Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
Carleton?Mississippi Mills
(formerly known as
Lanark?Carleton
and
Carleton?Lanark
) was a federal
electoral district
in
Ontario
, Canada, that was represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
from 1988 to 2015.
This riding was created in 1987 from parts of
Lanark?Renfrew?Carleton
and
Nepean?Carleton
ridings. At first, it was named "Carleton?Lanark". The name was changed to the current name as of September 1, 2004. The riding 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
.
Initially, the boundaries of the riding were contentious. According to a report of the House of Commons committee that reviewed all new riding boundaries created in that year's redistribution of ridings, "the Township of Mississippi Mills has strenuously protested being placed within Carleton?Lanark. It feels it does not belong to, and should not be attached to, an Ottawa-focused riding." In May 2004, Mississippi Mills town council voted to be moved out of the riding and into the same riding as the rest of Lanark County. Over 1,000 residents of the township mailed postcards to the Speaker of the House of Commons protesting the new boundaries.
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Gordon O'Connor
of the
Conservative Party of Canada
was the riding's
Member of Parliament
from 2004 to 2015. During this time, he served as the
Minister of National Revenue
and the
Minister of National Defence
.
Following the
Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012
, the riding was dissolved. The bulk of the riding?nearly all of the Ottawa portion?became part of
Kanata?Carleton
, while a smaller portion was transferred to
Carleton
. Mississippi Mills became part of
Lanark?Frontenac?Kingston
.
Members of Parliament
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Election results
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Carleton?Mississippi Mills
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2008 Canadian federal election
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Expenditures
|
|
Conservative
|
Gordon O'Connor
|
39,433
|
57.77
|
+1.5
|
$85,039
|
|
Liberal
|
Justin Mackinnon
|
15,254
|
22.34
|
-1.2
|
$95,575
|
|
Green
|
Jake Cole
|
6,983
|
10.23
|
+3.7
|
$16,910
|
|
New Democratic
|
Paul Arbour
|
6,583
|
9.64
|
-2.8
|
$14,025
|
Total valid votes/Expense limit
|
61,575
|
100.00
|
|
$97,029
|
Total rejected ballots
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
Turnout
|
68,469
|
69.16
|
–
|
2006 Canadian federal election
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Expenditures
|
|
Conservative
|
Gordon O'Connor
|
39,004
|
56.2
|
+6.2
|
$77,114
|
|
Liberal
|
Isabel Metcalfe
|
16,360
|
23.6
|
-9.6
|
$71,930
|
|
New Democratic
|
Tasha Bridgen
|
8,677
|
12.5
|
+2.2
|
$14,836
|
|
Green
|
Jake Cole
|
4,544
|
6.5
|
+0.9
|
$6,225
|
|
Marijuana
|
George Kolaczunski
|
426
|
0.6
|
*
|
$0
|
|
Progressive Canadian
|
Tracy Parsons
|
408
|
0.6
|
*
|
$1,238
|
Total valid votes/Expense limit
|
69,419
|
100.0
|
|
*
|
Carleton?Lanark
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Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Lanark?Carleton
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Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
See also
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References
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Notes
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