Joe Comartin

Joseph John Comartin
Member of Parliament for Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor—St. Clair (2000–2004)
Incumbent
Assumed office 2000
Preceded by	Rick Limoges
Personal details
Born	December 26, 1947 (1947-12-26) Stoney Point, Ontario
Political party	New Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Maureen Comartin
Residence	Windsor
Profession	lawyer, managing director

Joseph John "Joe" Comartin (born December 26, 1947 in Stoney Point, Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. Comartin joined the New Democratic Party in 1969.

A civil litigation lawyer based in Windsor, Ontario, Comartin enjoyed strong support from local union members when he ran for a seat in the House of Commons, but narrowly lost in the 1997 general election and in a 1999 by-election.

He won the seat in the 2000 election, becoming the first federal NDP candidate to win a seat in Ontario in ten years (Mike Breaugh of Oshawa had been the last to win in a 1990 by-election ). He was re-elected in the 2004 election and the 2006 election.

Comartin stood as a candidate in the leadership of the NDP in 2003, and finished fourth.

He is the Opposition House Leader as of October 18th, 2011

--24.150.143.189 (talk) 13:12, 23 December 2011 (UTC)==Electoral record==

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

By-election: On Cohen's death:

By-election on 12 April 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
	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, 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

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

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, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Joe Comartin	20,045	48.9%	+4.3%	$67,619
	Conservative	Denise Ghanam	9,826	24.0%	-1.3 %	$15,626
	Liberal	Steve Mastroianni	8,494	20.7%	-6.4%	49,645
	Green	Kyle Prestanski	2,649	6.6%	+3.4%
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,014	100%		$88,944
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				%

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Joe Comartin	22,224	49.90%	+1.20%	-
	Conservative	Denise Ghanam	14,954	33.57%	+9.65%	-
	Liberal	Irek Kusmierczyk	5,764	12.94%	-8.02%	-
	Green	Kyle Prestanski	1,354	3.04%	-3.54%	-
	Marxist–Leninist	Laura Chesnik	244	0.55%	+0.55%	-
Total valid votes			44,540	100.00%	-

External links

• Official site
• How'd They Vote?: Joe Comartin's voting history and quotes
• Joe Comartin - Parliament of Canada biography