# 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.

## 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 | Liberal |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | George McIlraith | Liberal |
| 21st | 1949–1953 | George McIlraith | Liberal |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | George McIlraith | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | George McIlraith | Liberal |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | George McIlraith | Liberal |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | George McIlraith | Liberal |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | George McIlraith | Liberal |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | George McIlraith | Liberal |
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Lloyd Francis | Liberal |
| 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 | Marlene Catterall | Liberal |
| 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 | Conservative |
| 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 | Donald Morrow | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 1963–1967 | Donald Morrow | Progressive Conservative |
| 28th | 1967–1971 | Donald Morrow | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 1971–1975 | Donald Morrow | Progressive Conservative |
| 30th | 1975–1977 | Donald Morrow | Progressive Conservative |
| 31st | 1977–1981 | Reuben Baetz | Progressive Conservative |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Reuben Baetz | Progressive Conservative |
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | Reuben Baetz | Progressive Conservative |
| 34th | 1987–1990 | Bob Chiarelli | Liberal |
| 35th | 1987–1990 | Bob Chiarelli | Liberal |
| 36th | 1990–1995 | Bob Chiarelli | Liberal |
| 37th | 1995–1997 | Bob Chiarelli | Liberal |
| 37th | 1997–1998 | Alex Cullen | Liberal |
| 37th | 1998–1998 | Alex Cullen | Independent |
| 37th | 1998–1999 | Alex Cullen | New Democratic |
| Riding dissolved into Ottawa West—Nepean |||||

## Federal electoral history

1935 Canadian federal election :
| 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 :
| 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 :
| 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 :
| 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 :
| 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 |
1958 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | George McIlraith | 19,098 |
| Progressive Conservative | Charlotte Whitton | 17,673 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | James A. M. Allen | 751 |
1962 Canadian federal election :
| 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 :
| 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 :
| 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 :
| 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 :
| 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 :
| 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 :
| 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 :
| 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 :
| 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 :
| 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 :
| 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

vte1987 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 32,386 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 251 | 0.77 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,637 | 61.61 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 52,977 |
| | Liberal gain | Liberal gain | Swing | Swing | |
vte1990 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,422 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 433 | 1.28 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,855 | 65.68 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 51,542 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | |
vte1995 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 31,917 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 433 | 1.34 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,234 | 64.43 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 51,542 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,622 | 99.26 | +0.60 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 162 | 0.74 | -0.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,784 | 47.67 | -16.76 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 45,701 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | |