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Incumbent Nathalie Des Rosiers defied the tide that swept her fellow Liberals from the legislature Thursday, recapturing her seat in Ottawa-Vanier.
Des Rosiers, a Liberal cabinet minister and bilingual law professor, becomes a potential leadership candidate in the dramatically diminished party.
Des Rosiers attracted more than 40 per cent of the vote to edge out NDP candidate Lyra Evans, who finished a strong second. Evans held more than 30 per cent of the vote with late polls still to report Thursday.
Evans, 25, said her party picked up grassroots support from the Liberals “by running an authentic campaign. Giving people real hope inspired a lot of people. We promised to help people and reduce the bad things happening in their lives, particularly in the areas of health care and hydro rates,” she said.
She said many people in Ottawa-Vanier “feel disenfranchised by government.”
Although Liberal poll numbers were down across the province, Des Rosiers remained the overwhelming favourite in Ottawa-Vanier given its well-earned reputation as a Liberal bastion.
Heading into Thursday’s vote, the Liberals had won 14 consecutive elections in the riding, dating back to 1971.
Des Rosiers won a November 2016 byelection in the riding with more than 48 per cent of the vote after Liberal cabinet minister Madeleine Meilleur retired from politics. In her four elections, Meilleur had never captured less than half the popular vote.
Des Rosiers, a constitutional law expert and former dean of the University of Ottawa law school, had a swift rise at Queen’s Park: She vaulted into cabinet in January as natural resources minister.
But the collapse of the Liberal vote across the province opened the door in this campaign to the NDP’s Evans, a community organizer and LGBTQ activist. Evans made history in this campaign as the first openly transgender person to represent a major party in an Ontario election.
Evans a University of Ottawa student who was homeless as a teenager, said she entered the political arena after watching the debate unfold about the Salvation Army’s plan to build a new facility in Vanier. Evans said she was dismayed that the needs of the homeless themselves were being ignored.
The Progressive Conservatives were represented by Fadi Nemr, who finished in a distant third. Nemr is a small business owner who has lived and worked in the riding for 25 years after emigrating from Lebanon. He billed himself as an “advocate for democracy, clean government and small business.”
The candidates said they found Ottawa-Vanier voters consistently worried about the impact of the Salvation Army’s planned 350-bed shelter on Montreal Road. All three major party candidates said they opposed the idea of moving the shelter from its existing ByWard Market location.
The Green Party was represented by Sheilagh McLean, a retired civil servant and yoga teacher. Also contesting the election were Libertarian candidate Ken Lewis, the Freedom Party’s David McGruer and None of the Above Democracy Party’s Keegan Bennett.
The riding is one of stark contrasts. Ottawa-Vanier is home to some of the city’s most affluent neighbourhoods — Rockcliffe, New Edinburgh, Beacon Hill North — and some of its neediest: Lowertown, Vanier, Pineview. The riding also has a significant francophone population with about one-third of residents reporting French as their mother tongue.
— With files from Tom Spears and Gowlene Selvavijayan
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Des Rosiers, a Liberal cabinet minister and bilingual law professor, becomes a potential leadership candidate in the dramatically diminished party.
Des Rosiers attracted more than 40 per cent of the vote to edge out NDP candidate Lyra Evans, who finished a strong second. Evans held more than 30 per cent of the vote with late polls still to report Thursday.
Evans, 25, said her party picked up grassroots support from the Liberals “by running an authentic campaign. Giving people real hope inspired a lot of people. We promised to help people and reduce the bad things happening in their lives, particularly in the areas of health care and hydro rates,” she said.
She said many people in Ottawa-Vanier “feel disenfranchised by government.”
Although Liberal poll numbers were down across the province, Des Rosiers remained the overwhelming favourite in Ottawa-Vanier given its well-earned reputation as a Liberal bastion.
Heading into Thursday’s vote, the Liberals had won 14 consecutive elections in the riding, dating back to 1971.
Des Rosiers won a November 2016 byelection in the riding with more than 48 per cent of the vote after Liberal cabinet minister Madeleine Meilleur retired from politics. In her four elections, Meilleur had never captured less than half the popular vote.
Des Rosiers, a constitutional law expert and former dean of the University of Ottawa law school, had a swift rise at Queen’s Park: She vaulted into cabinet in January as natural resources minister.
But the collapse of the Liberal vote across the province opened the door in this campaign to the NDP’s Evans, a community organizer and LGBTQ activist. Evans made history in this campaign as the first openly transgender person to represent a major party in an Ontario election.
Evans a University of Ottawa student who was homeless as a teenager, said she entered the political arena after watching the debate unfold about the Salvation Army’s plan to build a new facility in Vanier. Evans said she was dismayed that the needs of the homeless themselves were being ignored.
The Progressive Conservatives were represented by Fadi Nemr, who finished in a distant third. Nemr is a small business owner who has lived and worked in the riding for 25 years after emigrating from Lebanon. He billed himself as an “advocate for democracy, clean government and small business.”
The candidates said they found Ottawa-Vanier voters consistently worried about the impact of the Salvation Army’s planned 350-bed shelter on Montreal Road. All three major party candidates said they opposed the idea of moving the shelter from its existing ByWard Market location.
The Green Party was represented by Sheilagh McLean, a retired civil servant and yoga teacher. Also contesting the election were Libertarian candidate Ken Lewis, the Freedom Party’s David McGruer and None of the Above Democracy Party’s Keegan Bennett.
The riding is one of stark contrasts. Ottawa-Vanier is home to some of the city’s most affluent neighbourhoods — Rockcliffe, New Edinburgh, Beacon Hill North — and some of its neediest: Lowertown, Vanier, Pineview. The riding also has a significant francophone population with about one-third of residents reporting French as their mother tongue.
— With files from Tom Spears and Gowlene Selvavijayan
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