Carleton_(Ontario_provincial_electoral_district)

Carleton (Ontario provincial electoral district)

Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Carleton (Ontario federal electoral district). For pre-Confederation electoral district, see Carleton (Province of Canada electoral district).

Carleton is a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and lasted until provincial redistribution in 1996. In the 1999 provincial election it was redistributed into Nepean—Carleton and Lanark—Carleton. In 2007 it was abolished into Carleton—Mississippi Mills and Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington.

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Carleton

Ontario electoral district

Carleton in relation to other electoral districts in Ottawa

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

MPP

Goldie Ghamari
Progressive Conservative

District created

1867

First contested

1867

Last contested

2022

Demographics

Population (2016)

102,915

Electors (2018)

81,901

Area (km²)

1,187

Pop. density (per km²)

86.7

Census division(s)

Ottawa

Census subdivision(s)

Ottawa

In 2018 it was re-created as the riding of Carleton from parts of Nepean—Carleton, Carleton—Mississippi Mills and Ottawa South.^[1]

Boundaries

For the last three elections when Carleton existed (1987, 1990 and 1995) the riding included the municipalities of West Carleton Township, Goulbourn Township, Rideau Township, Osgoode Township and the City of Kanata. It was abolished in 1999 into Nepean—Carleton and Lanark—Carleton. The riding was re-created by the 2012 electoral redistribution from parts of Nepean—Carleton (59%), Carleton—Mississippi Mills (41%) and a small portion of Ottawa South.

Members of Provincial Parliament

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Assembly	Years		Party
Carleton
1st	1867–1871	Robert Lyon	Liberal
2nd	1871–1874	George Monk	Conservative
3rd	1875–1879
4th	1879–1883
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898	George Kidd
9th	1898–1902
10th	1902–1904
11th	1905–1907
11th	1907–1908	Robert McElroy
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923	Robert Grant	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926	Adam Acres	Conservative
17th	1926–1929
18th	1929–1934
19th	1934–1937
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951	Donald Morrow	Progressive Conservative
24th	1951–1955	Donald Morrow
25th	1955–1959	William Johnston
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975	Sid Handleman
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1980
31st	1980–1981	Robert Mitchell
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990	Norm Sterling
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1999
Dissolved into Lanark—Carleton and Nepean—Carleton
Carleton Riding re-created from Nepean—Carleton, Carleton—Mississippi Mills, and Ottawa South
42nd	2018–2022	Goldie Ghamari	Progressive Conservative
43rd	2022–present	Goldie Ghamari	Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[2]

Election results

1867–1975

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v t e 1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Lyon	987	47.29
	Conservative	J. Skead	939	44.99
	Independent	Mr. Eastman	161	7.71
Total valid votes			2,087	88.13
Eligible voters			2,368
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

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v t e 1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George William Monk	822	50.31
	Liberal	Robert Lyon	812	49.69
Turnout			1,634	63.46
Eligible voters			2,575
Election voided
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

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v t e Ontario provincial by-election, January 1872 Previous election voided
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George William Monk	1,109	54.23	+9.24
	Liberal	Robert Lyon	936	45.77	−1.52
Total valid votes			2,045	100.0	−2.01
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.38
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario^[5]^: 40

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v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George William Monk	Acclaimed
Source: Elections Ontario^[6]

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v t e 1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George William Monk	2,074	79.74
	Liberal	C. Christian	527	20.26
Total valid votes			2,601	55.47
Eligible voters			4,689
	Conservative hold		Swing		–
Source: Elections Ontario^[7]

1975–1985

From 1975 to 1987, the riding consisted of the former townships of Nepean and March. After 1987, only the parts of the riding in Kanata were transferred into the new riding of Carleton.

More information 1981 Ontario general election, Party ...

1981 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Mitchell	17,846	55.26	+6.73
	Liberal	Hans Daigeler	8,621	26.69	-7.54
	New Democratic	Judy Wasylycia-Leis	5,446	16.86	+0.02
	Social Credit	Andrew Dynowski	383	1.19	+0.80
Total valid votes			32,296	99.60
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			131	0.40
Turnout			32,427	53.22
Eligible voters			60,929
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+7.14
Source: Elections Ontario^[8]

More information 1985 Ontario general election, Party ...

1985 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Mitchell	17,732	44.34	-10.92
	Liberal	Hans Daigeler	15,093	37.74	+11.05
	New Democratic	Beatrice Murray	7,165	17.92	+1.05
Total valid votes			39,990	99.38
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			251	0.62	+0.22
Turnout			40,241	57.85	+4.63
Eligible voters			69,557
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-10.98
Source: Elections Ontario^[9]

1987–1995

Consisting of West Carleton, Kanata, Goulbourn, Rideau and Osgoode.

More information 1987 Ontario general election, Party ...

1987 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Norman Sterling	14,057	43.61
	Liberal	Roland Armitage	13,590	42.16
	New Democratic	Elaine Gibson	4,590	14.24
Total valid votes			32,237	99.60
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			130	0.40
Turnout			32,367	65.21
Eligible voters			49,632
Source: Elections Ontario^[10]

More information 1990 Ontario general election, Party ...

1990 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Norman Sterling	17,869	46.91	+3.30
	Liberal	Susan Lebrun	10,143	26.64	-15.52
	New Democratic	Alex Munter	10,071	26.45	+12.21
Total valid votes			38,074	98.89
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			427	1.11	+0.71
Turnout			38,501	65.15	-0.07
Eligible voters			59,098
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+9.41
Source: Elections Ontario^[11]

More information 1995 Ontario general election, Party ...

1995 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Norman W. Sterling	28,349	64.96	+18.06
	Liberal	Sam Spataro	9,743	22.33	-4.31
	New Democratic	Cathy Hallessey	4,046	9.27	-17.18
	Family Coalition	Janne Jardine-Campbell	942	2.16
	Libertarian	Barbara Rowe	293	0.67
	Natural Law	Richard Beecroft	265	0.61
Total valid votes			43,638	99.36
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			279	0.64	-0.47
Turnout			43,917	62.05	-3.10
Eligible voters			70,780
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+11.18
Source: Elections Ontario^[12]

2018–present

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v t e 2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Goldie Ghamari	25,798	51.33
	New Democratic	Courtney Potter	11,308	22.50
	Liberal	Theresa Qadri	9,768	19.44
	Green	Gordon Kubanek	1,985	3.95
	None of the Above	Evan Nightingale	413	0.82
	Ontario Party	Jay Tysick	399	0.79
	Libertarian	Jean-Serge Brisson	386	0.77
	Cultural Action	Kevin Harris	110	0.22
	Independent	Mark Dickson	89	0.18
Total valid votes			50,258	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
Turnout				64.05
Eligible voters			78,460
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario^[13]

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v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Goldie Ghamari	22,295	48.15	−3.18	$67,504
	Liberal	Tom Dawson	12,452	26.89	+7.45	$28,703
	New Democratic	Kevin St. Denis	7,256	15.67	−6.83	$14,674
	Green	Cody Zulinski	2,537	5.48	+1.53	$5,201
	New Blue	Rob Stocki	1,037	2.24		$2,991
	Ontario Party	Ethan Ferguson	494	1.07	+0.27	$0
	None of the Above	Chris Mark Beauchamp	235	0.51	−0.31	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			46,306	99.66	+0.69	$133,325
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			157	0.34	-0.69
Turnout			46,463	48.79	-13.12
Eligible voters			93,064
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−5.32
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

References

[1]
"Law Document English View". Ontario.ca. 2014-07-24. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
[2]
For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Robert Lyon's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert Lyon, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For George Monk's Legislative Assembly information see "George Monk, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For George Kidd's Legislative Assembly information see "George Kidd, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Robert McElroy's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert McElroy, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Robert Grant's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert Grant, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Adam Acres's Legislative Assembly information see "Adam Acres, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Donald Morrow's Legislative Assembly information see "Donald Morrow, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Johnston's Legislative Assembly information see "William Johnston, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Sid Handleman's Legislative Assembly information see "Sid Handleman, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Robert Mitchell's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert Mitchell, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Norm Sterling's Legislative Assembly information see "Norm Sterling, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
[3]
"Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
[4]
"Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
[5]
Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario, 1867–1968. OCLC 1052682.
[6]
"Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
[7]
"Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
[8]
"Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
[9]
"Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
[10]
"Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
[11]
"Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
[12]
"Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
[13]
"Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

External links

Map of riding for 2018 election

45.169°N 75.637°W / 45.169; -75.637

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