Windsor—Riverside

Windsor—Riverside was a provincial electoral district in Ontario that was represented in the Ontario Legislative Assembly from 1975 to 1999. It was located in the east end of Windsor.

The riding was created in 1975 out of Sandwich-Riverside and abolished in 1996 into Windsor—St. Clair and Windsor West.

MPPs

1. Fred Burr, NDP (1975-1977)
2. Dave Cooke, NDP (1977-1997)
3. Wayne Lessard, NDP (1997-1999)

Election results

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:

Ontario general election, 1995
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:

Ontario general election, 1990
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

Ontario general election, 1987
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

Ontario general election, 1985
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

Ontario general election, 1981
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

Ontario general election, 1977
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

Ontario general election, 1975
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