Windsor West

Windsor West

Ontario electoral district
Windsor West in relation to the other southwestern Ontario ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Brian Masse NDP
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population ({{{demo-census-date}}})	122,219
Electors (2011)	84,245
Area (km²)	83
Pop. density (per km²)	1,472.5
Census divisions	Essex
Census subdivisions	Windsor

For the provincial electoral district, see Windsor West (provincial electoral district).

Windsor West is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.

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

History

Windsor West riding was created in 1966 from parts of Essex East and Essex West ridings.

It consisted initially of the part of the City of Windsor and the Township of Sandwich West bounded on the west by the U.S. border, and on the north, east and west by a line drawn from the border east along County Road 28, north along Malden Road, east along Malden Road South, south along Huron Church Line Road, east along Cabana Road, north along Howard Avenue, west along the C.P.R. line, northwest along McDougall Avenue, east along Tecumseh Boulevard East, north along Elsmere Avenue, west along Elliott Street East, and north along Marentette Avenue to the border.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Windsor bounded on the west by the U.S. border, and on the north, east and west by a line drawn from the border south along Langlois Avenue, west along Tecumseh Boulevard East, south along McDougall Street, east along the Canadian Pacific Railway, south along Howard Avenue, and west along Cabana Road to the southwest city limit.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Windsor lying south and west of a line drawn from the U.S. border south along Langlois Avenue, west along Tecumseh Road East, south along McDougall Street, east along to the Canadian Pacific Railway line, and south along the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway line to the southern city limit.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Windsor lying south and west of a line drawn from the U.S. border south along Langlois Avenue, west along Tecumseh Road East, and south along Pillette Road to the southern city limit. In 2004, The boundaries were not changed for this riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
28th	1968–1972		Herb Gray	Liberal
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2002
	2002–2004		Brian Masse	New Democratic
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Brian Masse	21,592	54.33	+1.79	-
	Conservative	Lisa Lumley	12,577	31.64	+9.06	-
	Liberal	Melanie Deveau	4,327	10.89	-7.70	-
	Green	Alishia Fox	1,096	2.76	-2.92	-
	Marxist–Leninist	Margaret Villamizar	153	0.38	+0.09	-
Total valid votes			39,745	100.00	-
Total rejected ballots			257	0.64	-0.06
Turnout			40,002	49.13	+1.80
Eligible voters			81,428

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Brian Masse	20,834	52.54	+3.05	$74,929
	Conservative	Lisa Lumley	8,953	22.58	+2.47	$60,613
	Liberal	Larry Horwitz	7,369	18.59	-6.80	$53,753
	Green	John Esposito	2,253	5.68	+2.65	$132
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	125	0.32		$373
	Marxist–Leninist	Margaret Villamizar	116	0.29	+0.06
Total valid votes/Expense limit			39,650	100.00		$88,186
Total rejected ballots			281	0.70	0.01
Turnout			39,877	47.33	-9.96
	New Democratic Party hold		Swing	+0.29

2006 federal election : Windsor West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	(x)Brian Masse	23,608	49.49	+3.52	$76,342
	Liberal	Werner Keller	12,110	25.39	-5.93	$55,858
	Conservative	Al Teshuba	9,592	20.11	+1.20	$77,898
	Green	Jillana Bishop	1,444	3.03	-0.47	$2,450
	Progressive Canadian	Chris Schnurr	614	1.29		$731
	Independent	Habib Zaidi	224	0.47		$3,631
	Marxist-Leninist	Enver Villamizar	108	0.23	-0.07
Total valid votes			47,700	99.31
Total rejected ballots			329	0.69	+0.08
Turnout			48,029	57.29	+3.20
Electors on the lists			83,839

Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

2004 federal election : Windsor West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	(x)Brian Masse	20,297	45.97	+30.01	$77,487
	Liberal	Richard Pollock	13,831	31.32	-22.80	$74,197
	Conservative	Jordan Katz	8,348	18.91	-9.63	$69,771
	Green	Rob Spring	1,545	3.50		$4,721
	Marxist-Leninist	Enver Villamizar	134	0.30		$300
Total valid votes			44,155	99.39
Total rejected ballots			273	0.61	0.00
Turnout			44,428	54.09	+11.08
Electors on the lists			82,143

Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000. Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal by-election, May 13, 2002 : Windsor West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	Brian Masse	14,021	42.69	+26.79	$65,195
	Liberal	Richard Pollock	11,544	35.15	-19.06	$64,964
	Canadian Alliance	Rick Fuschi	5,420	16.50	-6.45	$60,657
	Progressive Conservative	Ian West	957	2.91	-2.62	$11,212
	Green	Chris Holt	655	1.99		$9,246
	Christian Heritage Party	Allan James	249	0.76		$2,072
Total valid votes			32,846	99.39
Total rejected ballots			200	0.61
Turnout			33,046	43.01
Electors on the lists			76,825

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herb Gray	20,729	54.21	-0.99
	Canadian Alliance	Jeff Watson	8,777	22.95	+9.59
	New Democrat	John McGinlay	6,080	15.90	-7.84
	Progressive Conservative	Ian West	2,116	5.53	-0.66
	Independent	Christopher Soda	304	0.80
	Marxist–Leninist	Enver Villamizar	229	0.60	+0.10
Total valid votes			38,235	100.00

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herb Gray	21,877	55.20	-17.80
	New Democrat	Tom Milne	9,411	23.74	+14.66
	Reform	Jeff Watson	5,295	13.36	+2.06
	Progressive Conservative	Dan Friesen	2,452	6.19	+1.70
	Green	Richard Warman	398	1.00	-0.07
	Marxist–Leninist	Robert Cruise	199	0.50	+0.25
Total valid votes			39,632	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herb Gray	27,008	73.00	+16.76
	Reform	Brett Skinner	4,179	11.30
	New Democrat	Emily Carasco	3,359	9.08	-18.72
	Progressive Conservative	Dan Friesen	1,663	4.49	-10.00
	Green	Sarah Atkinson	395	1.07
	Natural Law	Larry Decter	138	0.37
	Independent	Bill Steptoe	128	0.35
	Marxist–Leninist	Robert Cruise	93	0.25	-0.05
	Abolitionist	Rose Pope	35	0.09
Total valid votes			36,998	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herb Gray	23,796	56.24	+15.69
	New Democrat	Paul Forder	12,143	27.80	-6.43
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Silcox	6,131	14.49	-9.79
	Not affiliated	Robert Cruise	127	0.30
	Communist	Maggie Bizzell	112	0.26
Total valid votes			42,309	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herb Gray	13,624	40.55	-17.95
	New Democrat	Paul Forder	11,503	34.23	+5.25
	Progressive Conservative	Marty Goldberg	8,158	24.28	+12.12
	Rhino	Martin X. Deck	232	0.69
	Communist	Mike Longmoore	84	0.25	+0.04
Total valid votes			33,601	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herb Gray	19,755	58.50	+9.94
	New Democrat	Maxine Jones	9,785	28.98	-4.14
	Progressive Conservative	Ned Griffith	4,107	12.16	-4.66
	Communist	Gerard O'Neill	72	0.21
	Marxist–Leninist	Margaret Villamizar	49	0.15	-0.06
Total valid votes			33,768	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herb Gray	16,943	48.56	-7.41
	New Democrat	Maxine Jones	11,906	34.12	+3.57
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Krause	5,869	16.82	+3.98
	Communist	Gerard O'Neill	102	0.29
	Marxist–Leninist	M. Villamizar	74	0.21	-0.43
Total valid votes			34,894	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herb Gray	19,474	55.97	+6.77
	New Democrat	Ron Seale	10,630	30.55	-5.35
	Progressive Conservative	Bill McKay	4,466	12.84	-2.06
	Marxist–Leninist	Ray Greig	222	0.64
Total valid votes			34,792	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herb Gray	17,966	49.20	-4.86
	New Democrat	Paul Forder	13,110	35.90	+6.40
	Progressive Conservative	John Gunning	5,441	14.90	-1.55
Total valid votes			36,517	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Herb Gray	16,442	54.06
	New Democrat	Stuart Ross	8,972	29.50
	Progressive Conservative	William J. Waldron	5,002	16.45
Total valid votes			30,416	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

Sources

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada