Goldie Ghamari elected in Carleton

Progressive Conservative Goldie Ghamari has won the new riding of Carleton.

With all polls counted, Ghamari, an international trade and business lawyer, has 51.3 per cent of the vote, with more than 14,000 votes than her closest competitor, NDP candidate Courtney Potter.

Potter has 22.5 per cent of the vote and Liberal candidate Theresa Qadri has 19.4.

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The large riding is mainly rural and includes Stittsville, Goulbourn, Munster, Manotick and Greely. It was made up from a quarter of the old Carleton–Mississippi Mills riding and three-quarters of the old Nepean–Carleton riding, both of which have voted for Progressive Conservatives for two decades.

Also running in the riding were:

• Gordan Kubanek, a high school teacher, for the Green Party of Ontario.
• Jay Tysick, running for the Ontario Party.
• Jean-Serge Brisson, for the Ontario Libertarian Party.
• Mark Dickson, running as an independent.
• Kevin Harris, for the Cultural Action Party.
• Evan Nightingale, for the None of the Above Direct Democracy Party.