Its first MPP, Merrilee Fullerton resigned in 2023, triggering a by-election.

[3] The Liberals won the by-election, replacing the Progressive Conservatives after decades of straight wins in the area.

[4] The riding roughly covers the Ottawa suburb of Kanata and the rural West Carleton-March Ward, including the communities of Carp, Constance Bay, Corkery, Dunrobin, Fitzroy Harbour, Galetta, Kinburn and Marathon Village.

The riding covers an area within a boundary defined as follows: Western limit of Ottawa starting at Highway 7.

SE along the Carp River to the SW section of Spearman Lane.