Windsor—Tecumseh

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		Party
Windsor—Lake St. Clair Riding created from Essex—Windsor and Windsor—Walkerville
34th	1988–1993	Howard McCurdy	New Democratic
Windsor—St. Clair
35th	1993–1997	Shaughnessy Cohen	Liberal
36th	1997–1999	Shaughnessy Cohen
36th	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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on April 12, 1999 death of Shaughnessy Cohen
	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
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
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
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic Party	Howard McCurdy	18,915
	Liberal	Shaughnessy Cohen	16,192
	Progressive Conservative	Bruck Easton	8,453

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

Federal ridings in Southwestern Ontario

Conservative	Chatham-Kent—Leamington Elgin—Middlesex—London Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Sarnia—Lambton

New Democratic	Essex London—Fanshawe Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Liberal	London North Centre London West

Federal ridings in Ontario

Central Ontario

Eastern Ontario

S Durham & York

Southwestern Durham	Ajax Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Whitby

Southern York	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge

City of Toronto
(Suburbs & Downtown)

Scarborough	Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest

Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston

Etobicoke	Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North

Cities of Brampton & Mississauga

Brampton	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West

Mississauga	Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville

Southern Halton,
Hamilton and Niagara

Southwestern Halton	Burlington Milton Oakville Oakville North—Burlington

City of Hamilton	Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

Niagara	Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West St. Catharines

See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario

Coordinates: 42°17′35″N 82°54′00″W / 42.293°N 82.900°W / 42.293; -82.900

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