Ridings and Issues
Get to Know a Riding #10 - Spadina-Fort YorkBoth the red and the orange signs have a chance in this riding: Liberal incumbent Adam Vaughan is up against NDP candidate Olivia Chow. Vaughan won the seat at a 2014 byelection when Chow left to join the mayoralty race. Before he became an MP, he was a Toronto city councillor who represented Trinity-Spadina. Meanwhile Chow, widow of former NDP and Opposition Leader Jack Layton, won the riding for Trinity-Spadina in 2006, 2008, and 2011. Her stepson Mike Layton is the city councillor for the area.
Posted by CTV News on Friday, October 16, 2015
Facebook Exclusives - Riding Profiles
Elmwood-Transcona
Calgary Centre
Victoria
Get to Know a Riding #9 - VictoriaA former CBC radio host is running for the Green Party in Victoria, and she may be one of the party's best chances for another seat in Parliament.
Posted by CTV News on Thursday, October 15, 2015
Mount Royal
Get to Know a Riding #6 - Mount RoyalMount Royal MP Irwin Cotler recently retired after 16 years, leaving the Montreal seat wide open. The riding sees two popular local politicians in the race-- the current and the former mayors of Côte-St-Luc.
Posted by CTV News on Thursday, October 15, 2015
Lethbridge
Ahuntsic-Cartierville
Get to Know a Riding #2Montreal’s re-drawn Ahuntsic-Cartierville riding doesn’t fall short when it comes to interesting candidates. In 2006, under the Bloc Québécois banner, MP Maria Mourani broke the Liberal stronghold in Ahuntsic. She was expelled from the BQ in 2013, and is now running for the NDP. The Conservative candidate was criticized for controversial Facebook comments he made in 2014, and the Liberals are running a former mayoral candidate. Each candidate has different priorities for the multi-ethnic riding.
Posted by CTV News on Monday, October 12, 2015
Egmont
Get to Know a Riding # 8 - EgmontEgmont is one of four federal P.E.I. ridings – and the one not held by a Liberal MP. The 2008 Conservative win was a big change for the riding that had been red since 1980. A battle often thought to be fought between the Liberals and Conservatives could turn into a three-way race with the return to politics of a popular NDP candidate.
Posted by CTV News on Thursday, October 15, 2015
Eglinton-Lawrence
Avalon
Vancouver Granville
Get to Know a Riding # 9 - Vancouver GranvilleVancouver Granville. This entirely new riding is anyone’s game. Created from pieces of Vancouver Kingsway, Quadra, South Centre, the area is known for its massive mansions and high-income voters. Despite its inhabitants, affordable housing is still a hot-button issue for this Metro Vancouver riding. Find out why it could be a close race…
Posted by CTV News on Friday, October 16, 2015
Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa
Get to Know a Riding #6 - Dauphin-Swan River-NeepawaManitoba’s Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa has some seasoned candidates in the running. The Assembly of First Nations identified this Conservative rural area as one of 51 swing ridings where the Aboriginal vote could make a difference. About a quarter of the population is Aboriginal, and the AFN says on-reserve voter turnout was about 40% for the last federal election.
Posted by CTV News on Thursday, October 15, 2015
Regina—Lewvan
Etobicoke North
Get to Know a Riding #3 - Etobicoke NorthEtobicoke North is also known as Ford Nation. Former mayor Rob Ford and his brother Doug have both represented the Ward 2 - Etobicoke at City Hall. The ‘Sons of Etobicoke’ welcomed Stephen Harper to the riding on a campaign stop Tuesday. Despite the working class Rexdale base of the riding and the former mayor’s personal popularity, the riding has had a Liberal MP for almost 30 years. Can the Liberals hold onto this stronghold?
Posted by CTV News on Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Burnaby North-Seymour
Get to Know a Riding - Burnaby North-SeymourBurnaby North-Seymour, a new urban riding in Metro Vancouver, has been one to watch this election. It was created from portions of North Vancouver, a riding that had previously elected a Conservative MP, and Burnaby-Douglas, an NDP stronghold since 1988.
Posted by CTV News on Thursday, October 15, 2015
CTV National News - Issues and Key Ridings
Surrey-Newton
Sept. 18, 2015: Melanie Nagy, Vancouver Bureau Chief, reports on a citizens' crime prevention unit that patrols the streets of Surrey, where they have been high-profile murders and gang drug wars. All three main party leaders have visited the riding. Two leaders have promised more policing, but some residents say social services are also a part of the solution to keeping their community safe.
Oct. 16, Winnipeg: Jill Macyshon reports on the so-called 'Sandwich Generation' of people carrying for old and younger family members. What are they hoping to hear from the politicians in this campaign?
Dorval-Lachine-LaSalle
Sept. 25, 2015: Genevieve Beauchemin reports from Dorval, Que., where voters are wondering party leaders have to say about infrastructure improvements.
Toronto Centre
Oct. 5, 2015: John Vennavally-Rao reports from Toronto-Centre, a riding like many others, where childcare is a top issue for families who say they have to pinch pennies every month.
