City councillor George Darouze to be Carleton's new MPP
3-term city councillor for the rural Osgoode ward takes race with no incumbent
The three-term Ottawa city councillor for the rural Osgoode ward will now represent the area at Queen's Park.
CBC projects Progressive Conservative George Darouze has won Carleton, getting just under 50 per cent of the votes.
The riding makes up a large chunk of south Ottawa, bordering Orléans and Glengarry-Prescott-Russell to the east, and Kanata-Carleton and Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston to the west.
It includes communities such as Metcalfe, Osgoode and Stittsville and was first contested in 2018. The area's history of voting Progressive Conservative goes back further.
Goldie Ghamari won Carleton for the PCs in 2018 and 2022 with about 50 per cent of the vote, but was removed from the party caucus last year after meeting with a far-right British activist and anti-Islam campaigner.
She then sat as an Independent and said shortly after the campaign began that she would not be seeking re-election.
The victorious Darouze moved to the Ottawa area from Lebanon in 1990, becoming involved in the telecommunications industry and community groups — particularly around snowmobiling — according to his biography on the city's website.
Eight candidates ran for the seat.
