Canada Votes 2025: Nepean
Incumbent banned from running for Liberals, Liberal leader runs instead
The rough draft of this story used to start with a line about Nepean shrinking because nearly 30,000 people moved there over a decade — then the Liberals cut Chandra Arya as a candidate days before the campaign.
In his place, Liberal Party leader Mark Carney will now run in the riding. Arya is not on the ballot at all.
Nepean's hub remains Barrhaven through the independent review that followed the 2021 census.
However, its western border is now Highway 416, giving ground to Carleton (the Fallowfield and Moodie area, for example) and Kanata (which takes Bells Corners).
Its southern limit is now Barnsdale Road, switching more people south of there to Carleton.
Nepean's north end is now the train tracks north of West Hunt Club Road, which brings in people along Prince of Wales Drive from Ottawa West-Nepean.
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This is another riding that had significant changes in the previous redistribution before the 2015 election. Arya won the three elections since then. He got about 45 per cent of the vote last time.
General advance voting is April 18 to 21 and the deadline to apply to vote by mail is April 22. Elections Canada has more information on voting options ahead of election day on Monday, April 28.
Here are the candidates.
Barbara Bal, Conservative
Bal is a former police officer, military reservist and community association executive.
Mark Carney, Liberal
Carney is the leader of the Liberal Party. He started his career as an investment banker and has served as governor for the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England.
Eric Fleury, People's Party
Fleury owns a business and volunteers at a sailing club. He has worked around the world in training and project management.
Yan Mo Maneechai was originally listed by the party as its candidate here, but that changed in the first week of the campaign.
Greg Hopkins, Green
Hopkins is a child welfare counsellor and has a leadership role in his union.
Shyam Shukla, NDP
Shukla works in IT for the coast guard, volunteers to help people do their taxes and is fluent in five languages: English, French, Gujarati, Hindi, and Japanese.