PC Lisa MacLeod re-elected in Nepean
Nepean has been significantly redrawn, shrinking to 15% of the old Nepean–Carleton riding
Progressive Conservative incumbent Lisa MacLeod has been re-elected in the provincial riding of Nepean.
With all polls counted, MacLeod has 45.2 per cent of the vote. Her closest competitor, NDP candidate Zaff Ansari, has 28.6 per cent. Liberal candidate Lovina Srivastava has 19.6 per cent of the vote.
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MacLeod has served as the MPP for Nepean–Carleton since 2006. The seat has a long history of going Conservative and has been out of Liberal hands since PC John Baird defeated Liberal Hans Daigeler in 1995.
Nepean is one of several suburban and rural ridings that were significantly redrawn. When the new riding of Carleton was created, this riding shrank dramatically to 15 per cent of its original size and is now comprised of the northwest corner of the former Nepean–Carleton riding.
The increasingly populous riding includes the neighbourhoods of Nepean, Bells Corners and Barrhaven.
Also running in the riding were:
- James O'Grady is representing the Green Party of Ontario.
- Derrick Lionel Matthews is on the ballot for the P.O.T.
- Mark Snow is running for the Libertarian Party.
- Raphael Louis is running under the None of the Above Direct Democracy Party.
With files from Elyse Skura/CBC