Windsor—Tecumseh

Windsor—Tecumseh
Ontario electoral district
Windsor—Tecumseh in relation to the other southwestern Ontario ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Joe Comartin
NDP
District created 2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2006
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006) 118,478
Electors (2011) 85,287
Area (km²) 174
Pop. density (per km²) 680.9
Census divisions Essex
Census subdivisions Windsor, Tecumseh

Windsor—Tecumseh is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

It was created in 2003 from parts of Essex and Windsor—St. Clair ridings.

It 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.

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Members of Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
38th 2004–2006     Joe Comartin New Democratic
39th 2006–2008
40th 2008–2011
41st 2011–present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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
Turnout 51,008 60.21
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %
     New Democrat 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

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