Ottawa West

For the neighbourhood, see Old Ottawa West.

Ottawa West was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1997 and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1908 to 1926 and from 1955 to 1999. It covered the western part of the Ottawa area.

Ottawa West

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1934
District abolished	1996
First contested	1935
Last contested	1993

Federal electoral district

The federal district was created from Ottawa and part of Carleton in 1934. The federal riding initially consisted of, in the city of Ottawa, the Central, Capital, Wellington, Dalhousie, the parts of Victoria and Elmdale wards east of Parkdale Avenue, and the part of Riverdale ward not included in Ottawa East.

In 1947, it was redefined to consist of, in the city of Ottawa, Central and Wellington wards, the part of Dalhousie Ward north of Carling Avenue, the part of Capital Ward north of Carling Avenue and Linden Terrace, and the parts of Victoria and Elmdale Wards east of Parkdale Avenue.

In 1952, it was redefined to consist of the part of the city of Ottawa west of a line running along Parkdale Avenue south to Avenue, east to O'Connor Street, north to Linden Terrace, and east to the Rideau Canal.

In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the part of the city of Ottawa west of a line running along the Canadian Pacific Railway line from the interprovincial boundary to Bayview Road, southeast to Bayswater Avenue, south to Carling Avenue, west to Fisher Avenue, south to Baseline Road, west to the western limit of the City of Ottawa.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the city of Ottawa west of a line running along the Canadian Pacific Railway line from the interprovincial boundary, south to Somerset Street, west along Somerset Street and Wellington Street to Holland Avenue, south to Carling Avenue, west to Fisher Avenue, and south to the city limit.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the city of Ottawa west of a line running from the eastern extremity of the southern limit of the City of Ottawa (immediately south of Baseline Road), east to Fisher Avenue, north to Carling Avenue, east to Island Park Drive, and north to the interprovincial boundary.

The federal electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Ottawa Centre and Ottawa West—Nepean ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from City of Ottawa and Carleton
18th	1935–1940		T. Franklin Ahearn	Liberal
19th	1940–1945		George McIlraith
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972		Lloyd Francis
29th	1972–1974		Peter Reilly	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979		Lloyd Francis	Liberal
31st	1979–1980		Kenneth Binks	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984		Lloyd Francis	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988		David Daubney	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993		Marlene Catterall	Liberal
35th	1993–1997
Riding dissolved into Ottawa West—Nepean and Ottawa Centre

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
12th	1908–1911		Alfred Ernest Fripp	Conservative
13th	1911–1914		James A. Ellis
14th	1914–1919		George Charles Hurdman	Liberal
15th	1919–1923		Hamnett Pinhey Hill	Conservative
16th	1923–1926		Harold Fisher	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Ottawa South and Ottawa North
Riding re-created
25th	1955–1959		Donald Morrow	Progressive Conservative
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981		Reuben Baetz
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990		Bob Chiarelli	Liberal
35th	1987–1990
36th	1990–1995
37th	1995–1997
	1997–1998		Alex Cullen
	1998–1998			Independent
	1998–1999			New Democratic
Riding dissolved into Ottawa West—Nepean

Federal electoral history

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	T. Franklin Ahearn	21,503
	Conservative	Hamnett Pinhey Hill	15,219
	Reconstruction	Franklin Deans Burkholder	7,274
	Independent Liberal	William Joseph Press	210

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George McIlraith	27,460
	National Government	Theodore Howell Leggett	19,780

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George McIlraith	24,458
	Progressive Conservative	Norman B. MacRostie	21,993
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Walter B. Mann	4,824
	Labor–Progressive	Harry Binder	602
	Social Credit	Kenneth L. McCuaig	495
	Independent	Sydney Tom Checkland	177

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George McIlraith	24,295
	Progressive Conservative	Osmond Francis Howe	15,010
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Walter Beresford Mann	2,754

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George McIlraith	20,933
	Progressive Conservative	O. F. Howe	13,539
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John E. MacNab	1,209
	Labor–Progressive	Daniel Nerenberg	219

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George McIlraith	19,434
	Progressive Conservative	Ethel T. Shaw	12,538
	Co-operative Commonwealth	David Williams	1,062
	Social Credit	Laurence M. Maloney	881

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George McIlraith	16,935
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Kelly	11,397
	New Democratic	Walter Mann	1,538
	Social Credit	F. D. Richardson	698

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George McIlraith	18,634
	Progressive Conservative	Don Hueston	9,852
	New Democratic	Brian E. Huggins	1,422
	Social Credit	F. D. Richardson	924

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George McIlraith	14,945
	Progressive Conservative	Courtenay Evans	8,604
	New Democratic	David John Weston	2,057
	Social Credit	Angelo Tomasini	504

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lloyd Francis	23,750	52.61
	Progressive Conservative	Richard A. Bell	16,392	36.31
	New Democratic	Ralph Sutherland	5,003	11.08

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Reilly	22,169
	Liberal	Lloyd Francis	18,423
	New Democratic	Pauline Jewett	13,498
	Social Credit	Priscilla Hamelin	245

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lloyd Francis	23,604
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Reilly	21,838
	New Democratic	Doris Shackleton	6,480
	No affiliation	Lawrence F. Sullivan	432
	Social Credit	Jacques Lapointe	192
	Communist	Jean Greatbatch	78
	Marxist–Leninist	Richard Bowen	67

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Binks	24,981
	Liberal	Lloyd Francis	22,985
	New Democratic	Abby Pollonetsky	7,051
	Independent	John Turmel	193

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lloyd Francis	22,460
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Binks	21,940
	New Democratic	Abby Pollonetsky	5,955
	Independent	John A. Clark	398

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	David Daubney	26,591
	Liberal	Lloyd Francis	19,314
	New Democratic	Ross Chapman	8,304
	Independent	Thérèse Turmel	285

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Marlene Catterall	23,470
	Progressive Conservative	David Daubney	18,299
	New Democratic	Theresa Kavanagh	5,300
	Communist	Peter Cavers	156
	No affiliation	Donna Petersen	130

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Marlene Catterall	28,012
	Reform	Peter Boddy	6,144
	Progressive Conservative	Nancy Munro-Parry	6,135
	New Democratic	Norman Bobbitt	1,854
	National	Bryce Wilson	832
	Green	Morgan Van Wyck	225
	Natural Law	Stan Lamothe	156
	Libertarian	Leonard Knoll	122
	Abolitionist	Julie Start	27
	Commonwealth of Canada	Kamal Shah	22

Partial provincial electoral history

1987 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Chiarelli	16,343	50.46	12.94
	Progressive Conservative	Derek Insley	9,951	30.72	−15.91
	New Democratic	Paul Weinzweig	4,403	13.60	−0.08
	Family Coalition	Lynn McPherson	1,689	5.21	–
Total valid votes			32,386	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			251	0.77
Turnout			32,637	61.61
Eligible voters			52,977
	Liberal gain		Swing

1990 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Chiarelli	13,908	41.61	−8.85
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Mackey	9,068	27.13	−3.59
	New Democratic	Allan Edwards	8,391	25.11	11.51
	Confederation of Regions	David Boyd	1,044	3.14	−
	Green	Ian Whyte	1,011	3.00	−
Total valid votes			33,422	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			433	1.28
Turnout			33,855	65.68
Eligible voters			51,542
	Liberal hold		Swing

1995 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Chiarelli	14,516	45.48	3.87
	Progressive Conservative	Greg Joy	12,898	40.41	13.28
	New Democratic	Karim Ismaili	3,718	11.64	−13.47
	Green	Stephen Johns	448	1.40	−1.60
	Independent	Andy Sammon	241	0.75	−
	Natural Law	Stan Lamothe	96	0.30	−
Total valid votes			31,917	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			433	1.34
Turnout			32,234	64.43
Eligible voters			51,542
	Liberal hold		Swing

Ontario provincial by-election, September 4, 1997: Resignation of Bob Chiarelli
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alex Cullen	11,438	52.90	7.42
	Progressive Conservative	Chris Thompson	7,217	33.38	-7.03
	New Democratic	Katrina Prystupa	2,573	11.90	0.26
	Independent	John Turmel	201	0.93
	Green	Gene Villeneuve	193	0.89	-0.51
Total valid votes			21,622	99.26	0.60
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			162	0.74	-0.60
Turnout			21,784	47.67	-16.76
Eligible voters			45,701
	Liberal hold		Swing

External links

• Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament