Ottawa-Vanier candidate information and riding profile
The riding of Ottawa-Vanier, which has been a Liberal stronghold for decades, is being targeted by the NDP and other candidates in the upcoming federal election.
CBC News ·
New Democrats taking aim at Ottawa-Vanier
9 years ago
Duration 7:48
Ottawa-Vanier has been held by the Liberals for more than 80 years, but could the NDP have a shot in 2015? CBC Ottawa profiles the evolving, ethnically-diverse riding.
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Candidates
Mauril Bélanger
Liberal
Incumbent
Coreen Corcoran
Libertarian
Nira Dookeran
Green
Christian Legeais
Marxist–Leninist
David Piccini
Conservative
Emilie Taman
NDP
Pitches
Emilie Taman makes her election pitch
9 years ago
Duration 0:38
The NDP candidate for Ottawa-Vanier makes her pitch for the election.
David Piccini makes his election pitch
9 years ago
Duration 0:34
The Conservative candidate in Ottawa-Vanier makes his federal election pitch.
Mauril Belanger makes his election pitch
9 years ago
Duration 0:38
The Liberal candidate in Ottawa-Vanier makes his federal election pitch.
Nira Dookeran makes her election pitch
9 years ago
Duration 0:38
The Green party's candidate in Ottawa-Vanier makes her pitch for the federal election.
History
The riding was established as Ottawa East in 1933 and became Ottawa-Vanier in 1973.
It's an ethnically, linguistically and economically diverse riding that's home to Rockcliffe Park, one of the city's wealthiest neighbourhoods, and Vanier, one of the poorest.
In 2013 the riding map was changed to include the neighbourhoods of Cardinal Heights and Beacon Hill South.
Incumbent candidate Mauril Bélanger has held the riding since 1995.
From left: the NDP's Emilie Taman, the Conservative party's David Piccini and the Liberal party's Mauril Bélanger are running in Ottawa-Vanier. (CBC News)
