Liberal Jenna Sudds re-elected in Kanata [Video]

The former Kanata-Carleton riding has given a large chunk of rural land to Carleton, but is projected to stay Liberal under Jenna Sudds.

The west Ottawa riding no longer stretches as far west as Renfrew County because of the independent review that followed the 2021 census.

The newly named Kanata includes much of the former city of the same name, plus Bells Corners.

Kanata-Carleton — itself significantly redrawn before the 2015 election — voted Liberal in its three elections between the boundary changes.

Sudds was elected federally for the first time in 2021, serving as minister of families, children and social development until Mark Carney’s cabinet shuffle.

Before that, she was a city councillor and a business association director in the area.

Five candidates ran this time.