Catherine McKenney wins Ottawa Centre
No incumbent after NDP's Joel Harden nominated federally
Ottawa Centre's new MPP is projected to be former city councillor Catherine McKenney for the NDP.
The riding includes Centretown, Westboro Beach, the Central Experimental Farm, Old Ottawa East and a piece of Prince of Wales and Meadowlands drives.
The Liberals and NDP have flipped the riding back and forth since the 1970s, with the NDP's Joel Harden winning the last two campaigns. He won about 54 per cent of the vote in 2022, but has since made the move to run federally.
McKenney was an Ottawa city councillor, the runner-up in the 2022 Ottawa mayoral race and the co-founder of an urban improvement non-profit.
Seven candidates ran for the seat. McKenney got about 56 per cent of the vote, with nearly 19,000 more votes than the second-place Liberals.
