The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 35082Ontario

Ottawa West—Nepean

Ottawa-Ouest—Nepean

Ottawa West—Nepean is a federal riding in Ontario. Anita Vandenbeld (Liberal, first elected to the House in 2015) represents Ottawa West—Nepean. Anita Vandenbeld (Liberal) held Ottawa West—Nepean for the Liberals in the 2025 election by 25,038 votes (36.5 points), with 63.6% of the vote. Ryan Telford (Conservative) was second with 27.1%, on a turnout of 72.3% of 95,412 electors. Member as of 2026-11-01.

Fig. 1 — Ottawa West—Nepean on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on 2026-11-01. Open it on the board →

Who represents Ottawa West—Nepean

Anita Vandenbeld's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Anita Vandenbeld

Member of Parliament for Ottawa West—Nepean

Liberal

MP since 2015-10-19 · 4 terms

Foreign Affairs and International Development committee
Procedure and House Affairs committee
Subcommittee on International Human Rights

18 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Women Veterans.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result: Liberal hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Ottawa West—Nepean, April 28, 2025

Shares of the 68,445 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Anita Vandenbeld	Liberal	43,555	63.6%
Ryan Telford	Conservative	18,517	27.1%
Josh Bizjak	New Democratic	4,847	7.1%
Prashanta Dhakal	Green	780	1.1%
Others (2)		746	1.1%

Anita Vandenbeld (Liberal) won Ottawa West—Nepean on April 28, 2025 with 43,555 votes, 63.6% of the 68,445 valid votes. Ryan Telford (Conservative) was second with 18,517 (27.1%), 25,038 votes and 36.5 points behind.

Of the 68,445 valid votes, Anita Vandenbeld (Liberal) took 63.6%, Ryan Telford (Conservative) 27.1%, Josh Bizjak (New Democratic) 7.1% and Prashanta Dhakal (Green) 1.1%; the 2 other candidates took 1.1% together. Turnout was 72.3% of 95,412 electors: 68,937 ballots cast, 68,445 of them valid, for 6 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Liberals are up 18.5 (45.1% to 63.6%), the Conservatives down 0.4 (27.5% to 27.1%), the New Democrats down 13.0 (20.1% to 7.1%) and the Greens down 1.8 (2.9% to 1.1%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: no party has held it

The party first in Ottawa West—Nepean at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

2004Liberal40.7%by 3.3 points over the Conservatives
2006changed handsConservative41.1%by 7.5 points over the Liberals
2008Conservative42.9%by 7.8 points over the Liberals
2011Conservative42.4%by 12.1 points over the Liberals
2015changed handsLiberal54.5%by 26.1 points over the Conservatives
2019Liberal45.9%by 20.2 points over the Conservatives
2021Liberal45.1%by 17.6 points over the Conservatives
2025Liberal63.6%by 36.5 points over the Conservatives

Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran.

The figures

Year	First	Share	Second	Margin (pts)	Basis
2004	Liberal	40.7%	Conservative	3.3	carried, our estimate
2006	Conservative	41.1%	Liberal	7.5	carried, our estimate
2008	Conservative	42.9%	Liberal	7.8	carried, our estimate
2011	Conservative	42.4%	Liberal	12.1	carried, our estimate
2015	Liberal	54.5%	Conservative	26.1	carried, our estimate
2019	Liberal	45.9%	Conservative	20.2	carried, our estimate
2021	Liberal	45.1%	Conservative	17.6	transposed by Elections Canada
2025	Liberal	63.6%	Conservative	36.5	official result

The Liberals were first at five of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the Conservatives at three; it changed hands twice. In 2025 the Liberals took 63.6% of the vote here, 22.9 points above their average of 40.7% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021. It has gone with the party that formed the government at all eleven general elections from 1993 to 2025.

On today's boundaries the Liberals were first here in 2004 (40.7%), 2015 (54.5%), 2019 (45.9%), 2021 (45.1%) and 2025 (63.6%) and the Conservatives in 2006 (41.1%), 2008 (42.9%) and 2011 (42.4%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 160 of the 343 ridings have no degree. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.

Before 2025

2021 Liberal · Anita Vandenbeld, by 9,416 votes (16.4 pts)
2019 Liberal · Anita Vandenbeld, by 11,502 votes (18.5 pts)
2015 Liberal · Anita Vandenbeld, by 16,306 votes (25.9 pts)

In the old Ottawa West—Nepean on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Ottawa West—Nepean lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Ottawa West—Nepean is

Population: 128,5202021 census
Area: 61km²
Density: 2,117people per km²
Electors: 95,412on the 2025 lists

Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings

9th-most populous in Canada
128,520 people, 2021 census · 9th of 343

Share of households that own their home is 50.8% — about 71 percent of the median riding's 71.4%.
highestlowest49th lowest of 343
Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47.6% — about 1.7 times the median riding's 28.2%.
highestlowest54th highest of 343
Share with French as a mother tongue is 6.6% — about 4.1 times the median riding's 1.6%.
highestlowest100th highest of 343
Share who are immigrants is 27.7% — about 1.6 times the median riding's 17.3%.
highestlowest114th highest of 343
Median age is 40.8 — about the same as the median riding's 41.6.
highestlowest141st lowest of 343
Median total household income is $84,000 — about the same as the median riding's $84,000.
highestlowest162nd highest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 89% of the 2025 electors in today's Ottawa West—Nepean lived in the old Ottawa West—Nepean; by area, 10% of the riding came from other ridings.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding

89.4%Ottawa West—Nepean 90.1% of the area · 59% of it kept

10.1%Ottawa Centre 8.8% of the area · 14% of it kept

0.5%Nepean 1.1% of the area · 0.4% of it kept

How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	2021	±
Anita Vandenbeld	Liberal	43,555	63.6%	45.1%	+18.5
Ryan Telford	Conservative	18,517	27.1%	27.5%	−0.4
Josh Bizjak	New Democratic	4,847	7.1%	20.1%	−13.0
Prashanta Dhakal	Green	780	1.1%	2.9%	−1.8

2 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote

Glen Armstrong	People's	514	0.8%
Sean Mulligan	Other	232	0.3%

The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.

IIIHow close was it, really

Third place vs. the margin

4,847 votes

New Democratic took fewer than the 25,038-vote margin.

Election-day polls won by others

5 of 219

1 poll ended in an exact tie.

Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Liberals (213) · ■ won by another party (5) · ▨ tied (1).

Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 12,520 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 18.3% of the 68,445 valid votes, 18.3 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Voters who switch: 0025,040

Liberal43,555

Conservative18,517

Still Liberal by 25,038 votes. Actual margin: 25,038.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 55.5% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the Liberals took 60.0%, the Conservatives 29.2%, the New Democrats 8.1%, the Greens 1.4% and the People's Party 1.0%; in advance and special ballots, 68.2%, 24.4%, 5.9%, 0.9% and 0.5%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Ottawa West—Nepean, April 28, 2025

Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Party	Election day	Advance and special	Gap
Liberal	60.0%	68.2%	+8.2
Conservative	29.2%	24.4%	−4.8
New Democratic	8.1%	5.9%	−2.2
Green	1.4%	0.9%	−0.5
People's Party	1.0%	0.5%	−0.5

An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Ottawa West—Nepean and its 4 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Ottawa West—Nepean — federal riding profile and 2025 results."
The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/ottawa-west-nepean/
Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.