Ontario Votes 2018: Nepean

Long a Progressive Conservatives stronghold, Nepean is one of several suburban and rural ridings which have been significantly redrawn.

The increasingly populousriding is a mix of urban, suburban and rural areas and includes the neighbourhoods ofNepean, Bells Corners and Barrhaven.

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According to census data, Nepeanhas a higher household income on averageand lower unemployment rate than many parts of the city, as well as a significant number of commuters and visible minorities.

When the new riding of Carleton was created, this riding shrank dramatically to 15 per cent of its original size and is now comprised of the northwest corner of the former NepeanCarleton riding.

Who's running?

Progressive Conservative incumbent Lisa MacLeodis running to retain her seat, having served as the MPP for NepeanCarleton since 2006. The seat has a long history of going Conservative, and has been out ofLiberal hands since PC John Baird defeated Liberal Hans Daigeler in 1995.

Liberal candidate Lovina Srivastavafounded a technology consulting companyafter working for BlackBerry and the Department of National Defence.

Zaff Ansari, running for theNDP,also works in the tech industry, providing IT services to government clients.

James O'Grady, whois representing the Greensin the riding, runs the website Unpublished Ottawa. Derrick Lionel Matthews is on the ballot for the P.O.T. and Mark Snow is the candidate for the Libertarian Party, while Raphael Louis is running under the None of the Above Direct Democracy Party.

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