Orléans is a provincial
electoral district
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...
in
eastern Ontario,
Canada. It elects one member to the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by ...
. Before the 2018 election, it was known as Ottawa—Orléans.
History
It was created in 1999 from
Prescott and Russell
The United Counties of Prescott and Russell (french: Comtés unis de Prescott et Russell) are consolidated counties located in the Canadian province of Ontario. Its county seat is L'Orignal. It was created as a result of a merger between Ru ...
,
Carleton East
Carleton East was an electoral Riding (division), riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1967 election and was abolished in 1999 into Carleton—Gloucester and Ottawa—Vanier (provincial electoral district), Ottawa—Vanier.
From 1986 ...
and
Ottawa—Rideau. The electoral district was initially named Carleton—Gloucester, and the June 1999 provincial election was conducted by Elections Ontario under that name, but it was known as Ottawa—Orleans by the time of the October 2003 provincial election.
When it was created, the riding consisted of that part of the former city of
Gloucester south of a line following
Limebank Road to Leitrim Road to the Canadian Pacific Railway to
Lester Road to
Conroy Road Conroy Road is a road in the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs from Walkley Road in the north to Bank Street in the south. Conroy Road forms the eastern fringe of the neighbourhood of Blossom Park, Ontario and ends in the community of Kemp ...
, and east of a line following
Green's Creek to
the Queensway to
Montreal Road
Montreal Road (French: ''Chemin de Montréal''), also known as Ottawa Road #34, is a major east-west Ottawa road that links Lowertown to Vanier and the farther eastern neighbourhoods of Ottawa. Until downloading in 1998, it was part of the pr ...
to
Blair Road to
Innes Road to a transmission line and that part of the city of
Cumberland
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north of
Innes Road and west of
Trim Road.
For the 2007 election, the riding was redefined to consist of that part of Ottawa within a line running along
Green's Creek to
the Queensway to
Montreal Road
Montreal Road (French: ''Chemin de Montréal''), also known as Ottawa Road #34, is a major east-west Ottawa road that links Lowertown to Vanier and the farther eastern neighbourhoods of Ottawa. Until downloading in 1998, it was part of the pr ...
to
Blair Road to
Innes Road to a transmission line to
Highway 417
The following highways are numbered 417:
Canada
* Manitoba Provincial Road 417
* Newfoundland and Labrador Route 417
* Ontario Highway 417
Costa Rica
* National Route 417
Iceland
* Route 417
Japan
* Japan National Route 417
United States
* ...
to
Boundary Road to
Wall Road
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* Walls in buildings that form a fundamental part of the sup ...
to
Trim Road to Regional Road 174 to
Cardinal Creek
Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to:
Animals
* Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds
**''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae
**''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...
.
For the 2018 election, the riding was renamed Orléans, and lost the neighbourhood of Beacon Hill South from
Ottawa—Vanier
Ottawa—Vanier (formerly known as Ottawa East) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935. Previous to that date, it was part of the Ottawa electoral district ...
, and will gain the Cardinal Creek area from
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell (formerly known as Glengarry—Prescott) is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953.
Geography
The dist ...
and the rural area surrounding
Carlsbad Spring from parts of Glengarry—Prescott—Russell and
Nepean—Carleton
Nepean—Carleton was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons from 1979 to 1988, and again from 1997 to 2015.
It included the southern ...
.
Members of Provincial Parliament
Election results
2007 electoral reform referendum
References
External links
Map of riding for 2018 election
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ottawa-Orleans (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral districts of Ottawa