Final list of Ottawa candidates out for upcoming federal election

The nation’s capital: The heart of federal politics and the home of two highly contested ridings where two party leaders are vying for votes.

As the campaign hits the halfway point and people are expecting their voter cards in the mail by the end of this week, Elections Canada has finalized the list of candidates.

Two of the city’s local ridings, Carleton and Nepean, are where Pierre Poilievre and Mark Carney hope to win. The battlegrounds were drawn between the two leaders after the Liberals revoked Chandra Arya’s nomination to run in this election — giving the opening to Carney where the riding borders the one Poilievre has held since 2015.

That riding was targeted by the Longest Ballot Committee, an organization advocating for electoral reform. Poilievre is one of 91 candidates and voters are set to expect a count that could last well into the night.

There are nine seats up for grabs in Ottawa. Voting day is April 28.

Kanata

• Jenna Sudds, Liberal Party of Canada (incumbent)
• Greg Kung, Conservative Party of Canada
• Jennifer Purdy, Green Party of Canada
• Moinuddin Siddiqui, Centrist Party of Canada
• Melissa Simon, New Democratic Party

Ottawa West — Nepean

• Anita Vandenbeld, Liberal Party of Canada (incumbent)
• Glen Armstrong, People’s Party of Canada
• Josh Bizjak, New Democratic Party
• Prashanta Dhakal, Green Party of Canada
• Sean Mulligan, Christian Heritage Party of Canada
• Ryan Telford, Conservative Party of Canada

Nepean

• Barbara Bal, Conservative Party of Canada
• Mark Carney, Liberal Party of Canada
• Eric Fleury, People’s Party of Canada
• Greg Hopkins, Green Party of Canada
• Shyam Shukla, New Democratic Party

Ottawa South

• David McGuinty, Liberal Party of Canada (incumbent)
• William Cooper, Parti Rhinocéros Party
• Nira Dookeran, Green Party of Canada
• Hena Masjedee, New Democratic Party
• Alex Perrier, Christian Heritage Party of Canada
• John Redins, Canadian Future Party
• Blair Turner, Conservative Party of Canada

Ottawa Centre

• Yasir Naqvi, Liberal Party of Canada (incumbent)
• Andrea Chabot, Canadian Future Party
• Zed Chebib, Independent
• Joel Harden, New Democratic Party
• Marie-Chantal Leriche, Christian Heritage Party of Canada
• Paul D’Orsonnens, Conservative Party of Canada
• Cashton Perry, Communist Party of Canada
• Amanda Rosenstock, Green Party of Canada
• Mike Salmon, Independent

Ottawa — Vanier — Gloucester

• Elizabeth Benoit, Independent
• Coreen Corcoran, Libertarian Party of Canada
• Mona Fortier, Liberal Party of Canada
• Christian Legeais, Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada
• Tristan Oliff, New Democratic Party
• Christian Proulx, Green Party of Canada
• Marty Simms, People’s Party of Canada
• Dean Wythe, Conservative Party of Canada

Orléans 

• Marie-France Lalonde, Liberal Party of Canada (incumbent)
• Tafiqul Abu Mohammad, People’s Party of Canada
• Arlo Arrowsmith, Libertarian Party of Canada
• Mazhar Choudhry, Independent
• Oulai B. Goué, New Democratic Party
• Jaycob Jacques, Green Party of Canada
• Steve Mansour, Conservative Party of Canada
• Arabella Vida, Independent

Prescott—Russell—Cumberland 

• Ryder Finlay, New Democratic Party
• Giovanna Mingarelli, Liberal Party of Canada
• Deborah Perrier, People’s Party of Canada
• Thaila Riden, Green Party of Canada
• Julie Séguin, Conservative Party of Canada
• Jason St-Louis, Independent

Carleton

• Pierre Poilievre, Conservative Party of Canada (incumbent)
• Bruce Fanjoy, Liberal Party of Canada
• Beth Prokaska, New Democratic Party
• Mark Watson, Green Party of Canada
• Karen Bourdeau, United Party of Canada (UP)
• Shawn MacEachern, Canadian Future Party
• Sébastien CoRhino, Parti Rhinocéros Party
• Danny Légaré, Marijuana Party

The rest of the candidates on the ballot are: