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in
eastern
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Ontario
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,
Canada
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. It elected one member to the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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from 1999 to 2014.
The riding was represented in the Ontario legislature by Progressive ConservativeJohn Baird since it became a provincial riding in 1999 until he resigned in 2005 to run in the 2006 federal election. PC candidate
Lisa MacLeod
Lisa Anne MacLeod (born 1974) is a Canadian politician who represented Nepean in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Elected in 2006, MacLeod is a member of the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party. She previously served as the Ontario minist ...
won the provincial
by-election
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to fill the vacancy that was held on March 30, 2006.
Following the 2018 election, the district was dissolved into Nepean, Carleton,
Orléans
Orléans (,"Orleans" (US) and Kanata—Carleton.
History
The riding was created in 1999, to match its federal counterpart. It was made up of 62% of Nepean, 43% of Carleton and 11% of Ottawa–Rideau.