Windsor—Tecumseh (federal electoral district)

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 Windsor—St. Clair ridings.

This riding was left unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be renamed Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore at the first election held after approximately April 2024. The riding will gain the part of Lakeshore north of the 401 and west of the Puce River (Pike Creek and Elmstead areas) from Essex.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 75.9% White, 5.4% Arab, 4.6% Black, 3.2% South Asian, 3.1% Aboriginal, 1.7% West Asian, 1.4% Filipino, 1.4% Latin American, 1.2% Chinese
Languages: 72.2% English, 4% Arabic, 2.6% French, 2.2% Serbo-Croatian, 1.8% Italian, 1.5% Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, 1.3% Serbian, 1.2% Spanish, 1% Polish
Religions: 65.1% Christian (39.6% Catholic, 4.3% Eastern Orthodox, 3.6% Anglican, 2.5% United Church, 1.4% Baptist, 1.4% Pentecostal and other Charismatic, 1% Presbyterian), 27.1 No religion, 4.6% Muslim, 1.3 Hindu
Median income (2020): $40,400

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	2015–2019	Cheryl Hardcastle
43rd	2019–2021	Irek Kusmierczyk	Liberal
44th	2021–present	Irek Kusmierczyk	Liberal

Election results

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Graph of election results in Windsor—Tecumseh (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore

2021 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	19,019	30.88
	New Democratic	18,660	30.30
	Conservative	16,650	27.03
	People's	6,339	10.29
	Green	744	1.21
	Others	181	0.29

Windsor—Tecumseh

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Irek Kusmierczyk	18,134	31.8	-1.6	$87,942.33
	New Democratic	Cheryl Hardcastle	17,465	30.7	-1.6	$84,009.14
	Conservative	Kathy Borrelli	14,605	25.6	-2.2	$19,138.69
	People's	Victor Green	5,927	10.4	+8.1	none listed
	Green	Henry Oulevey	682	1.2	-2.6	$0.00
	Marxist–Leninist	Laura Chesnik	164	0.3	±0.0	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			56,977	99.1	–	$112,129.36
Total rejected ballots			500	0.9
Turnout			57,477	60.9
Eligible voters			94,424
	Liberal hold		Swing		±0.0
Source: Elections Canada

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Irek Kusmierczyk	19,046	33.44	+6.86	$88,762.63
	New Democratic	Cheryl Hardcastle	18,417	32.33	-11.18	$73,796.66
	Conservative	Leo Demarce	15,851	27.83	+0.36	$52,162.20
	Green	Giovanni Abati	2,177	3.82	+1.86	$4,227.38
	People's	Dan Burr	1,279	2.25	-	$4,172.76
	Marxist–Leninist	Laura Chesnik	187	0.33	-0.14	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			56,957	100.0
Total rejected ballots			539
Turnout			57,496
Eligible voters			95,668
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+9.02
Source: Elections Canada

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Cheryl Hardcastle	23,215	43.52	-6.4	$65,250.45
	Conservative	Jo-Anne Gignac	14,656	27.47	-6.08	$158,331.11
	Liberal	Frank Schiller	14,177	26.58	+13.64	$40,870.68
	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		$226,117.46
Total rejected ballots			209	–	–
Turnout			53,553	–	–
Eligible voters			87,644
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-0.37
Source: Elections Canada

2011 Canadian federal election
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	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
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

2006 Canadian federal election
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

2004 Canadian federal election
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

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Joe Comartin	17,001	40.84	-2.52
	Liberal	Rick Limoges	16,600	39.87	-3.78
	Alliance	Philip Pettinato	5,639	13.55	+7.40
	Progressive Conservative	Bruck Easton	1,906	4.58	-1.96
	Green	Stephen Lockwood	390	0.94
	Marxist–Leninist	Dale Woodyard	95	0.23

Canadian federal by-election, April 12, 1999: Windsor—St. Clair Death of Shaughnessy Cohen
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rick Limoges	13,891	43.65	+3.76
	New Democratic	Joe Comartin	13,800	43.36	+8.94
	Progressive Conservative	Bruck Easton	2,074	6.52	-3.76
	Reform	San Cowan	1,956	6.15	-8.11
	Unknown	John Turmel	106	0.33

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Shaughnessy Cohen	16,496	39.89	-15.94
	New Democratic	Joe Comartin	14,237	34.42	+12.85
	Reform	Harold Downs	5,899	14.26	+4.16
	Progressive Conservative	Bruck Easton	4,253	10.28	-0.79
	Green	Timothy Dugdale	357	0.86	-0.06
	Marxist–Leninist	Dale Woodyard	115	0.28	+0.13

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Shaughenessy Cohen	22,958	55.83	+12.41
	New Democratic	Howard McCurdy	8,871	21.57	-15.60
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Porter	4.553	11.07	-8.34
	Reform	Greg Novini	4,153	10.10
	Green	Steven Harvey	379	0.92
	Natural Law	Stephanie Moniatowicz	194	0.47
	Marxist–Leninist	Dale Woodyard	61	0.15
	Abolitionist	Ayesha F. Bharmal	52	0.13

Windsor—Lake St. Clair

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic Party	Howard McCurdy	18,915	43.42
	Liberal	Shaughnessy Cohen	16,192	37.17
	Progressive Conservative	Bruck Easton	8,453	19.41

References

"Windsor—Tecumseh (federal electoral district) (Code 35101) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
2011 results from Elections Canada

Notes

Statistics Canada: 2022
Statistics Canada: 2022
"New Federal Electoral Map for Ontario".
"Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
"September 20, 2021 General Election Results: Windsor—Tecumseh". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
"List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
"Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Windsor—Tecumseh, 30 September 2015
Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

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Liberal	London North Centre London West Windsor—Tecumseh
New Democratic	London—Fanshawe Windsor West

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