Ontario Votes 2025: Nepean
Barrhaven-area riding one of few local seats with no incumbent
This suburban Ottawa riding contains Barrhaven as a major hub, with Highway 416 running down its middle and the Rideau River essentially forming its eastern border.
It's gone Progressive Conservative since its creation in 1998, with John Baird handing the baton to Lisa MacLeod. The longtime MPP is not running this election after six winning campaigns.
Seven candidates are running for the seat. CBC adds candidates when they're confirmed by Elections Ontario or listed by one of the four parties with a seat at Queen's Park at dissolution.
Nominations closed Feb. 13.
Voting is now possible at local election offices. Advance voting locations are open Feb. 20-22. Voting day is Feb. 27. Elections Ontario has more information on the range of voting options.
Max Blair, NDP
The party hasn't published any information about this candidate.
Carmen Charbonneau, Ontario Party
The party hasn't published any information about this candidate.
John Kovach, New Blue
The party hasn't published any information about this candidate.
Alex Lewis, PC
Lewis is a police officer.
Sheilagh McLean, Green
McLean spent 33 years in human resources in the federal government. She's also been a yoga teacher and president of a yoga-centric charity.
Tyler Watt, Liberal
Watt, a registered nurse, fell about 2,150 votes shy of taking the riding for the Liberals in the last campaign.
Peter Westaway, Independent
Westaway is a former taxi driver and currently tunes up bicycles. He says the only issue he is running on is that Ottawa's Greenbelt hosts "the dumbest farms in the entire world" and should host more trees, different and smaller farms and sustainable communities.