Nepean (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Nepean (provincial electoral district).

Nepean

Ontario electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Mark Carney Liberal
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021) [1]	122,229
Electors (2021)	93,391
Area (km²)	85.6
Pop. density (per km²)	1,427.9
Census division(s)	Ottawa
Census subdivision(s)	Ottawa (part)

Nepean is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997, and was reinstated during the 2012 electoral redistribution. The riding has been represented by Mark Carney, Leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister of Canada, since 2025.

History

The original riding was created in 1987 from parts of the Nepean—Carleton riding. It consisted of the City of Nepean. The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between the Nepean—Carleton (54%) and the Ottawa West—Nepean (46%) ridings.

2012 Federal Redistribution

Map of Nepean (2015 to 2025)

The riding was then reinstated in 2012 by Elections Canada, taking effect upon the dropping of the writs for the 2015 federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015. ^{[2] [3]} The riding was recreated from parts of the former riding of Nepean—Carleton, essentially the former riding's more urban western portion.

2022 Federal Redistribution

The 2022 Federal Redistribution resulted in a largely rural area (south of Bells Corners, west of Highway 416 and south of Barnsdale Road) being reallocated to the riding of Carleton. ^[4] The urban parts of Bells Corners, west of Highway 416 and north of Hunt Club Road, have been shifted to the new Kanata riding.

In a simplification of boundaries, the riding also picked up a portion of the Ottawa West—Nepean riding on its north side. The railway line is now the boundary between the two ridings, whereas previously it formed only the western part of the boundary, with Merivale Road and West Hunt Club forming the eastern boundary.

The new boundaries came into effect for the 2025 federal election.

Geography

The most recent iteration of the riding of Nepean is formally described by Elections Canada as follows:

Commencing at the intersection of Richmond Road with Highway No. 417; thence southwesterly along said highway to March Road; thence southeasterly along said road and Eagleson Road to Robertson Road; thence northeasterly along said road to Haanel Drive; thence southeasterly in a straight line to the intersection of West Hunt Club Road with Richmond Road; thence southerly along Richmond Road to Hope Side Road; thence southwesterly along said road to Eagleson Road; thence southeasterly along said road to Brophy Drive; thence northeasterly along said drive, Bankfield Road and its northeasterly production to the Rideau River (westerly of Long Island); thence northwesterly and generally northerly along said river (westerly of Long Island and Nicolls Island) to West Hunt Club Road; thence westerly, northwesterly and southwesterly along said road to Merivale Road; thence northwesterly along said road to the Canadian National Railway; thence westerly along said railway to Richmond Road; thence northerly along said road to the point of commencement.

Demographics

Religion in Nepean (2021, Based on 2013 Representation Order) ^[5]

1. Roman Catholic (27.6%)
2. Other Christian (22.3%)
3. Muslim (12.5%)
4. Hindu (3.40%)
5. Buddhist (1.70%)
6. Jewish (1.40%)
7. Sikh (1.30%)
8. Other (0.50%)
9. Irreligion (29.3%)

According to the 2021 Canadian census ^[6]

Ethnic groups: 56.0% White, 9.1% South Asian, 7.8% Chinese, 7.5% Arab, 6.9% Black, 3.1% Indigenous, 2.1% Southeast Asian, 2.0% Filipino, 1.6% Latin American, 1.2% West Asian

Languages: 58.8% English, 5.9% French, 5.1% Arabic, 4.0% Mandarin, 1.5% Cantonese, 1.4% Spanish, 1.1% Vietnamese, 1.1% Punjabi

Religions: 49.5% Christian (27.5% Catholic, 3.7% Anglican, 3.2% United Church, 2.2% Christian Orthodox, 1.5% Pentecostal, 11.8% Other), 12.5% Muslim, 3.4% Hindu, 1.7% Buddhist, 1.4% Jewish, 1.3% Sikh, 0.6% Other, 29.3% None
Median income: $50,400 (2020)
Average income: $62,200 (2020)

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Nepean Riding created from Nepean—Carleton
34th	1988–1993		Beryl Gaffney	Liberal
35th	1993–1997
Riding dissolved into Nepean—Carleton and Ottawa West—Nepean
Riding re-created from Nepean—Carleton
42nd	2015–2019		Chandra Arya	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025
45th	2025–present		Mark Carney

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties: ^[7]

Party		Association name	CEO	HQ City
	Conservative Party of Canada	Nepean Conservative Association	Ches W. Parsons	Ottawa
	Green Party of Canada	Nepean Green Party Association	Randi Ramdeen	Toronto
	Liberal Party of Canada	Nepean Federal Liberal Association	Kanwar Hazrah	Ottawa
	New Democratic Party	Nepean Federal NDP Riding Association	Maxwell Blair	Ottawa

Election results

Graph of election results in Nepean (since 2011 (redistributed), minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Nepean, 2015–present

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Carney	46,073	63.78	+18.04
	Conservative	Barbara Bal	24,017	33.25	−0.12
	New Democratic	Shyam Shukla	1,424	1.97	−14.25
	Green	Greg Hopkins	462	0.64	−1.30
	People's	Eric Fleury	261	0.36	−2.37
Total valid votes/expense limit			72,237	99.42
Total rejected ballots			420	0.58
Turnout			72,657	77.94
Eligible voters			93,224
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+9.08
Source: Elections Canada [8] [9]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.

2021 federal election redistributed results [10]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	27,348	45.74
	Conservative	19,953	33.37
	New Democratic	9,700	16.22
	People's	1,631	2.73
	Green	1,162	1.94
	Others	1	0.00

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Chandra Arya	29,620	45.1	-0.8	$109,271.27
	Conservative	Matt Triemstra	22,184	33.7	+0.2	$75,325.90
	New Democratic	Sean Devine	10,786	16.4	+3.3	$12,498.65
	People's	Jay Nera	1,840	2.8	+1.8	$0.00
	Green	Gordon Kubanek	1,318	2.0	-4.3	$786.11
Total valid votes/expense limit			65,748	–	–	$121,196.92
Total rejected ballots			419
Turnout			66,167	70.85
Eligible voters			93,391
Source: Elections Canada [11]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Chandra Arya	31,933	45.9	-6.52	$107,465.36
	Conservative	Brian St. Louis	23,320	33.5	-2.63	$110,373.63
	New Democratic	Zaff Ansari	9,104	13.1	+4.90	$3,771.41
	Green	Jean-Luc Cooke	4,379	6.3	+3.97	$7,732.54
	People's	Azim Hooda	687	1.0		none listed
	Communist	Dustan Wang	160	0.2		none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			69,583	100.0
Total rejected ballots			407
Turnout			69,990	75.2
Eligible voters			93,119
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.95
Source: Elections Canada [12] [13]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Chandra Arya	34,017	52.42	+25.32	$180,234.39
	Conservative	Andy Wang	23,442	36.13	-14.89	$160,893.69
	New Democratic	Sean Devine	5,324	8.20	-9.62	$23,472.19
	Green	Jean-Luc Roger Cooke	1,513	2.33	-1.70	$14,291.13
	Independent	Jesus Cosico	416	0.64	–	–
	Independent	Hubert Mamba	69	0.11	–	$1,309.19
	Independent	Harry Splett	66	0.10	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Tony Seed	41	0.06	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			64,888	100.00		$219,121.45
Total rejected ballots			262	0.40	–
Turnout			65,150	78.52	–
Eligible voters			82,976
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+20.10
Source: Elections Canada [14] [15]

2011 federal election redistributed results [16]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	26,087	51.02
	Liberal	13,863	27.11
	New Democratic	9,117	17.83
	Green	2,062	4.03

Nepean, 1993–1997

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Beryl Gaffney	33,376	59.55	+12.37
	Progressive Conservative	Donna Hicks	9,668	17.25	–24.21
	Reform	Gus Klovan	9,114	16.26
	New Democratic	Nizam Siddiqui	1,967	3.51	–7.33
	National	Ralph Anderson	979	1.75
	Green	Andrew Van Iterson	420	0.75
	Natural Law	Brian Jackson	255	0.45
	Libertarian	Brian MacKintosh	133	0.24
	Commonwealth of Canada	Marko Braovac	105	0.19	–0.33
	Abolitionist	Tonis Kasvand	33	0.06
Total valid votes			56,050	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+18.29

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Beryl Gaffney	26,632	47.18
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Tupper	23,399	41.46
	New Democratic	Bea Murray	6,119	10.84
	Commonwealth of Canada	Debbie Brennan	292	0.52
Total valid votes			56,442	100.0

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

1. https://redecoupage-redistribution-2022.ca/com/on/fbnd/index_e.aspx
2. "Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts (Ontario)". Elections Canada. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
3. "Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act". Government of Canada (Justice). Retrieved January 13, 2014.
4. "Federal Election Districts Redistribution 2022". Government of Canada. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
5. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Nepean, Ontario Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
6. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Nepean [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
7. "Riding « Pundits' Guide to Canadian Federal Elections".
8. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
9. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
10. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada . Retrieved April 9, 2024.
11. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada . Retrieved October 2, 2021.
12. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
13. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
14. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Nepean, 30 September 2015
15. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
16. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Papineau	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 2025–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

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