Ontario Votes 2025: Ottawa Centre
Liberals, NDP have flipped the riding back and forth since the 1970s
Ottawa Centre includes Centretown, Westboro Beach, the Central Experimental Farm, Old Ottawa East and a piece of Prince of Wales and Meadowlands drives.
The Liberals and NDP have flipped the riding back and forth since the 1970s, with the NDP's Joel Harden winning the last two campaigns. He won about 54 per cent of the vote in 2022, but has since made the move to run federally.
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.
Simon Beckett, Green
Beckett runs a property management company and is a former dancer and choreographer.
Shannon Boschy, Ontario Party
Boschy ran for public school trustee in a neighbouring area in 2022.
Maria deSouza, New Blue
DeSouza did agricultural research, worked in IT and taught at Algonquin College before retiring in 2019.
Scott Healey, PC
Healey works in business development for an environmental and water treatment company in Ottawa and served 40 years with the Royal Canadian Navy.
Catherine McKenney, NDP
McKenney was an Ottawa city councillor, the runner-up in the 2022 Ottawa mayoral race and the co-founder of an urban improvement non-profit.
Cashton Perry, Communist
Perry works in manufacturing and is a local organizer of the Young Communist League of Canada.
Thomas Simpson, Liberal
Simpson is a vice-president of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and a former employee at Health Canada and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.