Windsor West (provincial electoral district)

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Windsor West
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
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Location in Windsor
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Lisa Gretzky
New Democratic
District created1996
First contested 1999
Last contested 2025
Demographics
Population (2016)122,990
Electors (2018)90,698
Area (km²)83
Pop. density (per km²)1,481.8
Census division(s) Essex
Census subdivision(s) Windsor

Windsor West (French : Windsor-Ouest) is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1975 since 1999.

Contents

The district consists of the part of the city of Windsor lying west and south of a line drawn from the U.S. border southeast along Langlois Avenue, east along Tecumseh Road East, and southeast along Pillette Road to the southern city limit.

Demographics

Average family income: $66,432 [1] (2001)
Median household income: $44,939 [2]
Unemployment: 9.2%
Language, mother tongue: English 66%, French 3%, Other 31%
Religion: Catholic 46%, Protestant 24%, Muslim 6%, Orthodox Christian 4%, Other Christian 4%, Buddhist 1%, No religious affiliation 13%, Other 2% [3]
Visible minority: Black 4%, Arab 4%, Chinese 4%, South Asian 3%, Southeast Asian 2%, Latin American 1%, Filipino 1%, Others 1%

History

Windsor West as a provincial electoral district was created for the 1926 Ontario general election when the Windsor district was divided into Windsor West and Windsor East.

It existed from 1967 to 1975. It was represented by Hugh Peacock and Dr. Ted Bounsall, both New Democrats.

In 1996, Premier Mike Harris and the Progressive Conservative government introduced legislation that changed provincial riding boundaries to match federal riding boundaries. This created the new provincial riding of Windsor West. It included parts of Windsor—Sandwich and Windsor—Walkerville.

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Provincial Parliament:

Windsor West
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
17th  1926–1929   John Frederick Reid Conservative
18th  1929–1934
Riding re-created
28th  1967–1971   Hugh Peacock New Democratic
29th  1971–1975 Ted Bounsall
Riding dissolved
Riding created from Windsor—Sandwich and Windsor—Walkerville
37th  1999–2003   Sandra Pupatello Liberal
38th  2003–2007
39th  2007–2011
40th  2011–2014 Teresa Piruzza
41st  2014–2018   Lisa Gretzky New Democratic
42nd  2018–2022
43rd  2022–2025
44th  2025–present

Election results

2025 Ontario general election
The 2025 general election will be held on February 27.
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
None of the Above Mark Dewdney
Progressive Conservative Tony Francis
Ontario Party Matthew Giancola
New Democratic Lisa Gretzky
New Blue Joshua Griffin
Green Nick Kolasky
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
2022 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Lisa Gretzky 13,39542.199.94$78,770
Progressive Conservative John Leontowicz11,21135.31+6.84$49,964
Liberal Linda L. McCurdy4,15913.101.61$15,222
Ontario Party Jeremy Palko1,4784.65 $14,028
Green Krysta Glovasky-Ridsdale8792.770.81$381
New Blue Joshua Griffin6301.98 $793
Total valid votes/expense limit31,75299.10+0.06$133,413
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots2870.90-0.06
Turnout32,03933.62-9.68
Eligible voters94,977
New Democratic hold Swing 8.39
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.
2018 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Lisa Gretzky 20,27652.12+10.85
Progressive Conservative Adam Ibrahim11,07328.47+14.00
Liberal Rino Bortolin5,72214.71-23.75
Green Krysta Glovasky-Ridsdale1,3933.58+0.25
None of the Above Chad Durocher4351.12
Total valid votes38,89999.04+0.45
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots3760.96-0.45
Turnout39,27543.30+0.59
Eligible voters90,698
New Democratic hold Swing
Source: Elections Ontario [4]
2014 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Lisa Gretzky 15,04341.41+10.44
Liberal Teresa Piruzza 14,00138.54-2.85
Progressive Conservative Henry Lau5,22514.38-10.32
Green Chad Durocher1,1713.22+0.26
Independent Helmi Charif8912.45-28.36
Total valid votes36,33198.59-0.79
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots5181.41+0.79
Turnout36,84942.71+1.14
Eligible voters86,285
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +6.65
Source: Elections Ontario [5]
2011 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Teresa Piruzza 14,12741.31-8.88
New Democratic Helmi Charif10,54430.83+5.16
Progressive Conservative Todd Branch8,47624.79+7.92
Green Chad Durocher1,0513.07-2.82
Total valid votes 34,19899.38
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots2130.62
Turnout34,41141.57
Eligible voters82,773
Liberal hold Swing -7.02
Source: Elections Ontario [6]
2007 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sandra Pupatello 16,82150.19-11.51
New Democratic Mariano Klimowicz8,60425.67+4.35
Progressive Conservative Lisa Lumley5,65216.86+5.26
Green Jason Richard Haney1,9745.89*
Family Coalition Daniel Joseph Dionne4631.38
Total valid votes33,514 100.00
  Liberal holdSwing-7.93

^ Change is from redistributed result

2003 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sandra Pupatello21,99362.52-2.98
New Democratic Yvette Blackburn7,38320.98+5.50
Progressive Conservative Derek Insley4,18711.90-4.83
Green Cary M. Lucier1,2333.50+2.37
Independent Enver Villamizar3861.10
Total valid votes35,182 100.00
1999 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Sandra Pupatello24,38865.50
Progressive Conservative David McCamon6,22916.73
New Democratic Liam McCarthy5,76215.48
Green Timothy Dugdale4201.13
Independent Robert Cruise2700.73
Libertarian Lynn Tobin1620.44
Total valid votes 37,231 100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
First Past the Post20,33862.9
Mixed member proportional12,01537.1
Total valid votes32,353100.0

Sources

  1. "CBC - Canada Votes 2004". Archived from the original on 2004-07-01.
  2. CTV.ca
  3. "Federal Electoral District Profile of Windsor West - Windsor-Ouest, Ontario (2003 Representation Order), 2001 Census". Archived from the original on 2006-06-15. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  4. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  5. Elections Ontario (2014). "General Election Results by District, 103 Windsor West" . Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  6. Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Windsor West" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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