Carleton (Ontario provincial electoral district)

Carleton
Ontario electoral district
	Carleton in relation to other electoral districts in Ottawa
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	George Darouze; Progressive Conservative
;
District created	1867
First contested	1867
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2016)	102,915
Electors (2018)	81,901
Area (km²)	1,187
Pop. density (per km²)	86.7
Census division	Ottawa
Census subdivision	Ottawa

LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario

MPP

George Darouze
Progressive Conservative

District created1867

First contested1867

Carleton is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and lasted until provincial redistribution in 1996. In the 1999 provincial election it was redistributed into Nepean—Carleton and Lanark—Carleton. In 2007 it was abolished into Carleton—Mississippi Mills and Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington.

In 2018 it was re-created as the riding of Carleton from parts of Nepean—Carleton, Carleton—Mississippi Mills and Ottawa South.^[1]

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Assembly	Years		Party
Carleton
1st	1867–1871	Robert Lyon	Liberal
2nd	1871–1874	George Monk	Conservative
3rd	1875–1879
4th	1879–1883
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898	George Kidd
9th	1898–1902
10th	1902–1904
11th	1905–1907
11th	1907–1908	Robert McElroy
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923	Robert Grant	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926	Adam Acres	Conservative
17th	1926–1929
18th	1929–1934
19th	1934–1937
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951	Donald Morrow	Progressive Conservative
24th	1951–1955	Donald Morrow
25th	1955–1959	William Johnston
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975	Sid Handleman
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1980
31st	1980–1981	Robert Mitchell
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990	Norm Sterling
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1999
Dissolved into Lanark—Carleton and Nepean—Carleton
Riding re-created from Nepean—Carleton, Carleton—Mississippi Mills, and Ottawa South
42nd	2018–2022	Goldie Ghamari	Progressive Conservative
43rd	2022–2024		Progressive Conservative
43rd	2024–2025		Independent
44th	2025–present	George Darouze	Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[2]

v t e 2025 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Darouze	26,158	49.61	+1.46
	Liberal	Brandon Bay	20,335	38.57	+11.68
	New Democratic	Sherin Faili	3,763	7.14	–8.53
	Green	Mystic Plaunt	956	1.81	–3.67
	New Blue	Rob Stocki	699	1.33	–0.91
	Ontario Party	Myles Dear	346	0.66	–0.41
	Libertarian	Bruce Anthony Faulkner	263	0.50	N/A
	Independent	Brian Hull	202	0.38	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,722	99.53	–0.13
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			251	0.47	+0.13
Turnout			52,973	47.67	–1.12
Eligible voters			111,130
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–5.11
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Goldie Ghamari	22,295	48.15	−3.18	$67,504
	Liberal	Tom Dawson	12,452	26.89	+7.45	$28,703
	New Democratic	Kevin St. Denis	7,256	15.67	−6.83	$14,674
	Green	Cody Zulinski	2,537	5.48	+1.53	$5,201
	New Blue	Rob Stocki	1,037	2.24		$2,991
	Ontario Party	Ethan Ferguson	494	1.07	+0.27	$0
	None of the Above	Chris Mark Beauchamp	235	0.51	−0.31	$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,306	99.66	+0.69	$133,325
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			157	0.34	-0.69
Turnout			46,463	48.79	-13.12
Eligible voters			93,064
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−5.32
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023.

v t e 2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Goldie Ghamari	25,798	51.33	–1.67
	New Democratic	Courtney Potter	11,308	22.50	+10.22
	Liberal	Theresa Qadri	9,768	19.44	–8.49
	Green	Gordon Kubanek	1,985	3.95	–1.89
	None of the Above	Evan Nightingale	413	0.82	N/A
	Ontario Party	Jay Tysick	399	0.79	N/A
	Libertarian	Jean-Serge Brisson	386	0.77	N/A
	Cultural Action	Kevin Harris	110	0.22	N/A
	Independent	Mark Dickson	89	0.18	N/A
Total valid votes			50,258
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
Turnout				64.05
Eligible voters			78,460
	Progressive Conservative notional hold		Swing		–5.95
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

2014 general election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	Progressive Conservative	20,990	53.09
	Liberal	11,057	27.96
	New Democratic	4,870	12.32
	Green	2,315	5.85
	Others	308	0.78

Carleton (Ontario provincial electoral district)

Members of Provincial Parliament

Election results

2018–present

1987–1995

1975–1985

1867–1975

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v t e Provincial ridings in Ontario
Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Kiiwetinoong Mushkegowuk—James Bay Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins
Eastern	Bay of Quinte Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Hastings—Lennox and Addington Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Central	Barrie—Innisfil Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Northumberland—Peterborough South Peterborough—Kawartha Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe
Midwestern	Brantford—Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener South—Hespeler Oxford Perth—Wellington Waterloo Wellington—Halton Hills
Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Leamington Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West
Peel	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville
Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara	Burlington Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Milton Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West Oakville North—Burlington Oakville St. Catharines
Ottawa	Carleton Kanata—Carleton Nepean Orléans Ottawa Centre Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean
Durham and York	Ajax Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill Durham King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Newmarket—Aurora Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge Whitby
Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston
See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

1995 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Norman W. Sterling	28,349	64.96	+18.06
	Liberal	Sam Spataro	9,743	22.33	-4.31
	New Democratic	Cathy Hallessey	4,046	9.27	-17.18
	Family Coalition	Janne Jardine-Campbell	942	2.16
	Libertarian	Barbara Rowe	293	0.67
	Natural Law	Richard Beecroft	265	0.61
Total valid votes			43,638	99.36
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			279	0.64	-0.47
Turnout			43,917	62.05	-3.10
Eligible voters			70,780
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+11.18
Source: Elections Ontario^[6]