Windsor West (provincial electoral district)

Windsor West
Ontario electoral district
	Location in Windsor
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Lisa Gretzky; New Democratic
;
District created	1996
First contested	1999
Last contested	2022
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.

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

This riding has elected the following members of Provincial Parliament:

Windsor West
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
17th	1926–1929		John Frederick Reid	Conservative
18th	1929–1934		John Frederick Reid	Conservative
*Riding re-created*
28th	1967–1971		Hugh Peacock	New Democratic
29th	1971–1975		Ted Bounsall	New Democratic
*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–present

Election results[edit]

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Lisa Gretzky	13,395	42.19	−9.94	$78,770
	Progressive Conservative	John Leontowicz	11,211	35.31	+6.84	$49,964
	Liberal	Linda L. McCurdy	4,159	13.10	−1.61	$15,222
	Ontario Party	Jeremy Palko	1,478	4.65		$14,028
	Green	Krysta Glovasky-Ridsdale	879	2.77	−0.81	$381
	New Blue	Joshua Griffin	630	1.98		$793
Total valid votes/Expense limit			31,752	99.10	+0.06	$133,413
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			287	0.90	-0.06
Turnout			32,039	33.62	-9.68
Eligible voters			94,977
	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
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lisa Gretzky	20,276	52.12	+10.85
	Progressive Conservative	Adam Ibrahim	11,073	28.47	+14.00
	Liberal	Rino Bortolin	5,722	14.71	-23.75
	Green	Krysta Glovasky-Ridsdale	1,393	3.58	+0.25
	None of the Above	Chad Durocher	435	1.12
Total valid votes			38,899	99.04	+0.45
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			376	0.96	-0.45
Turnout			39,275	43.30	+0.59
Eligible voters			90,698
	New Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lisa Gretzky	15,043	41.41	+10.44
	Liberal	Teresa Piruzza	14,001	38.54	-2.85
	Progressive Conservative	Henry Lau	5,225	14.38	-10.32
	Green	Chad Durocher	1,171	3.22	+0.26
	Independent	Helmi Charif	891	2.45	-28.36
Total valid votes			36,331	98.59	-0.79
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			518	1.41	+0.79
Turnout			36,849	42.71	+1.14
Eligible voters			86,285
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.65
Source: Elections Ontario^[5]

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Teresa Piruzza	14,127	41.31	-8.88
	New Democratic	Helmi Charif	10,544	30.83	+5.16
	Progressive Conservative	Todd Branch	8,476	24.79	+7.92
	Green	Chad Durocher	1,051	3.07	-2.82
Total valid votes			34,198	99.38
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			213	0.62
Turnout			34,411	41.57
Eligible voters			82,773
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.02
Source: Elections Ontario^[6]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sandra Pupatello	16,821	50.19	-11.51
	New Democratic	Mariano Klimowicz	8,604	25.67	+4.35
	Progressive Conservative	Lisa Lumley	5,652	16.86	+5.26
	Green	Jason Richard Haney	1,974	5.89	*
	Family Coalition	Daniel Joseph Dionne	463	1.38
Total valid votes			33,514	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.93

^ Change is from redistributed result

2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sandra Pupatello	21,993	62.52	-2.98
	New Democratic	Yvette Blackburn	7,383	20.98	+5.50
	Progressive Conservative	Derek Insley	4,187	11.90	-4.83
	Green	Cary M. Lucier	1,233	3.50	+2.37
	Independent	Enver Villamizar	386	1.10
Total valid votes			35,182	100.00

1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Sandra Pupatello	24,388	65.50
	Progressive Conservative	David McCamon	6,229	16.73
	New Democratic	Liam McCarthy	5,762	15.48
	Green	Timothy Dugdale	420	1.13
	Independent	Robert Cruise	270	0.73
	Libertarian	Lynn Tobin	162	0.44
Total valid votes			37,231	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum[edit]

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	20,338	62.9
	Mixed member proportional	12,015	37.1
	Total valid votes	32,353	100.0

Sources[edit]

^ "CBC - Canada Votes 2004". Archived from the original on 2004-07-01.
^ CTV.ca
^ "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.
^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
^ Elections Ontario (2014). "General Election Results by District, 103 Windsor West". Retrieved 13 June 2014.
^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Windsor West" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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[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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