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Ontario Votes 2025: Nepean

Longtime PC MPP Lisa MacLeod is not running this time after six successful campaigns, leaving Nepean one of the few local ridings without an incumbent.

Barrhaven-area riding one of few local seats with no incumbent

A riding map of Nepean in west Ottawa.
(Elections Ontario)

This suburban Ottawa riding contains Barrhaven as a major hub, with Highway 416 running down its middle and the Rideau River essentially forming its eastern border.

It's gone Progressive Conservative since its creation in 1998, with John Baird handing the baton to Lisa MacLeod. The longtime MPP is not running this election after six winning campaigns.

Seven candidates are running for the seat. 

With advance voting done and mail voting applications closed, voting is still possible at local election offices until Wednesday at 6 p.m. 

Voting day is Thursday, with polls open from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Elections Ontario has more information on the range of voting options.

Max Blair, NDP

Blair is a recent Carleton University graduate working as a legislative assistant in the House of Commons.

Carmen Charbonneau, Ontario Party

The party hasn't published any information about this candidate.

John Kovach, New Blue

Kovach is an independent filmmaker.

Alex Lewis, PC

Lewis is a police officer.

Sheilagh McLean, Green

McLean spent 33 years in human resources in the federal government. She's also been a yoga teacher and president of a yoga-centric charity.

Tyler Watt, Liberal

Watt, a registered nurse, fell about 2,150 votes shy of taking the riding for the Liberals in the last campaign. 

The candidate for Nepean answers a question from a local restaurant owner who's grappling with the rising cost of food.

Peter Westaway, Independent

Westaway is a former taxi driver and currently tunes up bicycles. He says the only issue he is running on is that Ottawa's Greenbelt hosts "the dumbest farms in the entire world" and should host more trees, different and smaller farms and sustainable communities.

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