Ottawa WestNepean goes to LiberalAnita Vandenbeld

LiberalAnita Vandenbeldwill retain her seat in Ottawa WestNepean.

With 91.3 per cent of votes counted, Vandenbeld took 45.6 per cent of the vote. Her closest challenger was ConservativeAbdul Abdiwith 26.8 per cent of the vote and in third place was NDP candidateAngella MacEwanwith 19 per cent.

The suburban riding west of the city's core, where one-quarter of residents speak neither English nor French as theirfirst language, had bounced between Liberals and Conservatives in past elections.

Vandenbeldhas represented it for the last four years and faced:

• Labour Studies studentVincent Cama of the Communist Party of Canada;
• Small business owner Serge Guevorkian of the People's Party;
• Nick Lin of the Marxist-Leninist Party;
• Butch Moore, listed by Elections Canada as "No Affiliation";
• Sean Mulligan of the Christian Heritage Party, a public servant and former member of the Canadian Armed Forces;
• Green Party candidateDave Stibbe, a teacher who helped found Ottawa City Rafting.

Vandenbeld was criticized by the federal ethics commissioner over robocalls she madeon behalf of her husband'scity council campaign.

Ottawa WestNepeanin 2015