Riding profile

Ottawa South

Federal riding — ON · Urban · ottawa region

The question

Ottawa South: a safe seat for the Liberal Party?

Current forecast

Liberal

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
46.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Liberal 65.0%
  • Conservative 18.9%
  • NDP 4.8%
  • Green 1.8%
  • PPC 0.5%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. North Island--Powell RiverConservative45 %1.2 pt margin
  2. Central NewfoundlandConservative57 %1.4 pt margin
  3. Richmond Hill SouthLiberal55 %1.4 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Liberal Conservative NDP Green
HereOttawa South 65.0%18.9%4.8%1.8%
Provincial averageOntario 49.1% +16.0 35.3% −16.4 4.8% 2.0% −0.2
National averageCanada 48.0% +17.0 32.1% −13.3 10.6% −5.8 2.7% −0.9

Provincial averages computed across the 343 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

Ottawa South, an urban riding in Ontario, elected a member with the Liberal Party in the previous cycle, with a 38-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Liberal Party ahead at 65% vote share, against 19% for the Conservative Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible. Linguistic profile: 7% francophone, 73% anglophone.

Sitting member

David McGuinty

Sits with Liberal

Since
2025-04-28
Parliament
45th

Previous election · 2025

Won by
Liberal
Margin
37.8 pts
Turnout
69.2%
Margin shift vs current projection
+8.4 pts

Detailed result · FED 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
David McGuinty Elected Liberal 43,388 65.2 Parliamentarian
Blair Turner Conservative 18,010 27.1 Police Officer
Hena Masjedee NDP 4,017 6.0 Federal Public Servant
Nira Dookeran Green 642 1.0 Retired
Alex Perrier Other 259 0.4 Grocery Clerk
William Cooper Other 155 0.2 Small Business Owner
John Redins Other 93 0.1 50

Demographics

Who lives here

Linguistic profile

  • Francophone 7.4%
  • Anglophone 72.8%
  • Non-francophone (other) 19.8%

Data source : Statistics Canada — 2021 Census

Last model run
Cycle
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