The Truth about Carlton

by labradore (Wallace McLean)

May 09, 2025

∙ Paid

The final revised federal electoral map in the city of Ottawa as published by the electoral boundaries commission in 2023, and in force as of the recent federal election of 2025.

You may have heard that the reason Bruce Fanjoy won the recent election in the riding of Carleton was because "the government" redrew the electoral boundaries with partisan considerations in mind.

This is laughably wrong, for two reasons.

Reason 1: "The government" doesn't draw the boundaries of federal ridings. Ten independent commissions – one for each…

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