Orléans is a provincial

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. It elects one member to the

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. Before the 2018 election, it was known as Ottawa—Orléans.

History

It was created in 1999 from Prescott and Russell,

Carleton East Carleton East was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1967 election and was abolished in 1999 into Carleton—Gloucester and Ottawa—Vanier. From 1986 until its abolition in 1998, the riding included most of the (now ...

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

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south of a line following Limebank Road to Leitrim Road to the Canadian Pacific Railway to Lester Road to Conroy Road, and east of a line following Green's Creek to

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Blair Road Blair Road (Ottawa Road #27) is a road in the eastern part of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It begins just south of the Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway, but does not connect to the parkway, except for a small bike-path connection to the Ottawa R ...

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to a transmission line and that part of the city of

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north of

and west of

Trim Road Trim Road ( Ottawa Road #57) is an arterial road in the eastern end of Orléans, Ontario, a suburb of Ottawa. From its intersection with Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard N, Trim runs south through the eastern suburban areas of Orleans and then south into ...

. For the 2007 election, the riding was redefined to consist of that part of Ottawa within a line running along Green's Creek to

to a transmission line to Highway 417 to Boundary Road to

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to Regional Road 174 to Cardinal Creek. For the 2018 election, the riding was renamed Orléans, and lost the neighbourhood of Beacon Hill South from Ottawa—Vanier, and will gain the Cardinal Creek area from Glengarry—Prescott—Russell and the rural area surrounding Carlsbad Spring from parts of Glengarry—Prescott—Russell and Nepean—Carleton.

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