Thursday, October 15, 2026
B.C. votes in 9 days

Carleton

Provincial riding · Ontario · Eastern Ontario

Forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the PC Party a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 8.2 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 2%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • PC 48.9%
  • OLP 40.7%
  • NDP 7.9%
  • OTH 2.2%

Thin vertical mark: 2025 result.

Compared with the average

PC OLP NDP OTH
Carleton 48.9%40.7%7.9%2.2%
Provincial averageOntario 41.6%+7.3 32.5%+8.3 20.3%−12.4 3.0%−0.7

Simple average of the 124 ridings, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

George Darouze · PC

44th Parliament.

Previous election (2025)

The PC Party won by 11.0 points, with 47.1% turnout.

Our current projection: the PC Party ahead by 8.2 points.

Candidates and votes in 2025

Candidate Party Votes %
George Darouze Elected PC 26,158 49.6
Brandon Bay OLP 20,335 38.6
Sherin Faili NDP 3,763 7.1
Mystic Plaunt GP 956 1.8
Rob Stocki OTH 699 1.3
Myles Dear OTH 346 0.7
Bruce Anthony Faulkner OTH 263 0.5
Brian Hull IND 202 0.4

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

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The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

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  2. Mississauga CentrePC58%1.6-point gap
  3. Newmarket—AuroraPC63%1.7-point gap
Forecast updated