June 2024 – February 2025

Carleton 2025

Past Ontario Liberal Party candidate for Carleton

Ontario Liberal Party candidate for my home riding. Using my background in housing advocacy and health tech to make a difference at a time when housing and healthcare are in crisis.

Votes: 20,335; Runner-up in Carleton
Share of vote: 38.57%; +11.68 points over 2022 Liberal result
Above OLP province-wide: +8.62 points; Outperformed ~29.95% provincial Liberal share
Polls won: 12; Individual polling divisions across the riding

In the 2025 provincial election, I ran as the Ontario Liberal Party candidate in Carleton.

An enormous riding, Carleton includes Stittsville, Riverside South, Findlay Creek, Manotick, Richmond, and the former townships of Goulbourn, Marlborough, North Gower, and Osgoode. By area, it covers nearly half (43%) of the City of Ottawa.

The campaign built on years of housing advocacy, community leadership, and grassroots engagement. The Carleton Provincial Liberal Association members and I shared a conviction that evidence-based policy, respectful engagement, and positive politics can reach a riding that had previously seemed out of reach.

We earned 20,335 votes and finished a strong second, the best Ontario Liberal result in Carleton since 1987. We significantly closed the gap with the Progressive Conservatives, won a dozen polls across diverse neighbourhoods, and strongly out-performed the party's province-wide result.

What we ran on

Housing affordability
Healthcare access and modern digital services
Strong public education and affordable childcare
Climate mitigation and resilient infrastructure
Social services that meet people where they are
Economic growth that rewards work and innovation

2025 election results

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	±
Progressive Conservative	George DarouzeProgressive Conservative	26,158	49.61%	+1.46
Liberal	Brandon BayLiberal	20,335	38.57%	+11.68
New Democrat	Sherin FailiNew Democrat	3,763	7.14%	−8.53
Green	Mystic PlauntGreen	956	1.81%	−3.67
… 4 more registered candidates
… 4 more registered candidates

Ballots cast: 52,722
Turnout: 47.10%
Eligible voters: 112,480

Source: Elections Ontario

Twelve polls won

The campaign won 12 individual polling divisions across Carleton:

Both polls in Findlay Creek
Two polls each in Stittsville and Riverside South, including both polls of new housing developments
Four senior living communities across Stittsville, Manotick, and Marionville
The advance voting days in Riverside South
Mailed-in ballots

Another 5 polls in Riverside South and Stittsville were lost by just 43 votes or less, and we improved our share of the vote in every polling station. It's proof that there is appetite for change across suburban Ottawa, new-build communities, and rural villages alike.