Canada Votes 2025: Ottawa West-Nepean
Give-and-take border changes around the edges of suburban riding
There are trade-offs around the edges of this suburban Ottawa riding under the latest redistribution.
Under the regular independent boundary review that followed the 2021 census, it gains homes immediately east of Sherbourne Road and west of Fisher Avenue from Ottawa Centre, but loses a small area south of the CN rail tracks on Prince of Wales Drive to Nepean.
The southern border follows those rail tracks to Highway 416, follows the 416 and 417 until Moodie Drive — ceding area farther west to Kanata — and finally, traces Carling Avenue until Davidson's Side Road.
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The riding has gone back and forth between Liberals and Conservatives. Anita Vandenbeld has been its Liberal MP since 2015, getting about 45 per cent of the vote in the previous two elections.
Campus advance voting is April 13 to 18, 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 so far. The deadline to register is April 7 and this story will be updated as candidates are confirmed.
Glen Armstrong, People's Party
The party hasn't shared a biography for this candidate, though a teacher and Catholic school board trustee with the same name and photo ran for Ontario's New Blue party in the 2022 provincial election in Ottawa Centre.
Josh Bizjak, NDP
Bizjak has held senior roles with the party, the Douglas Coldwell Layton Foundation and the Broadbent Institute.
Prashanta Dhakal, Green
The party hasn't shared a biography for this candidate.
Ryan Telford, Conservatives
Telford has worked in national defence and security in federal government departments. He has worked for the party whip and helped with question period preparation.
Anita Vandenbeld, Liberal
Before her near-decade as MP, Vandenbeld worked internationally on democracy and getting women involved in politics. She also worked for the party.