Tyler Watt (born September 21, 1990) is a Canadian politician who was elected as a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in the 2025 Ontario general election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Nepean as a member of the Ontario Liberal Party.
Watt, a registered nurse, is openly gay.[2] He previously ran in the same district in the 2022 Ontario general election, losing narrowly to Lisa MacLeod,[3] before winning the seat in 2025 after MacLeod retired from the legislature.
Electoral record
| 2025 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Tyler Watt | 22,683 | 48.5 | +14.0 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alex Lewis | 17,962 | 38.4 | –0.9 | ||||
| New Democratic | Max Blair | 4,116 | 8.8 | –10.5 | ||||
| Green | Sheilagh McLean | 887 | 1.9 | –2.0 | ||||
| New Blue | John Kovach | 485 | 1.0 | –1.2 | ||||
| Ontario Party | Carmen Charbonneau | 385 | 0.8 | –0.1 | ||||
| Independent | Peter Westaway | 223 | 0.5 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 45.5 | –0.4 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 102,744 | |||||||
| 2022 Ontario general election: Nepean | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Lisa MacLeod | 17,123 | 39.26 | −5.87 | $56,906 | |||
| Liberal | Tyler Watt | 15,029 | 34.46 | +14.85 | $68,470 | |||
| New Democratic | Brian Double | 8,435 | 19.34 | −9.19 | $5,327 | |||
| Green | Kaitlyn Tremblay | 1,696 | 3.89 | −1.28 | $381 | |||
| New Blue | Kathleen Corriveau | 964 | 2.21 | $4,503 | ||||
| Ontario Party | Bryan Emmerson | 370 | 0.85 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 43,617 | 99.43 | +0.33 | $134,511 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 249 | 0.57 | -0.33 | |||||
| Turnout | 43,866 | 45.89 | -12.84 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 96,076 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −10.36 | ||||||
Source(s)
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References
- ^ "Ontario Election 2025: Liberal Tyler Watt takes Nepean". Ottawa Citizen, February 27, 2025.
- ^ Aaron D'Andrea, "Blood donation ban on men who have sex with men can end: Health Canada". Global News, April 28, 2022.
- ^ James Bagnall, "Ontario election 2022: PC Lisa MacLeod secures win in Nepean". Ottawa Citizen, June 3, 2022.
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