Battle for the burbs in Nepean

A federal party's president is among the challengers facing Liberal incumbent Chandra Arya in this suburban Ottawa riding.

Arya, formerly with Invest Ottawa, earned more than 52 per cent of the vote four years ago.

He'srunning for re-election against IT entrepreneurZaff Ansari of the NDP; Green Party presidentJean-Luc Cooke, who also heads a Bells Corners community association;Azim Hooda of the People's Party; Conservative Brian St. Louis, whoworked in public affairs for amineral development company that makescleaner batteries; and University of Ottawa politics and economics studentDustan Wang of the Communist Party of Canada.

Candidates are included in this riding profile once they've beenlisted as a confirmed candidateby Elections Canada, chosenas the winner of a nomination contestor who were the chosen candidate by a party that got at least one per cent of the national popular vote in 2015.

Nepean in 2015

Candidate questionnaires

CBC Ottawa sent every candidate running in eastern Ontario or western Quebec seven questions via their party or a publicly available email address.

They were asked to stick to 25 to 100 word answers, depending on the questions.

Theiranswers have not been edited by CBC.

Zaff Ansari

Chandra Arya

Jean-Luc Cooke

Azim Hooda

Brian St. Louis