Carleton—Mississippi Mills

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Carleton—Mississippi Mills Electoral district
Carleton—Mississippi Mills shown within the Ottawa area
MP	Gordon O'Connor (2004-)
Party	Conservative (2004-)
Province	Ontario
Census division(s)	Lanark, Ottawa
Census subdivision(s)	Mississippi Mills, Ottawa
Ottawa city wards	Goulbourn, Kanata, West Carleton
Federal district created	1988

Carleton—Mississippi Mills (formerly known as Lanark—Carleton and Carleton—Lanark) is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. It will elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the next provincial election.

This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton and Nepean—Carleton ridings. In 2003, it was renamed "Carleton—Lanark". The name was changed to the current name as of September 1, 2004. The town of Mississippi Mills vehemently opposed the decision to separate Lanark County into two separate electoral districts. The town remains further disquieted with their new Member of Parliament Gordon O'Connor's subsequent decision to change the name of the riding replacing 'Lanark', the county with which the residents share a strong community of interest, with 'Mississippi Mills' which bears little colloquial meaning having only existed since 1998.^[1]

It initially consisted of the County of Lanark, and the City of Kanata and the townships of Goulbourn and West Carleton in the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. In 1996, the riding was redefined to exclude Township of Goulbourn.

It now consists of the former Townships of Ramsay and Pakenham in the Town of Mississippi Mills, the former Townships of Goulbourn and West Carleton, and the former city of Kanata all in the city of Ottawa.

Gordon O'Connor of the Conservative Party of Canada has been the riding's Member of Parliament since 2004.

1 Federal election results
2 See also
3 External links
4 Sources

[edit] Federal election results

[edit] Carleton—Mississippi Mills

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gordon O'Connor	39,004	56.19%	+6.16%
	Liberal	Isabel Metcalfe	16,360	23.57%	-9.57%
	New Democratic Party	Tasha Bridgen	8,677	12.50%	+2.16
	Green	Jake Cole	4,544	6.54%	+0.93%
	Marijuana	George Kolaczunski	426	0.01%	*
	Progressive Canadian	Tracy Parsons	408	0.01%	*

[edit] Carleton—Lanark

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Gordon O'Connor	32,664
	Liberal	Dan Wicklum	22,185
	New Democratic Party	Rick Prashaw	6,758
	Green	Stewart Langstaff	3,665

[edit] Lanark—Carleton

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Canadian Alliance	Scott Reid	24,670
	Liberal	Ian Murray	22,812
	Progressive Conservative	Bryan Brulotte	12,430
	New Democrat	Theresa Kiefer	1,946
	Green	Stuart Langstaff	871
	Canadian Action	Ross Elliott	388
	Independent	John Baranyi	150
	Natural Law	Britt Roberts	107

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ian Murray	28,151
	Reform	Darrel Reid	16,765
	Progressive Conservative	Bryce Grayson Bell	13,213
	New Democrat	Gail Myles	3,022
	Green	Susan Brandum	463
	Canadian Action	Gerald W. Lepage	318
	Natural Law	Britt Roberts	181

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ian Murray	35,051
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Dick	16,604
	Reform	Ron MacDonald	15,766
	New Democrat	Judie McSkimmings	1,689
	National	Jacques Rubacha	926
	Green	Stephen Johns	329
	Natural Law	Britt Roberts	264
	Libertarian	Barbara Rowe	99
	Abolitionist	Bracken Begley	62

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Dick	27,379
	Liberal	Janet Marshall	20,275
	New Democrat	Bill Cox	8,359
	Confederation of Regions	Robert Stratton	981