- Ottawa South (provincial electoral district)
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Coordinates: 45°21′N 75°38′W / 45.35°N 75.633°W
Ottawa South 
Ontario electoral district
Ottawa South in relation to other Ottawa electoral districts Provincial electoral district Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario MPP
Dalton McGuinty
LiberalDistrict created 1925 First contested 1926 Last contested 2007 Demographics Population (2006) 117,581 Electors (2007) 83,368 Area (km²) 76 Pop. density (per km²) 1,547.1 Census divisions Ottawa Census subdivisions Ottawa Ottawa South (fr. Ottawa-Sud) is a riding (provincial electoral district) in the Canadian province of Ontario, in the city of Ottawa. It is represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by the Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty.
The Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Ottawa South is Dalton McGuinty, a former lawyer, son of Dalton McGuinty, Sr., the Ottawa South MPP immediately before him, and brother of David McGuinty, the MP for the Federal riding of Ottawa South. He was first elected in 1990. He represents the Ontario Liberal Party. He is the Premier of Ontario.
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History
The district was created before the 1926 election. Prior to the 1999 election, the provincial district did not have the same borders as the federal district.
Prior to the 1967 redistribution, the riding shared no common area with the present riding.
Members of Provincial Parliament
Parliament Years Member Party 17th 1926–1929 Thomas Birkett Conservative 18th 1929–1934 Arthur Ellis 19th 1934–1937 20th 1937–1943 George Dunbar Progressive Conservative 21st 1943–1945 22nd 1945–1948 23rd 1948–1951 24th 1951–1955 25th 1955–1959 26th 1959–1963 Wesley Haskett 27th 1963–1967 28th 1967–1971 29th 1971–1975 Claude Bennett 30th 1975–1977 31st 1977–1981 32nd 1981–1985 33rd 1985–1987 34th 1987–1990 Dalton McGuinty, Sr. Liberal 35th 1990–1995 Dalton McGuinty 36th 1995–1999 37th 1999–2003 38th 2003–2007 39th 2007–present Election results
Ontario general election, 2011 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Dalton McGuinty[1] - Progressive Conservative Jason MacDonald [2] - New Democrat Wali Farah[3] - Green James Mihaychuk [4] - Total valid votes 100.0 Note: the 2011 election will be held on October 6, 2011.
Ontario general election, 2007 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Dalton McGuinty 23,851 50.0 -1.7 Progressive Conservative Richard Raymond 14,151 29.7 -4.7 New Democrat Edelweiss D'Andrea 4,477 9.4 +0.4 Green John Ford 3,885 8.2 +4.5 Family Coalition David MacDonald 927 1.9 +0.7 Libertarian Jean-Serge Brisson 383 0.8 - Total valid votes 47,674 100.0 Ontario general election, 2003 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Dalton McGuinty 24,647 51.7 +2.1 Progressive Conservative Richard Raymond 16,413 34.4 -5.8 New Democrat James McLaren 4,306 9.0 +3.2 Green David Chernushenko 1,741 3.7 +2.1 Family Coalition John Pacheco 562 1.2 - Total valid votes 47,669 100.0 Ontario general election, 1999 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Dalton McGuinty 22,707 49.6 -3.8 Progressive Conservative Mike Nicholson 19,337 42.2 +12.4 New Democrat James McLaren 2,655 5.8 -8.9 Green George Brown 724 1.6 +0.3 Independent Meg Carson 243 0.5 - Natural Law James Hea 121 0.3 -0.5 Total valid votes 45,787 100.0 ^ Note: Boundaries were adjusted substantially. The percentage change is not reflected on redistributed results.
Map of the Ottawa South provincial electoral district for the 1987, 1990 and 1995 elections.
Ontario general election, 1995 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Dalton McGuinty 15,418 53.4 +7.5 Progressive Conservative Linda Thom 8,618 29.8 +5.3 New Democrat Margaret Armstrong 4,235 14.7 -11.2 Green Karen Fyson 383 1.3 -0.7 Natural Law Wayne Foster 245 0.8 - Total valid votes 28,899 100.0 Ontario general election, 1990 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Dalton McGuinty 13,845 45.9 -5.0 New Democrat Margaret Armstrong 7,826 25.9 +6.6 Progressive Conservative Darrel Kent 7,399 24.5 -5.4 Green Stephen Johns 612 2.0 - Family Coalition David Fitzpatrick 503 1.7 - Total valid votes 30,185 100.0 Ontario general election, 1987 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Dalton McGuinty, Sr. 15,952 50.9 +15.6 Progressive Conservative Michael McSweeney 9,365 29.9 -9.5 New Democrat Penina Coopersmith 6,038 19.3 -5.9 Total valid votes 31,355 100.0 
Map of the Ottawa South provincial electoral district for the 1977, 1981 and 1985 electionsOntario general election, 1985 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Claude Bennett 12,971 39.4 -10.6 Liberal Andrew Caddell 11,634 35.3 +6.3 New Democrat John Smart 8,311 25.2 +5.0 Total valid votes 32,916 100.0 Ontario general election, 1981 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Claude Bennett 15,218 50.0 +0.6 Liberal Robert Dyck 8,832 29.9 +6.9 New Democrat Chris Chilton 6,146 20.2 -5.8 Independent Ray Turmel 259 0.9 - Total valid votes 30,455 100.0 Ontario general election, 1977 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Claude Bennett 16,682 49.4 +6.3 New Democrat Eileen Scotton 8,759 26.0 -6.4 Liberal Patricia Thorpe 7,754 23.0 -1.4 Independent Michael Holton 574 1.7 - Total valid votes 33,749 100.0 
Map of the Ottawa South provincial electoral district for the 1967, 1971 and 1975 electionsOntario general election, 1975 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Claude Bennett 14,767 43.1 -8.6 New Democrat Eileen Scotton 11,099 32.4 +7.9 Liberal Patricia Thorpe 8,360 24.4 +0.6 Total valid votes 34,226 100.0 Ontario general election, 1971 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Claude Bennett 22,392 51.7 +4.2 New Democrat Don Francis 10,638 24.5 +15.6 Liberal Ian Kimmerly 10,307 23.8 -19.8 Total valid votes 43,337 100.0 Ontario general election, 1967 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Wesley Irwin Haskett 13,472 47.5 -7.0 Liberal Joseph McDonald 12,351 43.6 +3.4 New Democrat William Hardy 2,531 8.9 +3.6 Total valid votes 28,354 100.0 1954-1966: Ward 5 (Old Ottawa South, the Glebe) and that part of Wards 4 (Centretown) and 6 (Dalhousie Ward) south of Sparks Street and Wellington Street (West).
Ontario general election, 1963 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Wesley Irwin Haskett 12,671 54.5 +2.8 Liberal Joseph McDonald 9,338 40.2 -4.0 New Democrat Peter Hopwood 1,241 5.3 +1.2 Total valid votes 23,250 100.0 Ontario general election, 1959 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Wesley Irwin Haskett 12,989 51.7 -2.2 Liberal Archibald M. Laidlaw 11,119 44.2 +2.3 Co-operative Commonwealth John Fisher 1,037 4.1 +1.0 Total valid votes 25,145 100.0 Ontario general election, 1955 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative George H. Dunbar 14,151 53.9 -2.1 Liberal Kenneth Fogarty 10,984 41.9 +6.9 Co-operative Commonwealth Allen Schroeder 826 3.1 -5.9 Labour-Progressive Party Daniel Nerenberg 273 1.0 - Total valid votes 26,234 100.0 1933-1954: Capital Ward, Dalhousie Ward, Central Ward, Wellington Ward, that part of Riverdale Ward west of Main Street and that part of Elmdale Ward east of Parkdale Avenue.
Ontario general election, 1951 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative George H. Dunbar 19,908 56.0 +0.9 Liberal Kenneth Fogarty 12,444 35.0 +6.5 Co-operative Commonwealth Melville Fleming 3,212 9.0 -6.0 Total valid votes 35,564 100.0 Ontario general election, 1948 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative George H. Dunbar 18,955 55.1 -5.8 Liberal William R. Burnett 9,813 28.5 +3.2 Co-operative Commonwealth Milton C. Anderson 5,151 15.0 +1.7 Union of Electors Terrence O'Reilly 279 0.8 - Socialist Labour William Leckie 185 0.5 - Total valid votes 34,383 100.0 Ontario general election, 1945 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative George H. Dunbar 23,616 60.9 +16.8 Liberal G. Pushman 9,813 25.3 -9.3 Co-operative Commonwealth E. Forsey 5,151 13.3 -7.4 Socialist Labour E. Irving 185 0.5 -0.2 Total valid votes 38,765 100.0 Ontario general election, 1943 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative George H. Dunbar 11,870 44.1 -6.1 Liberal Leonard L. Coulter 9,311 34.6 -13.0 Co-operative Commonwealth Walter B. Mann 5,579 20.7 - Socialist Labour Edward A. Irving 185 0.7 -0.1 Total valid votes 26,945 100.0 Ontario general election, 1937 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative George H. Dunbar 17,443 50.2 +2.6 Liberal John H. Putnam 16,550 47.6 +0.7 Communist Harry Binder 408 1.2 +0.7 Socialist Labour Peter Leckie 276 0.8 - Independent James C. Sidey 69 0.2 - Total valid votes 34,746 100.0 Ontario general election, 1934 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Arthur Ellis 16,983 47.6 -52.4 Liberal Percy O. Wilson 16,737 46.9 - Co-operative Commonwealth William Henry Chapman 1,531 4.3 - Communist John Lyons 192 0.5 - Independent Joseph B. O'Reilly 165 0.5 - Independent Duncan McNaughton 100 0.3 - Total valid votes 35,708 100.0 1925-1933: Dalhousie Ward and Capital Ward
Ontario general election, 1929 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Arthur Ellis Acclaimed - +37.7 Ontario general election, 1926 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Thomas Miles Birkett 9,171 62.3 - Liberal Robert R. Sparks 5,556 37.7 - Total valid votes 14,727 100.0 2007 electoral reform referendum
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 Side Votes % First Past the Post 30,691 65.8 Mixed Member Proportional 15,922 34.2 Total 46,613 Sources
References
- ^ http://www.ontarioliberal.ca/OurTeam/WhoWeAre/CandidateDetail.aspx?Riding=Ottawa+South
- ^ http://jasonmacdonald.ca/home/
- ^ http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/article/1039692--opposition-parties-choose-candidates-to-take-on-premier
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