Windsor—St. Clair

Windsor—St. Clair was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

represented in the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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from 1988 to 2003. It was located in the province

Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

of Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, and included a part of the city of Windsor

Windsor, Ontario

Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor...

. This riding was created in 1987 as "Windsor—Lake St. Clair" from parts of Essex—Windsor and Windsor—Walkerville

Windsor—Walkerville

Windsor—Walkerville was a federal electoral district that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1988. It was located in the southwest corner of the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Essex East and Essex West ridings. The electoral district...

ridings. In 1989, the riding's name was changed to "Windsor—St. Clair".

It was also a provincial riding for the 1999

Ontario general election, 1999

An Ontario general election was held on June 3, 1999, to elect members of the 37th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

and 2003 Ontario provincial elections

Ontario general election, 2003

The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

.

Windsor—St. Clair consisted of the northeastern part of the City of Windsor, the Town of Tecumseh

Tecumseh, Ontario

Tecumseh is a town on Lake St. Clair east of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It has a population of just over 24,000.Tecumseh enjoys long summers and mild winters...

and the Village of St. Clair Beach

St. Clair Beach, Ontario

St. Clair Beach is a community in the town of Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada. Until 1998, the village was a separate entity, but was amalgamated into Tecumseh.St...

.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Windsor—Tecumseh

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....

riding, a change that was also applied for the 2007 Ontario election

Ontario general election, 2007

The Ontario general election of 2007 was held on October 10, 2007 to elect members of the 39th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Liberals under Dalton McGuinty won the election with a majority government, winning 71 out of a possible 107 seats with 42.2% of the popular...

Windsor—Lake St. Clair

|-

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...

|Howard McCurdy

Howard McCurdy

Howard Douglas McCurdy is a retired Canadian politician and university professor.McCurdy studied at the University of Western Ontario, where he received a Bachelor of Arts, and later at Assumption University, where he received a Bachelor of Science. He was awarded a Master of Science and a Ph.D...

|align="right"|18,915

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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|Shaughnessy Cohen

Shaughnessy Cohen

Elizabeth Shaughnessy Cohen was a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Windsor—St. Clair for the Liberal Party of Canada from 1993 until her death in 1998....

|align="right"|16,192

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

|Bruck Easton

Bruck Easton

Bruck Easton is a Windsor, Ontario lawyer and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. He is a former president of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and was a candidate for the PCs in the 1988, 1997 and 2000 federal elections in the riding of Windsor—St. Clair.He was born in Windsor,...

|align="right"|8,453

|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|Shaughnessy Cohen

Shaughnessy Cohen

Elizabeth Shaughnessy Cohen was a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Windsor—St. Clair for the Liberal Party of Canada from 1993 until her death in 1998....

|align="right"| 22,958

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

|Howard McCurdy

Howard McCurdy

|align="right"| 8,871

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

|Tom Porter
|align="right"|4,553

|Reform

Reform Party of Canada

The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party that existed from 1987 to 2000. It was originally founded as a Western Canada-based protest party, but attempted to expand eastward in the 1990s. It viewed itself as a populist party....

| Greg Novini
|align="right"|4,153

|Green

Green Party of Canada

The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...

|Stephen Harvey
|align="right"|379

|Natural Law

Natural Law Party of Canada

The Natural Law Party of Canada was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers who practiced Transcendental Meditation....

|Stephanie Moniatowicz
|align="right"|194

|Marxist-Leninist

Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)

The Communist Party of Canada is a Canadian federal Marxist–Leninist political party.The party is registered with Elections Canada as the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada...

|Dale Woodyard
|align="right"|61

|Abolitionist

Abolitionist Party of Canada

The Abolitionist Party of Canada was a Canadian political party founded by perennial candidate John C. Turmel. The party ran on a platform of: monetary reform, including the abolition of interest rates and the income tax, the use of the local employment trading system of banking, and introducing a...

Liberal Party of Canada

|Shaughnessy Cohen

Shaughnessy Cohen

Elizabeth Shaughnessy Cohen was a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Windsor—St. Clair for the Liberal Party of Canada from 1993 until her death in 1998....

|align="right"|16,496

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

|Joe Comartin
|align="right"|14,237

|Reform

Reform Party of Canada

|Harold Downs
|align="right"|5,899

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

|Bruck Easton

Bruck Easton

|align="right"|4,253

|Green

Green Party of Canada

|Timothy Dugdale
|align="right"|357

|Marxist-Leninist

Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)

The Communist Party of Canada is a Canadian federal Marxist–Leninist political party.The party is registered with Elections Canada as the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada...

Liberal Party of Canada

|Rick Limoges

Rick Limoges

Richard Limoges is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Windsor—St. Clair in the Canadian House of Commons from 1999 to 2000....

|align="right"|13,891

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

|Joe Comartin
|align="right"|13,800

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

|Bruck Easton

Bruck Easton

|align="right"|2,074

|Reform

Reform Party of Canada

New Democratic Party

|Joe Comartin
|align="right"|17,001

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|Rick Limoges

Rick Limoges

Richard Limoges is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Windsor—St. Clair in the Canadian House of Commons from 1999 to 2000....

|align="right"|16,600

|Canadian Alliance

Canadian Alliance

The Canadian Alliance , formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance , was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. The party was the successor to the Reform Party of Canada and inherited its position as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons and held...

|Phillip Pettinato
|align="right"|5,639

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

|Bruck Easton

Bruck Easton

|align="right"|1,906

|Green

Green Party of Canada

|Stephen Lockwood
|align="right"|390

|Marxist-Leninist

Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)

The Communist Party of Canada is a Canadian federal Marxist–Leninist political party.The party is registered with Elections Canada as the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada...

|Dale Woodyard
|align="right"|95

Provincial election results

|-

|Liberal
|Dwight Duncan

Dwight Duncan

Dwight Duncan, MPP is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1995, and is the Minister of Finance in the government of Dalton McGuinty...

Wayne Lessard

Wayne Lessard is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a New Democratic Party Member of Provincial Parliament from 1990 to 1995, and again from 1997 to 1999....

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...

Green Party of Ontario

The Green Party of Ontario is a political party in Ontario, Canada. The party is led by Mike Schreiner. It has never held any seats in the Ontario Legislative Assembly; however, the party did see significant gains in the 2007 provincial election, earning 8% of the popular vote with some candidates...

Dwight Duncan

Dwight Duncan, MPP is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1995, and is the Minister of Finance in the government of Dalton McGuinty...

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

Green Party of Ontario

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada
Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results

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Windsor—Lake St. Clair

Windsor—St. Clair

Provincial election results

See also

External links