Orléans (federal electoral district)

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Orléans
Ontario electoral district
Orléans in relation to other electoral districts in Ottawa (2003 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Marie-France Lalonde
Liberal
District created1987
First contested1988
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]128,281
Electors (2015)94,830
Area (km²)[1]211
Pop. density (per km²)608
Census division(s)Ottawa
Census subdivision(s)Ottawa

Orléans (formerly Ottawa—Orléans, Gloucester—Carleton and Carleton—Gloucester) is a federal electoral district in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988.

The riding was created as "Carleton—Gloucester" in 1987. Its name was changed to "Gloucester—Carleton" in 1996, but then changed back to "Carleton–Gloucester" in 1997. It was changed again in 2000 to "Ottawa—Orléans" and to just "Orléans" in 2013.

Despite having an English-speaking majority, Orléans is among the most francophone of the Ontario federal ridings, and a major centre of the Franco-Ontarian community. According to the 2001 Statistics Canada report, 35% of the riding population speaks French as their mother tongue. In recent years, the riding has experienced a major growth of population and increased housing projects.

In the 2004 federal election, the Liberal candidate Marc Godbout won over the Conservative candidate Walter Robinson by over 4% of the votes. Robinson, a former president of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, was considered a favourite but failed to win support among Francophones. Ottawa—Orléans was also the riding where the NDP had Canada's youngest woman candidate, Crystal LeBlanc, who received 5905 votes in the 2004 federal election.

Geography

It encompasses the suburban community of Orleans in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario (northern and eastern parts of the former city of Gloucester, Ontario plus the northwestern corner of the former city of Cumberland) as well as the neighbourhood of Blackburn Hamlet and the communities of Notre-Dame-des-Champs and Carlsbad Springs.

The riding consists of the part of the City of Ottawa bounded on the north by the Ottawa River, and on the west, south and east by a line drawn due south from the river to the mouth of Green's Creek, south along that creek, southwest along Regional Road 174 to Blair Road, south to Innes Road, west to a transmission line, south to an abandoned Canadian Pacific Railway track, west to Highway 417, southeast to Ramsayville Road, south to Mitch Owens Road, east to Boundary Road, south to Devine Road, east to Frontier Road, north to Carlsbad Lane and its northern production to Tenth Line Road, north to Wall Road, east to Frank Kenny Road, north to Frank Kenny Road, north to the Ottawa River.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2021 Census[2]

Ethnic groups: 65.5% White, 10.5% Black, 5.2% Arab, 5.0% Indigenous, 4.9% South Asian, 2.2% Chinese, 1.4% West Asian, 1.3% Latin American, 1.2% Filipino
Languages: 48.4% English, 28.0% French, 3.6% Arabic, 1.2% Spanish
Religions: 64.3% Christian (43.0% Catholic, 3.4% Anglican, 3.0% United Church, 1.8% Christian Orthodox, 1.5% Pentecostal, 1.0% Baptist, 10.6% Other), 8.4% Muslim, 1.2% Hindu, 24.1% No religion
Median income: $56,000 (2020)
Average income: $64,500 (2020)

History

The federal riding was created as "Carleton—Gloucester" in 1987 from parts of Nepean—Carleton and Ottawa—Carleton ridings. It consisted initially of

  • the City of Gloucester, excluding these parts:
    • bounded on the north by the City of Ottawa, and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the boundary south along Conroy Road, west along Davidson Road and Lester Road, south along Albion Road, west along the road allowance between lots 10 and 11, Concession 3, south along the Canadian Pacific Railway line, west along Leitrim Road, north along Limebank Road and River Road to the Ottawa city limit;
    • bounded on the west by the Gloucester city limit, and on the north, east and south by a line drawn east from the limit near Blair Road, south along Blair Road, west along Innes Road, and south along a hydroelectric transmission line situated east of Meadowvale Lane to the western city limit;
  • the southeast part of the City of Ottawa lying south of Walkley Road and east of Conroy Road;
  • the townships of Osgoode and Rideau;
  • the northwest part of the Township of Cumberland lying north of Innes Road and west of Regional Road 57 and Trim Road.

In 1996, it was renamed "Gloucester—Carleton", and defined to consist of

  • the City of Gloucester, excluding
    • the part bounded on the north by the City of Ottawa, and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the border south along Conroy Road, west along Davidson Road and Lester Road, south along the Canadian Pacific Railway, west along Leitrim Road, and north along Limebank Road to the City of Ottawa;
    • the part bounded on the west by the western city limit, and on the north, east and south by a line drawn from the city limit near Mowat Road east to Blair Road, south along Blair Road, west along Innes Road, and south along the transmission line situated east of Meadowvale Lane to the western city limit.
    • the part bounded on the north by the Quebec border, and on the west by the western city limit, and on the north, east and south by a line drawn from the city limit east along Montreal Road and Highway 17, north along Green's Creek and due north to the Quebec boundary.
  • the part of the Township of Cumberland west of Trim Road and north of Innes Road.

The name of the electoral district was changed in 1997 back to "Carleton—Gloucester", and in 2000 to "Ottawa—Orléans".

Following the 2012 redistribution of Canada's ridings, the riding will lose the neighbourhood of Beacon Hill South from Ottawa—Vanier, and will gain the Cardinal Creek area from Glengarry—Prescott—Russell and the rural area surrounding Carlsbad Spring from parts of Glengarry—Prescott—Russell and Nepean—Carleton.

Members of Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
Carleton—Gloucester
Riding created from Glengarry—Prescott—Russell,
Nepean—Carleton and Ottawa—Carleton
34th  1988–1993     Eugène Bellemare Liberal
35th  1993–1997
36th  1997–2000
Ottawa—Orléans
37th  2000–2004     Eugène Bellemare Liberal
38th  2004–2006 Marc Godbout
39th  2006–2008     Royal Galipeau Conservative
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015
Orléans
42nd  2015–2019     Andrew Leslie Liberal
43rd  2019–2021 Marie-France Lalonde
44th  2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in (Ottawa—)Orléans/Carleton—Gloucester (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Orléans

2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalMarie-France Lalonde39,10151.94-2.33$110,602.16
ConservativeMary-Elsie Wolfe21,70028.82+0.59$42,104.38
New DemocraticJessica Joanis10,98314.59+3.01$13,134.25
People'sSpencer Oklobdzija2,0462.72+1.51$1,993.00
GreenMichael Hartnett1,2331.64-3.06$0.00
FreeAndré Junior Cléroux2200.29$2.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit $132,099.22
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Canada[3]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalMarie-France Lalonde44,18354.27-5.41$111,417.25
ConservativeDavid Bertschi22,98428.23-2.31$100,885.58
New DemocraticJacqui Wiens9,42811.58+3.61$3,637.15
GreenMichelle Petersen3,8294.70+2.90none listed
People'sRoger Saint-Fleur9861.21none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 81,41099.29
Total rejected ballots 5850.71+0.37
Turnout 81,99577.12-3.44
Eligible voters 106,321
Liberal hold Swing -1.55
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalAndrew Leslie46,54259.68+21.69$186,398.15
ConservativeRoyal Galipeau23,82130.54-14.64$126,974.94
New DemocraticNancy Tremblay6,2157.97-6.01$9,314.72
GreenRaphaël Morin1,4101.81-1.05$3,260.02
Total valid votes/Expense limit 77,98899.65 $240,250.25
Total rejected ballots 2720.35
Turnout 78,26080.56
Eligible voters 97,144
Liberal notional gain from Conservative Swing +18.2
2011 federal election redistributed results[6]
Party Vote  %
  Conservative28,91645.18
  Liberal24,30737.98
  New Democratic8,94513.98
  Green1,8302.86
  Others70.01

Ottawa–Orléans

2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeRoyal Galipeau28,58444.55-0.29
LiberalDavid Bertschi24,64938.42-0.32
New DemocraticMartine Cenatus9,08614.16+4.06
GreenPaul Maillet1,8392.87-3.45
Total valid votes/Expense limit 64,158100.00
Total rejected ballots 235 0.36
Turnout 64,393 72.76
Eligible voters 88,502
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeRoyal Galipeau27,20644.84+3.80$87,319
LiberalMarc Godbout23,50438.74-0.37$86,870
New DemocraticAmy O'Dell6,12710.10-3.98$1,544
GreenPaul Maillet3,8336.32+2.50$3,951
Total valid votes/Expense limit 60,670100.00 $88,543
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeRoyal Galipeau25,41441.04+0.70
LiberalMarc Godbout24,21539.11-5.88
New DemocraticMark Leahy9,33915.08+5.01
GreenSarah Samplonius2,3683.82-0.78
IndependentAlain Saint-Yves5850.94
Total valid votes 61,921100.00
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMarc Godbout26,38344.99-6.01
ConservativeWalter Robinson23,65540.34-1.89
New DemocraticCrystal Leblanc5,90510.07+5.92
GreenDan Biocchi2,6994.60+3.53
Total valid votes 58,642100.00

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalEugène Bellemare26,63551.00-7.96
AllianceRita Burke13,31625.50+10.88
Progressive ConservativeMarc-André Bélair8,73816.73-2.93
New DemocraticCrystal Leblanc2,1694.15-1.44
GreenRichard Warman5611.07
MarijuanaJohn Albert5341.02
Natural LawHeather Hanson1170.22-0.47
Canadian ActionJean Saintonge1170.22-0.26
Marxist–LeninistLouis Lang410.08
Total valid votes 52,228100.00

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Carleton–Gloucester

1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalEugène Bellemare29,86258.96-2.99
Progressive ConservativeMichel Drapeau9,96019.66+4.47
ReformShannon Smith7,40414.62-1.83
New DemocraticCindy Ignacz2,8315.59+1.90
Natural LawJames Hea3490.69+0.03
Canadian ActionJean Saintonge2440.48
Total valid votes 50,650100.00
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalEugène Bellemare43,21261.95+13.83
ReformKen Binda11,47416.45
Progressive ConservativeMichel Drapeau10,59815.19-22.10
New DemocraticCindy Moriarty2,5753.69-5.98
NationalShelley Ann Clark7721.11
Natural LawJames Hea4610.66
GreenAlain Dorion3650.52
Christian HeritageJudy Thompson2200.32-3.92
AbolitionistTom J. Kennedy800.11
Total valid votes 69,757 100.00
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalEugène Bellemare30,92548.12
Progressive ConservativeMaureen McTeer23,96437.29
New DemocraticRobert Cottingham6,2179.67
Christian HeritageTerese Ferri2,7284.24
RhinocerosPeter Francis Godfather Quinlan4350.68
Total valid votes 64,269100.00

See also

References

  • "Orléans (federal electoral district) (Code 35063) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.

Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament:

Notes

  1. Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Orléans [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  3. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  4. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  5. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  6. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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