- 注册
- 2002-10-07
- 消息
- 402,622
- 荣誉分数
- 77
- 声望点数
- 228
For Yasir Naqvi’s supporters, it was never in doubt.
So confident, in fact, were they of the Liberal cabinet minister’s re-election in Ottawa Centre, they cheered louder for Liberal showings in neighbouring ridings than for their own candidate’s numbers.
Or maybe the gathering at the Clocktower pub in Westboro was saving its lustiest yell for Naqvi himself. At 10:15 p.m. the crowd was waiting expectantly for his arrival. Naqvi had watched the election at home with his family.
With two-thirds of polls counted, Naqvi was well on his way to his largest win yet in the downtown riding.
Formed in 1967, the riding had been represented seven times by the NDP and six times by the Liberals before Thursday’s vote. But the Liberals have won in every election since 1995, with Yasir Naqvi holding the seat by a slim 2,000-vote margin in 2007 after taking over from the retiring Richard Patten. Four years later, his provincial profile much higher after becoming Liberal party president and his local reputation polished by thorough attention to the constituency, he won by nearly 9,000 votes.
He was challenged this time by Rob Dekker of the Progressive Conservatives, Jennifer McKenzie of the NDP and Kevin O’Donnell of the Green Party.
As co-chair of the Centretown Citizen Community Association’s planning committee, Dekker campaigned for repairs to deteriorating infrastructure and for community involvement in the planning process.
McKenzie is an engineer by trade and chair of Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. She talked during the campaign about protecting the Ottawa River, as well as expanding transit and cycling infrastructure.
O’Donnell, an IT consultant, said the Ontario Municipal Board should be abolished, preventing council decisions from being overturned by it on local issues.
But none of those issues was enough to sway voters.
Ottawa Centre is a vaguely heart-shaped riding, fitting perhaps for a district that is the hub of federal politics in Canada as well as the home of universities, Ottawa City Hall and much of the capital’s commercial sector. For residents, rising property taxes, encroaching condo developments and ever-busier streets were key issues in this election, followed, for some, by concerns over government accountability and the Liberal government’s record.
Naqvi, who came to Canada with his family from Pakistan at age 15 and became an international trade lawyer before entering politics, promised a bigger community voice in planning and development decisions and more money for school repairs.
Not a cabinet member until Premier Kathleen Wynne named him labour minister in 2013, Naqvi was largely insulated from Dalton McGuinty-era issues such as the gas-plant cancellations.
This is our recent profile of the riding.
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So confident, in fact, were they of the Liberal cabinet minister’s re-election in Ottawa Centre, they cheered louder for Liberal showings in neighbouring ridings than for their own candidate’s numbers.
Or maybe the gathering at the Clocktower pub in Westboro was saving its lustiest yell for Naqvi himself. At 10:15 p.m. the crowd was waiting expectantly for his arrival. Naqvi had watched the election at home with his family.
With two-thirds of polls counted, Naqvi was well on his way to his largest win yet in the downtown riding.
Formed in 1967, the riding had been represented seven times by the NDP and six times by the Liberals before Thursday’s vote. But the Liberals have won in every election since 1995, with Yasir Naqvi holding the seat by a slim 2,000-vote margin in 2007 after taking over from the retiring Richard Patten. Four years later, his provincial profile much higher after becoming Liberal party president and his local reputation polished by thorough attention to the constituency, he won by nearly 9,000 votes.
He was challenged this time by Rob Dekker of the Progressive Conservatives, Jennifer McKenzie of the NDP and Kevin O’Donnell of the Green Party.
As co-chair of the Centretown Citizen Community Association’s planning committee, Dekker campaigned for repairs to deteriorating infrastructure and for community involvement in the planning process.
McKenzie is an engineer by trade and chair of Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. She talked during the campaign about protecting the Ottawa River, as well as expanding transit and cycling infrastructure.
O’Donnell, an IT consultant, said the Ontario Municipal Board should be abolished, preventing council decisions from being overturned by it on local issues.
But none of those issues was enough to sway voters.
Ottawa Centre is a vaguely heart-shaped riding, fitting perhaps for a district that is the hub of federal politics in Canada as well as the home of universities, Ottawa City Hall and much of the capital’s commercial sector. For residents, rising property taxes, encroaching condo developments and ever-busier streets were key issues in this election, followed, for some, by concerns over government accountability and the Liberal government’s record.
Naqvi, who came to Canada with his family from Pakistan at age 15 and became an international trade lawyer before entering politics, promised a bigger community voice in planning and development decisions and more money for school repairs.
Not a cabinet member until Premier Kathleen Wynne named him labour minister in 2013, Naqvi was largely insulated from Dalton McGuinty-era issues such as the gas-plant cancellations.
This is our recent profile of the riding.
Related
rbostelaar@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/robt_bostelaar
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