Riding profile

Ottawa South

Provincial riding — ON · Urban · on east

The question

Ottawa South: a safe seat for the Ontario Liberals?

Current forecast

OLP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
30.6
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • OLP 54.8%
  • PC 24.2%
  • NDP 17.8%
  • OTH 2.0%
  • GP 1.2%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Hamilton MountainOLP53 %1.3 pt margin
  2. Mississauga CentrePC59 %1.3 pt margin
  3. Newmarket—AuroraPC65 %1.4 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

OLP PC NDP OTH
HereOttawa South 54.8%24.2%17.8%2.0%
Provincial averageOntario 32.3% +22.5 41.4% −17.2 19.5% −1.8 4.0% −2.0

Provincial averages computed across the 124 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 Ontario Liberals in the previous cycle, with a 29-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Ontario Liberals ahead at 55% vote share, against 24% for the PC Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

John Fraser

Sits with OLP

Parliament
44th

Previous election · 2025

Won by
OLP
Margin
28.6 pts
Turnout
42.5%
Margin shift vs current projection
+2.0 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
JOHN FRASER Elected OLP 22,326 53.2
JAN GAO PC 10,315 24.6
MORGAN GAY NDP 7,447 17.8
NIRA DOOKERAN GP 1,206 2.9
ALEX PERRIER OTH 638 1.5
Last model run
Cycle
on_2029