Ontario Votes 2025: Ottawa Centre
Liberals, NDP have flipped the riding back and forth since the 1970s
Ottawa Centre includes Centretown, Westboro Beach, the Central Experimental Farm, Old Ottawa East and a piece of Prince of Wales and Meadowlands drives.
The Liberals and NDP have flipped the riding back and forth since the 1970s, with the NDP's Joel Harden winning the last two campaigns. He won about 54 per cent of the vote in 2022, but has since made the move to run federally.
Four candidates are currently 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 close 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.
Simon Beckett, Green
Beckett runs a property management company and is a former dancer and choreographer.
Scott Healey, PC
The party hasn't published any information about this candidate.
Catherine McKenney, NDP
McKenney was an Ottawa city councillor, the runner-up in the 2022 Ottawa mayoral race and the co-founder of an urban improvement non-profit.
Thomas Simpson, Liberal
Simpson is a vice-president of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and a former employee at Health Canada and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.