Windsor—Tecumseh (federal electoral district)

Windsor—Tecumseh
Ontario electoral district
	Windsor—Tecumseh in relation to the other southwestern Ontario ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Irek Kusmierczyk; Liberal
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District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)	122,798
Electors (2021)	94,424
Area (km²)	163.02
Pop. density (per km²)	753.3
Census division(s)	Essex
Census subdivision(s)	Windsor, Tecumseh

Windsor—Tecumseh is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Geography

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.^[3] 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

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^[4]
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