Windsor—Tecumseh
Ontario electoral district | |||
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Windsor—Tecumseh in relation to the other southwestern Ontario ridings | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
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District created | 2003 | ||
First contested | 2004 | ||
Last contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 115,528 | ||
Electors (2015) | 86,351 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 174 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 664 | ||
Census divisions | Essex | ||
Census subdivisions | Windsor, Tecumseh |
Windsor—Tecumseh is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
Geography
Windsor—Tecumseh consists of the Town of Tecumseh, and the part of the City of Windsor lying east and north 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.
History
Windsor—St. Clair was created in 1987 as "Windsor—Lake St. Clair" from parts of Essex—Windsor and Windsor—Walkerville ridings. In 1989, the riding's name was changed to "Windsor—St. Clair". It was also a provincial riding for the 1999 and 2003 Ontario provincial elections.
Windsor—Tecumseh was created in 2003 from parts of Essex and the Windsor—St. Clair ridings.
This riding was left unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Demographics
- According to the Canada 2011 Census
Ethnic groups: 84.7% White, 3.7% Black, 3.2% Arab, 2.1% Aboriginal 1.7% South Asian, 1.3% Filipino
Languages: 76.0% English, 4.3% French, 2.6% Italian, 2.6% Arabic, 1.7% Serbian, 1.4% Polish, 1.1% Romanian, 1.1% Spanish
Religions: 75.7% Christian (47.4% Catholic, 5.6% Anglican, 4.9% Orthodox, 3.9% United Church, 1.7% Presbyterian, 1.7% Baptist, 1.0% Lutheran), 3.1% Muslim, 19.3 No religion
Median income (2005): $28,666
Members of Parliament
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Windsor—Lake St. Clair Riding created from Essex—Windsor and Windsor—Walkerville |
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34th | 1988–1993 | Howard McCurdy | New Democratic | |
Windsor—St. Clair | ||||
35th | 1993–1997 | Shaughnessy Cohen | Liberal | |
36th | 1997–1999 | |||
1999–2000 | Rick Limoges | |||
37th | 2000–2004 | Joe Comartin | New Democratic | |
Windsor—Tecumseh | ||||
38th | 2004–2006 | Joe Comartin | New Democratic | |
39th | 2006–2008 | |||
40th | 2008–2011 | |||
41st | 2011–2015 | |||
42nd | 2015–Present | Cheryl Hardcastle |
Election results
Windsor—Tecumseh
Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Cheryl Hardcastle | 23,215 | 43.52 | -6.4 | – | |||
Conservative | Jo-Anne Gignac | 14,656 | 27.47 | -6.08 | – | |||
Liberal | Frank Schiller | 14,177 | 26.58 | +13.64 | – | |||
Green | David Momotiuk | 1,047 | 1.96 | -1.08 | – | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Laura Chesnik | 249 | 0.47 | -0.07 | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 53,344 | 100.0 | $225,623.23 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 209 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 53,553 | – | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 87,644 | |||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | -0.37 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[3][4] |
Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Joe Comartin | 22,235 | 49.92 | +1.22 | $72,370 | |||
Conservative | Denise Ghanam | 14,945 | 33.55 | +9.63 | – | |||
Liberal | Irek Kusmierczyk | 5,764 | 12.94 | -8.02 | – | |||
Green | Kyle Prestanski | 1,354 | 3.04 | -3.36 | – | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Laura Chesnik | 242 | 0.54 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 44,540 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 232 | 0.52 | -0.06 | |||||
Turnout | 44,772 | 53.46 | + 2.81 | |||||
Eligible voters | 83,748 | – | – |
Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Joe Comartin | 20,914 | 48.70 | +4.08 | $67,619 | |||
Conservative | Denise Ghanam | 10,276 | 23.92 | -1.40 | $15,626 | |||
Liberal | Steve Mastroianni | 9,005 | 20.96 | -5.47 | $49,645 | |||
Green | Kyle Prestanski | 2,749 | 6.40 | +3.17 | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 42,944 | 100.00 | $88,944 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 252 | 0.58 | +0.07 | |||||
Turnout | 43,196 | 50.65 | -9.56 | |||||
New Democratic Party hold | Swing | +2.74 |
Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
New Democratic | Joe Comartin | 22,646 | 44.62 | +2.77 | ||||
Liberal | Bruck Easton | 13,412 | 26.43 | -8.44 | ||||
Conservative | Rick Fuschi | 12,852 | 25.32 | +4.80 | ||||
Green | Catherine Pluard | 1,644 | 3.23 | -0.13 | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Laura Chesnik | 193 | 0.38 | 0.00 | ||||
Total valid votes | 50,747 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 261 | 0.51 | -0.24 | |||||
Turnout | 51,008 | 60.21 | +2.63 |
Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
New Democratic | Joe Comartin | 20,037 | 41.85 | |||||
Liberal | Rick Limoges | 16,219 | 33.87 | |||||
Conservative | Rick Fuschi | 9,827 | 20.52 | |||||
Green | Elizabeth Powles | 1,613 | 3.36 | |||||
Marxist–Leninist | Laura Chesnik | 182 | 0.38 | |||||
Total valid votes | 47,878 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 362 | 0.75 | ||||||
Turnout | 48,240 | 57.58 |
Windsor—St. Clair
Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
New Democratic Party | Joe Comartin | 17,001 | ||||||
Liberal | Rick Limoges | 16,600 | ||||||
Canadian Alliance | Phillip Pettinato | 5,639 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Bruck Easton | 1,906 | ||||||
Green | Stephen Lockwood | 390 | ||||||
Marxist-Leninist | Dale Woodyard | 95 |
By-election on April 12, 1999 death of Shaughnessy Cohen | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Liberal | Rick Limoges | 13,891 | |||
New Democratic Party | Joe Comartin | 13,800 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Bruck Easton | 2,074 | |||
Reform | Scott Cowan | 1,956 | |||
Unknown | John Turmel | 106 |
Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Shaughnessy Cohen | 16,496 | ||||||
New Democratic Party | Joe Comartin | 14,237 | ||||||
Reform | Harold Downs | 5,899 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Bruck Easton | 4,253 | ||||||
Green | Timothy Dugdale | 357 | ||||||
Marxist-Leninist | Dale Woodyard | 115 |
Canadian federal election, 1993 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Shaughnessy Cohen | 22,958 | ||||||
New Democratic Party | Howard McCurdy | 8,871 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Tom Porter | 4,553 | ||||||
Reform | Greg Novini | 4,153 | ||||||
Green | Stephen Harvey | 379 | ||||||
Natural Law | Stephanie Moniatowicz | 194 | ||||||
Marxist-Leninist | Dale Woodyard | 61 | ||||||
Abolitionist | Ayesha F. Bharmal | 52 |
Windsor—Lake St. Clair
Canadian federal election, 1988 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
New Democratic Party | Howard McCurdy | 18,915 | ||||||
Liberal | Shaughnessy Cohen | 16,192 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Bruck Easton | 8,453 |
See also
References
- "(Code 35101) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
- 2011 results from Elections Canada
Notes
Coordinates: 42°17′35″N 82°54′00″W / 42.293°N 82.900°W