Riding profile

Carleton

Provincial riding — ON · Mixed · on east

The question

Carleton: a safe seat for the PC Party?

Editorial read

Carleton, a mixed riding in Ontario, elected a member with the PC Party in the previous cycle, with a 11-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the PC Party ahead at 48% vote share, against 42% for the Ontario Liberals, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

George Darouze

Sits with PC

Parliament
44th

Current forecast

PC

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
6.3
P(close race)
11%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • PC 47.8%
  • OLP 41.6%
  • NDP 7.9%
  • OTH 1.4%
  • GP 1.3%

In context

How this riding stacks up

PC OLP NDP OTH
HereCarleton 47.8%41.6%7.9%1.4%
Provincial averageOntario 40.2% +7.6 33.4% +8.2 20.3% −12.4 2.2% −0.8

Provincial averages computed across the 124 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · ON 2025

Won by
PC
Margin
11.0 pts
Turnout
47.1%
Margin shift vs current projection
-4.8 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
GEORGE DAROUZE Elected PC 26,158 49.6
BRANDON BAY OLP 20,335 38.6
SHERIN FAILI NDP 3,763 7.1
MYSTIC PLAUNT GP 956 1.8
ROB STOCKI OTH 699 1.3
MYLES DEAR OTH 346 0.7
BRUCE ANTHONY FAULKNER OTH 263 0.5
BRIAN HULL IND 202 0.4
Last model run
Cycle
on_2029