&nbsp;will hold onto her seat in Ottawa Centre.

The area's only cabinet minister looked to keep Ottawa's core red after an upset in 2015.

At 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, with 91.6 per cent of the vote counted, McKenna had 48.5 per cent of the vote.&nbsp;Lawyer&nbsp;

 took the second spot with 29.4 per cent of the vote for&nbsp;the NDP,&nbsp;and Conservative&nbsp;

&nbsp;was third with12.6 per cent.&nbsp;&nbsp;

'I believe politics is a force for good'

Liberal Catherine McKenna spoke to supporters after being re-elected in the riding of Ottawa Centre on Monday night.

 took Ottawa Centre from the NDP in 2015 by more than 3,000 votes and was appointed as environment minister.

NDP candidate Emilie Taman says Paul Dewar was 'a source of guidance'

Taman fell to Liberal Catherine McKenna in Ottawa Centre, but said it was a "huge privilege to have the opportunity to work on moving Paul's legacy forward."

This race pitted&nbsp;McKenna against a wide range of candidates. Besides Taman and Clemenhagen&nbsp;there was Shelby Bertrand of the Animal Protection Party;&nbsp; Libertarian Coreen Corcoran;&nbsp;Independent 

&nbsp;of the Christian Heritage Party;&nbsp;economist and eco-friendly B&amp;B manager 

 of the Communist Party of Canada;&nbsp;Public servant and self-described LGBTQ activist 

Ottawa Centre sends Catherine McKenna back to Parliament

Ottawa Centre in 2015

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