Ottawa–Rideau

Ottawa–Rideau was a short lived provincial electoral district in Ottawa, Ontario. It elected one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was created in 1987 and was abolished in 1999 into Ottawa South, Nepean–Carleton, Ottawa West–Nepean and Ottawa Centre.[1]

Ottawa—Rideau

Ontario electoral district
Map of the riding

The riding included all of pre-amalgamation Ottawa south of Walkley Road south of Baseline Road. It also included part of the city of Gloucester north of Leitrim Road between Limebank Road and Conroy Road. It also included part of the city of Nepean northeast of this line: Black Rapids Creek to Woodroffe Avenue to CN railway to Merivale Road.

The riding elected two members of the Legislative Assembly: Yvonne O'Neill, a Liberal from 1987 to 1995 and then Garry Guzzo, a Progressive Conservative from 1995 to 1999.[2]

Election Results

1987 Ontario general election: Ottawa—Rideau
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Yvonne O'Neill	14,179	50.19
	Progressive Conservative	Pamela Forward	8,068	28.56
	New Democratic	Beatrice Murray	6,000	21.24
Total valid votes			28,247	100.0
Source(s) "Elections Ontario Data Explorer (filter Riding = Ottawa-Rideau)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

1990 Ontario general election: Ottawa—Rideau
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Yvonne O'Neill	13,454	45.31
	New Democratic	Ernest Jones	8,845	29.79
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Beaudry	5,234	17.63
	Family Coalition Party	Laurent Omer Denys	1,049	3.53
	Independent	James MacFhee	861	2.90
	Libertarian	Marc Schindler	252	0.85
Total valid votes/Expense limit			29.695	100.0
Total rejected ballots			165	0.5
Turnout			30,120	59.96
Eligible voters			46,292
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate, 1990 General Election". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 7 August 2020. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District, 1990 General Election". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

1995 Ontario general election: Ottawa—Rideau
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Garry Guzzo	14,796	45.11	$ 42,588.00
	Liberal	Yvonne O'Neill	13,273	40.47	42,982.18
	New Democratic	Dan McIntyre	4,138	12.62	29,016.02
	Green	Lenora Burke	412	1.26	0.00
	Natural Law	Richard Wolfson	178	0.54	0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			32,797	100.0	$ 47,240.00
Total rejected ballots			274	0.83
Turnout			33,071	61.29
Eligible voters			53,961
Source(s) "General Election of June 8 1995 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Retrieved June 1, 2014. "General Election of June 8 1995 – Statistical Summary". Elections Ontario. "1995 Details of Candidate Income and Expenses" (3.16MB). & "1995 Summary of Income and Campaign Expenses" ( Word'95 .doc files (146KB)).

1. Jim Robb (16 March 1987). "Parties Brace for Provincial Vote, Liberals Hungry for Victory". Ottawa Citizen. p. 5.
2. "Ottawa Rideau Riding elects first Tory (Gary Guzz0)". Ottawa Citizen. 19 June 1995. p. 15.