Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Ottawa South

Provincial riding · Ontario · Eastern Ontario

Forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Ontario Liberals a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 31.4 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • OLP 55.4%
  • PC 24.0%
  • NDP 18.5%
  • OTH 1.1%
  • GP 1.0%

Thin vertical mark: 2025 result.

Compared with the average

OLP PC NDP OTH
Ottawa South 55.4%24.0%18.5%1.1%
Provincial averageOntario 32.5%+22.9 41.6%−17.7 20.3%−1.8 3.0%−1.9

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

John Fraser · OLP

44th Parliament.

Previous election (2025)

The Ontario Liberals won by 28.6 points, with 42.5% turnout.

Our current projection: the Ontario Liberals ahead by 31.4 points.

Candidates and votes in 2025

Candidate Party Votes %
John Fraser Elected OLP 22,326 53.2
Jan Gao PC 10,315 24.6
Morgan Gay NDP 7,447 17.8
Nira Dookeran GP 1,206 2.9
Alex Perrier OTH 638 1.5

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. Hamilton MountainOLP52%1.6-point gap
  2. Mississauga CentrePC58%1.6-point gap
  3. Newmarket—AuroraPC63%1.7-point gap
Forecast updated