Windsor West (provincial electoral district) explained

Province:Ontario
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Created:1996
Prov-Election-First:1999
Prov-Election-Last:2022
Prov-Rep:Lisa Gretzky
Prov-Rep-Party:NDP
Demo-Census-Date:2016
Demo-Pop:122990
Demo-Electors:90698
Demo-Electors-Date:2018
Demo-Area:83
Demo-Cd:Essex
Demo-Csd:Windsor

Windsor West (French: '''Windsor-Ouest''') 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 [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 as a provincial electoral district was created for the 1926 Ontario general election when the Windsor district was divided into Windsor West and Windsor East.

It 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 members of Provincial Parliament:

Election results

|align="left" colspan=2|Liberal hold |align="right"|Swing|align="right"| -7.93|

^ Change is from redistributed result

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
First Past the Post20,33862.9
Mixed member proportional12,01537.1
Total valid votes32,353100.0

Sources

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: CBC - Canada Votes 2004 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040701062235/http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/209/ . 2004-07-01.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604124549/http://www.ctv.ca/mini/election2006/directfeed/ridings/riding35102.html CTV.ca
  3. Web site: Federal Electoral District Profile of Windsor West - Windsor-Ouest, Ontario (2003 Representation Order), 2001 Census . 2023-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060615000647/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/fedprofile/RetrieveTable.cfm?R=FED03&G=35102 . 2006-06-15.