Back to the polls for voters in OttawaVanier

For the busy voters of OttawaVanier, it's back to the ballot box again.

Since the last federal election in 2015, the Ottawa riding has seen a provincial vote, a municipal campaign andbyelections at all three levels,if you count the part that makes up the city's Rideau-Rockcliffe ward.

Federally, Mona Fortier kept theseat for the Liberals in an April 2017 byelection, with more than 51per cent of the vote.

The riding has elected a Liberal in every federal election since it was created in 1933.

Fortier faces:

• Independent Joel Altman;
• Former New Brunswick MLA and current policy adviser Joel Bernard for the Conservatives;
• Former public servant and veteran Paul Durst for the People's Party;
• Christian Legeais of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada;
• Independent Daniel McHugh;
• Overdose Prevention Ottawa co-founderStphanie Mercierfor the NDP;
• Derek Miller of the Rhinocerous Party;
• Green Party candidateOriana Ngabirano, who ran in that RideauRockcliffe byelection and runs Ottawa's Healthy Transportation Coalition;
• Feminist Canadian art historian Michelle Paquette of the Communist Party.

Candidates are included in this riding profile once they've beenlisted as a confirmed candidateby Elections Canada, chosenas the winner of a nomination contestor who were the chosen candidate by a party that got at least one per cent of the national popular vote in 2015.

OttawaVanierin the 2017 byelection

Candidate questionnaires

CBC Ottawa sent every candidate running in eastern Ontario or western Quebec seven questions via their party or a publicly available email address.

They were asked to stick to 25 to 100 word answers, depending on the questions.

Theiranswers have not been edited by CBC.

Paul Durst

Mona Fortier

Stphanie Mercier