Ottawa·CANADA VOTES 2025The 2018 provincial rematch in downtown Ottawa goes to Yasir Naqvi, CBC News projects.Joel Harden beat Yasir Naqvi provincially here in 2018CBC News · Posted: Apr 28, 2025 10:34 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours agoYasir Naqvi re-elected in Ottawa CentreThe 2018 provincial rematch in Ottawa is projected to go to Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi. The 2018 provincial rematch in downtown Ottawa is projected to go to Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi.Besides a Conservative byelection win in the 1970s, the riding has flipped between the Liberals and NDP. It’s been Liberal since 2015.Among the candidates were Naqvi and former NDP MPP Joel Harden, who beat Naqvi in the provincial race in 2018. Harden finished second.After the usual independent boundary review, Ottawa Centre now includes voters northwest of Bank Street and the railway tracks near Walkley — the Mooney’s Bay and Billings Bridge areas, for example — that were previously in Ottawa South.The Shillington Avenue area and many homes around the north end of Broadview Area changed to Ottawa West-Nepean.Nine candidates ran here this election.Ottawa Centre gains land to the south and loses some in the west in the 2025 redistribution. (Elections Canada)
Yasir Naqvi re-elected in Ottawa Centre
