Liberal Karen McCrimmon retains Kanata–Carleton
McCrimmon secures her 2nd term
A year and a half ago, the Liberals broke the PCs' decades-long hold on Kanata-Carleton. This time, CBC projects the party has won the riding again.
Covering northwest Ottawa, the riding mostly follows city limits for its dividing lines. Its southeastern corner is a bit of a jigsaw puzzle with Carleton, Nepean and Ottawa West-Nepean.
Defending the seat was Liberal MPP Karen McCrimmon, the former Liberal MP for the area who won a very tight 2023 byelection triggered when PC cabinet minister Merrilee Fullerton resigned.
The riding had been held by Conservatives for decades.
McCrimmon was a member of the Canadian Armed Forces and served as senior staff officer at NATO Air Headquarters. In 2004, she completed a tour of duty in Afghanistan.
Six candidates ran for the seat this time. McCrimmon won by about 3,200 votes over the PCs, picking up about 48 per cent of ballots cast.
