Ottawa West–Nepean incumbent among Liberals vying for 2nd term

Anita Vandenbeld is in the same boat as most of the region's Liberal MPs as she gets ready to embark on her first re-election campaigns.

Of the 15 Liberals elected in eastern Ontario and western Quebec last time around, only David McGuinty has won more than one federal election.

One local trend to watch will be how those politicians fare the second time around.

The MP for Ottawa West–Nepean, a suburban riding west of the city's core where one-quarter of residents speak neither English nor French as a first language, was criticized by the federal ethics commissioner over robocalls she made on behalf of her husband's city council campaign.

Vandenbeld is facing:

• 2015 challenger and Ottawa police officer Abdul Abdi, running for the Conservatives;
• Labour Studies student Vincent Cama of the Communist Party of Canada; 
• Small business owner Serge Guevorkian of the People's Party;
• Nick Lin of the Marxist-Leninist Party;
• Economist Angella MacEwan of the NDP;
• Butch Moore, listed by Elections Canada as "No Affiliation"; 
• Sean Mulligan of the Christian Heritage Party, a public servant and former member of the Canadian Armed Forces;
• Green Party candidate Dave Stibbe, a teacher who helped found Ottawa City Rafting.

Candidates are included in this riding profile once they've been listed as a confirmed candidate by Elections Canada, chosen as the winner of a nomination contest or who were the chosen candidate by a party that got at least one per cent of the national popular vote in 2015.

Ottawa West–Nepean in 2015

Candidate questionnaires

CBC Ottawa sent every candidate running in eastern Ontario or western Quebec seven questions via their party or a publicly available email address.

They were asked to stick to 25 to 100 word answers, depending on the questions. 

Their answers have not been edited by CBC.

Abdul Abdi

Vincent Cama

Angella MacEwan

Dave Stibbe

Anita Vandenbeld