# 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.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

Sandwich-Riverside :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| 28th | 1967–1971 | Fred Burr | New Democratic |
| 29th | 1971–1975 | Fred Burr | New Democratic |
| Riding renamed to Windsor-Riverside |||||
| 30th | 1975–1977 | Fred Burr | New Democratic |
| 31st | 1977–1981 | Dave Cooke | New Democratic |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Dave Cooke | New Democratic |
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | Dave Cooke | New Democratic |
| 34th | 1987–1990 | Dave Cooke | New Democratic |
| 35th | 1990–1995 | Dave Cooke | New Democratic |
| 36th | 1995–1997 | Dave Cooke | New Democratic |
| 36th | 1997–1999 | Wayne Lessard | New Democratic |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly |||||
| 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 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,159 | 100.0 |
| Difference | Difference | Difference | 814 | 3.85 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 159 | 0.75 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,318 | 42.38 |
Source:
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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 27,020 | 100.0 |
| Difference | Difference | Difference | 2,935 | 10.86 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 298 | 1.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,318 | 54.02 |
Source:
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 | Total valid votes | 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 | Total valid votes | 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 | Total valid votes | 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 | Total valid votes | 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 | Total valid votes | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 27,737 | 100.0 |