Liberals make big gains in Ottawa, surrounding region

Ottawa and the surrounding region have joinedthe rest of the country in giving Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party a majority government on election night.

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The Liberals took seven of eight seats in Ottawa, swept all four west Quebec seats from the NDP and even picked up a few seats in other parts of eastern Ontario.

Among the upsets on the night,Catherine McKenna defeatedthe NDP's Paul Dewarin Ottawa Centre,Andrew Leslie defeatedConservative Royal Galipeau in Orlans and Greg Fergus defeatedNycole Turmelin Hull-Aylmer.

Elsewhere in Ottawa,Anita Vandenbeld won in John Baird's old riding of Ottawa West-Nepean, Karen McCrimmonwonKanata-Carleton Gordon O'Connor's old riding and Chandra Arya defeatedAndy Wang in Nepean.

Liberal incumbents David McGuinty in Ottawa South and Mauril Blanger in Ottawa-Vanieralso retained their seats.

Poilievrewasthe lone Conservativein Ottawato win his seat the new riding ofCarleton.

Liberals vow to repair relations with public service

Newly-elected Liberalspromised to work hard for the region and work to repair the government's relationship with the public service.

"The Liberal Party is about investing in you, and by golly we're going to do it," said Andrew Leslie.

Chandra Arya said he wanted tobringrespect back to the public service.

"From day one while knocking the doors, the anger of the public servants was very visible, and all they wanted is respect back, and allowing them to do their jobs to the best of their ability. That's all they wanted, and I believe they turned out in big numbers to support me," he said.

Incumbent Mauril Blanger echoed Arya'smessage after winning re-election inhis riding of Ottawa-Vanier.

"We will treat them [public sector workers]with respect. And we will re-establish the laws that the Conservatives have abolished," he said.

Liberals pick up seats in eastern Ontario

In eastern Ontario, the Liberals also picked up seats in Kingston and the Islandswith Mark Gerretsen winningand Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, where Francis Drouindefeated incumbent Pierre Lemieux.

Conservatives incumbents that held onto their ridings in eastern Ontario include Scott Reid (Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston),Cheryl Gallant (Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke), Guy Lauzon (Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry) and Gord Brown (Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes).

And in west Quebec,Liberal candidates swept all four seatsfrom the NDP, with GregFergus, StevenMacKinnon, Will Amos andStphaneLauzonwinning inHull-Aylmer,Gatineau, Pontiac andArgeneuil-LaPetite-Nation.