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MPP Yasir Naqvi took the stage on election night to chants of “four more years,” from his Liberal supporters and four more years it is, as Ottawa Centre firmly held to its red stripes.
Look up at the street lamps while walking down Somerset Street West this time next year and you may see one of the following public art pieces: coloured lamps mimicking the flashes of a firefly, ropes bunched together like noodles strung over the road or neon-electric strings suspended in a hanging cube like a cat's cradle.
Will Campbell, Centretown NewsArtist Ryan Stec proposed "Mesh" for Somerset's public art installation.
Ottawa Centre has held onto its red stripes, with incumbent Liberal MPP Yasir Naqvi comfortably holding on to his seat in Queen’s Park.
More than 6,300 voters cast ballots in Ottawa Centre in advance polls for Thursday’s provincial election, giving the riding the second highest advance voter turnout in Ottawa, according to Elections Ontario.