Windsor—Riverside

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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

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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

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Ontario provincial by-election, Sept. 4, 1997
Resignation of Dave Cooke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Wayne Lessard 9,308 43.99 -1.71
Liberal Gary McNamara 8,494 40.14 +5.31
Progressive Conservative Fran Funaro 3,028 14.31 -2.12
Green Steve Harvey 329 1.70
Total valid votes 21,159 100.0
Difference 814 3.85
Total rejected ballots 159 0.75
Turnout 21,318 42.38

Source: [1]

1995 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Dave Cooke 12,347 45.70 -25.33
Liberal Gary McNamara 9,412 34.83 +12.53
Progressive Conservative Blaine Tyndall 4,440 16.43 +12.75
Family Coalition Michel Ozorak 459 1.70 -1.29
Natural Law Sherry Lanier 362 1.34
Total valid votes 27,020 100.0
Difference 2,935 10.86
Total rejected ballots 298 1.09
Turnout 27,318 54.02

Source: [2] [3]

1990 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Dave Cooke 21,144 71.03 +13.68
Liberal Doreen Oullette 6,640 22.31 -15.51
Progressive Conservative Vivian Tregunna 1,096 3.68 +0.85
Family Coalition Earl Amyotte 889 2.99 +1.28
Total valid votes 29,769 100.0
1987 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Dave Cooke 17,162 57.65 -3.97
Liberal Rick Limoges 11,257 37.81 +22.59
Progressive Conservative Terry Hrynyk 842 2.83 -20.32
Family Coalition Mark Kahabka 509 1.71
Total valid votes 29,770 100.0
1985 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Dave Cooke 17,883 61.62 +12.04
Progressive Conservative Ron Burgoyne 6,719 23.15 +7.08
Liberal Ferguson Jenkins 4,418 15.22 -17.90
Total valid votes 29,020 100.0
1981 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Dave Cooke 13,626 49.59 +3.99
Liberal Gerry Levesque 9,102 33.12 -4.11
Progressive Conservative Sandy Thomson 4,418 16.08 -1.10
Independents John H. Snyder 333 1.21
Total valid votes 27,479 100.0
1977 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Dave Cooke 12,947 45.59 -2.26
Liberal Michael MacDougall 10,572 37.23 -1.68
Progressive Conservative Al Santing 4,878 17.18 +3.94
Total valid votes 28,397 100.0
1975 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Fred Burr 13,273 47.85
Liberal Mike MacDougall 10,793 38.91
Progressive Conservative Bill Woolson 3,671 13.24
Total valid votes 27,737 100.0

References

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  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.