Nepean (provincial electoral district)

Nepean

Ontario electoral district
Nepean in relation to other electoral districts in Ottawa
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1987
First contested	1987
Last contested	1995
Demographics
Population (2016)	119,110
Area (km²)	171.94
Census divisions	Ottawa
Census subdivisions	Ottawa

Nepean was a provincial electoral district from 1987 to 1999. The riding was re-created federally with the 2012 redistribution process. That same process was announced by the Ontario government, meaning the provincial ridings will follow a similar boundary division for the 2018 provincial election.

Nepean was created in 1987 out of part of Carleton. It was represented by a Liberal MPP for eight years before it was won by then 25-year-old Progressive Conservative John Baird. Baird represented Nepean for four years. In 1999, the provincial redistribution resulted in Nepean being abolished as it was split between the new Ottawa West—Nepean and Nepean—Carleton ridings.

Provincial law has required that southern Ontario's electoral boundaries have the same boundaries provincially and federally. The federal boundaries were redistributed in 2012 in time for the 2015 federal election, meaning Ontario's first provincial election under the new boundaries will be in 2018.