Ottawa South (provincial electoral district)

Ottawa South

Ontario electoral district
Ottawa South in relation to other Ottawa electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	John Fraser Liberal
District created	1925
First contested	1926
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	121,921
Electors (2013)	86,346
Area (km²)	76
Pop. density (per km²)	1,604.2
Census divisions	Ottawa
Census subdivisions	Ottawa

Coordinates: 45°21′N 75°38′W / 45.350°N 75.633°W / 45.350; -75.633

Ottawa South (fr. Ottawa-Sud) is a provincial electoral district (riding) in the Canadian province of Ontario, in the city of Ottawa.

The district was created in 1925 from part of Ottawa West. Prior to the 1999 election, the provincial district did not have the same borders as the federal district.

Prior to the 1967 redistribution, the riding shared no common area with the present riding. Present day Ottawa South could be found in the riding of Russell prior to 1967.

After having been firmly conservative for the first 60 years, the seat of Ottawa South was held for more than 25 years by two generations of McGuinty's under the Liberal banner.

Dalton McGuinty resigned the Premiership of Ontario in February 2013, but decided to stay on as MPP of Ottawa South until the next election. McGuinty changed his mind however, and resigned on June 12 amid the "gas plant scandal".

1954-1966: Ward 5 (Old Ottawa South, the Glebe) and that part of Wards 4 (Centretown) and 6 (Dalhousie Ward) south of Sparks Street and Wellington Street (West).