Ontario election: Who is running in eastern Ontario

The Ontario election is set to begin on Wednesday after the41stParliament of the Province of Ontario was dissolved yesterday. But since the last provincial election in 2014, quite a bit has changed in eastern Ontario.

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The region has twonew ridings:

• The rural Ottawa riding of Carleton, whichincludes Stittsville, Richmond, Munster in the west and also Greely and Metcalfe in the east.
• The riding of HastingsLennox and Addington, which incorporates parts of the old ridings ofLanarkFrontenacLennox and Addingtonand Prince EdwardHastings, including the north end of the City of Belleville.

In addition to the new ridings, five ridings in the region also have new names and altered borders.

• LeedsGrenville is now LeedsGrenvilleThousand Islands and Rideau Lakes.
• Carleton-Mississippi Mills is now KanataCarleton.
• NepeanCarleton has transferred most of itsrural portion to Carleton and is now simply called Nepean.
• OttawaOrlans is now Orlans.
• Prince EdwardHastings is now Bay of Quinte.

Even ridings that have kept their names have had some changes to their borders as the province moved from 107 ridings to 124.

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Check out our riding map for alook at the riding in your area and the candidates running.

(The names of incumbents running again, regardless of party affiliation,are italicized.)

As we profile each riding, we'll also link to those stories in the map.