Ottawa—Vanier (provincial electoral district)

45°26′N 75°39′W / 45.433°N 75.650°W / 45.433; -75.650

Ottawa—Vanier

Ontario electoral district
Ottawa—Vanier in relation to other Ottawa electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Lucille Collard Liberal
District created	1908
First contested	1908
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	111,510
Electors (2020)	100,716
Area (km²)	45
Pop. density (per km²)	2,478
Census division(s)	Carleton County (1908-1969) Ottawa-Carleton (1969-2001) Ottawa (2001-present)
Census subdivision(s)	Ottawa Eastview (1967-1969) Vanier (1969-2001) Rockcliffe Park (1999-2001) Gloucester (1987-2001)

Ottawa—Vanier (formerly known as Ottawa East) is a provincial electoral district in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1908. It is located in the east end of Ottawa.

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).

Geography[edit]

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. It contains the neighbourhoods of Beacon Hill North, Cardinal Glen, Carson Grove, Carson Meadows, Castle Heights, Cyrville, Forbes, Lindenlea, Lower Town, Manor Park, New Edinburgh, Overbook, Pineview, Rockcliffe Park, Sandy Hill, Rothwell Heights, Vanier and Viscount Alexander Park.

Demographics[edit]

According to the 2011 Canadian census^[1][2]

• Ethnic groups: 71.9% White, 9.5% Black, 3.5% Arab, 3.1% South Asian, 2.8% Aboriginal, 2.3% Chinese, 1.7% Latin American, 1.4% Filipino, 1.3% Southeast Asian, 1.1% West Asian
• Languages: 51.8% English, 30.6% French, 3.5% Arabic, 1.8% Spanish, 1.5% Chinese, 1.1% Creoles
• Religion: 65.9% Christian (44.6% Catholic, 4.7% Anglican, 3.3% United Church, 1.5% Christian Orthodox, 1.1% Baptist, 9.7% Other Christian), 7.6% Muslim, 22.8% No religion.
• Average household income: $77,347
• Median household income: $57,035
• Average individual income: $45,200
• Median individual income: $32,421

History[edit]

The provincial electoral district was created in 1908 as "Ottawa East". The name was changed to "Ottawa—Vanier" in 1999.

One MLA, elected through first past the post, represented the district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly/Members of Provincial Parliament[edit]

This district elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, :

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[edit]

v t e 2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Madeleine Meilleur	19,619	51.51	+0.55	$ 52,761.46
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Sherman	8,929	23.44	+1.14	46,634.99
	New Democratic	Paul Étienne Laliberté-Tipple	7,466	19.60	+4.89	26,579.32
	Green	Dave Bagler	1,719	4.51	−5.93	28,290.65
	Family Coalition	Emmanuel Houle	352	0.92	−0.04	3,081.81
Total valid votes / expense limit			38,085	99.58		$ 97,305.11
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			161	0.42	−0.24
Turnout			38,246	46.81	−4.69
Eligible voters			81,712
	Liberal hold		Swing		−0.30
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate – October 6, 2011 General Election" (PDF). "Statistical Summary – General Elections 2011" ( Excel Spreadsheet (71KB)). Elections Ontario. "2011 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Retrieved May 31, 2014.

^ Change is from redistributed results.

v t e 1995 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bernard Grandmaître	14,436	56.94	−5.47	$ 19,824.52
	Progressive Conservative	Cynthia Bled	5,368	21.17	+12.77	28,483.15
	New Democratic	David Dyment	4,818	19.00	−4.27	17,425.03
	Green	Larry Tyldsley	335	1.32	−1.44	524.72
	Natural Law	Robert Mayer	261	1.03		0.00
	Independent	Steven White	136	0.54		0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			25,354	98.71		$ 45,818.00
Total rejected ballots			331	1.29	+0.07
Turnout			25,685	53.21	-2.02
Eligible voters			48,272
	Liberal hold		Swing		-9.12
Source(s) "General Election of June 8 1995 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Retrieved May 31, 2014. "General Election of June 8 1995 – Statistical Summary". Elections Ontario. "1995 Details of Candidate Income and Expenses" (3.16MB). & "1995 Summary of Income and Campaign Expenses" ( Word'95 .doc files (146KB)).

1933-1966

Ottawa Ward, By Ward, Rideau Ward, St. George's Ward, Riverdale Ward (east of Main Street), Victoria Ward (east of Parkdale Avenue)

1908-1933

Ottawa Ward, By Ward, Rideau Ward, St. George's Ward

2007 electoral reform referendum[edit]

References[edit]

• (8½x11) (Detailed)
• Ottawa-Vanier Greens
• Ottawa-Vanier Liberals
• Ottawa-Vanier NDP
• Ottawa-Vanier Progressive Conservatives
• Map of riding for 2018 election