Windsor—Riverside

Windsor—Riverside was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was located in the east end of Windsor. The riding was created in 1975 out of Sandwich-Riverside and merged into Windsor—St. Clair and Windsor West in 1996 before the 1999 election.

Sandwich-Riverside (1967-1975)
Windsor-Riverside (1975-1999)
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1967
District abolished1996
First contested1967
Last contested1995

Members of Provincial Parliament

Sandwich-Riverside
Assembly Years Member Party
28th  1967–1971     Fred Burr New Democratic
29th  1971–1975
Riding renamed to Windsor-Riverside
30th  1975–1977     Fred Burr New Democratic
31st  1977–1981 Dave Cooke
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987
34th  1987–1990
35th  1990–1995
36th  1995–1997
 1997–1999 Wayne Lessard
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into merged into Windsor—St. Clair
and Windsor West before the 1999 election

Election results

Ontario provincial by-election, Sept. 4, 1997
Resignation of Dave Cooke
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticWayne Lessard9,30843.99-1.71
LiberalGary McNamara8,49440.14+5.31
Progressive ConservativeFran Funaro3,02814.31-2.12
GreenSteve Harvey3291.70
Total valid votes 21,159 100.0
Difference 814 3.85
Total rejected ballots 1590.75
Turnout 21,318 42.38

Source:

1995 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticDave Cooke12,34745.70-25.33
LiberalGary McNamara9,41234.83+12.53
Progressive ConservativeBlaine Tyndall4,44016.43+12.75
Family CoalitionMichel Ozorak4591.70-1.29
Natural LawSherry Lanier3621.34
Total valid votes 27,020 100.0
Difference 2,93510.86
Total rejected ballots 2981.09
Turnout 27,318 54.02

Source:

1990 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticDave Cooke21,14471.03+13.68
LiberalDoreen Oullette6,64022.31-15.51
Progressive ConservativeVivian Tregunna1,0963.68+0.85
Family CoalitionEarl Amyotte8892.99+1.28
Total valid votes 29,769 100.0
1987 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticDave Cooke17,16257.65-3.97
LiberalRick Limoges11,25737.81+22.59
Progressive ConservativeTerry Hrynyk8422.83-20.32
Family CoalitionMark Kahabka5091.71
Total valid votes 29,770 100.0
1985 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticDave Cooke17,88361.62+12.04
Progressive ConservativeRon Burgoyne6,71923.15+7.08
LiberalFerguson Jenkins4,41815.22-17.90
Total valid votes 29,020 100.0
1981 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticDave Cooke13,62649.59+3.99
LiberalGerry Levesque9,10233.12-4.11
Progressive ConservativeSandy Thomson4,41816.08-1.10
IndependentsJohn H. Snyder3331.21
Total valid votes 27,479 100.0
1977 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticDave Cooke12,94745.59-2.26
LiberalMichael MacDougall10,57237.23-1.68
Progressive ConservativeAl Santing4,87817.18+3.94
Total valid votes 28,397 100.0
1975 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticFred Burr13,27347.85
LiberalMike MacDougall10,79338.91
Progressive ConservativeBill Woolson3,67113.24
Total valid votes 27,737 100.0

References

  1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Fred Burr's Legislative Assembly information see "Fred Burr, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Dave Cooke's Legislative Assembly information see "Dave Cooke, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Wayne Lessard's Legislative Assembly information see "Wayne Lessard, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

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