Ottawa-Vanier Liberals
- Ottawa-Vanier NDP
- Ottawa-Vanier Progressive Conservatives
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