Windsor West (provincial electoral district)

Windsor West

Ontario electoral district
File:Windsor West.png Windsor West in relation to the other southwestern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Lisa Gretzky New Democratic
District created	1996
First contested	1999
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2006)	122,219
Electors (2011)	84,245
Area (km²)	83
Pop. density (per km²)	1,472.5
Census divisions	Essex
Census subdivisions	Windsor

For the federal electoral district, see Windsor West

Windsor West 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

Average family income: $66,432 (2001)
Median household income: $44,939
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%
Visible minority: Black 4%, Arab 4%, Chinese 4%, South Asian 3%, Southeast Asian 2%, Latin American 1%, Filipino 1%, Others 1%

History

Windsor West was a provincial electoral district that 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 Member of Provincial Parliament:

Windsor West
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding 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	Liberal
41st	2014–Present		Lisa Gretzky	New Democratic

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Lisa Gretzky	14,998	41.27	+10.44
	Liberal	Teresa Piruzza	13,976	38.46	-2.85
	Progressive Conservative	Henry Lau	5,260	14.47	-10.32
	Green	Chad Durocher	1,210	3.33	+0.26
	Independent	Helmi Charif	897	2.47	-28.36
Total valid votes			36,341	100.0
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.65
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2011
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	100.00
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

Ontario general election, 2007
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

Ontario general election, 2003
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
Total valid votes			34,796	100.00

Ontario general election, 1999
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
Total valid votes			36,799	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
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

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results