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Andrew Dowie

Andrew Dowie
MPP
Andrew Dowie in 2024
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Windsor—Tecumseh
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 2, 2022
Preceded byPercy Hatfield
Personal details
Born (1981-04-23) April 23, 1981 (age 44)
Windsor, Ontario
Political partyProgressive Conservative
SpouseMary Dowie
Residence(s)Tecumseh, Ontario
ProfessionCivil Engineer

Andrew Dowie MPP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election. He represents the riding of Windsor—Tecumseh as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.[1] He is the first conservative MPP to represent the area in 93 years.[2]

Prior to his election, Dowie was best known in the community as being a town councillor in Tecumseh, Ontario.[3] He was first elected in 2014 and acclaimed in a redistributed ward in 2018. Dowie was also recognized as one of "40 Leaders Under 40" by Leadership Windsor-Essex in 2018 and inducted into the Professional Engineers Ontario Order of Honour in 2018.

From June 30, 2022 - March 28, 2024 Andrew Dowie was appointed and served as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade.

From March 28, 2024 - present, Andrew Dowie was appointed and serves as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks.

Election results

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2022 Ontario general election: Windsor—Tecumseh
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Andrew Dowie 17,692 45.89 +18.85 $89,233
New Democratic Gemma Grey-Hall 11,551 29.96 −28.44 $110,170
Liberal Gary Kaschak 5,598 14.52 +6.39 $40,326
Ontario Party Steven Gifford 1,219 3.16   $0
Green Melissa Coulbeck 1,002 2.60 −1.82 $0
New Blue Sophia Sevo 786 2.04   $3,195
Independent Laura Chesnik 204 0.53 −1.47 $6,362
None of the Above David Sylvestre 179 0.46   $0
Independent Nick Babic 173 0.45   $0
Independent Giovanni Abati 147 0.38   $3,734
Total valid votes/expense limit 38,551 99.41 +0.48 $133,683
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 228 0.59 -0.48
Turnout 38,779 40.61 -7.22
Eligible voters 94,976
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +23.65
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

References

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  1. ^ Mark Brown (June 2, 2022). "Andrew Dowie turns Windsor-Tecumseh blue". Blackburn News.
  2. ^ "Windsor-Tecumseh turns blue in provincial election for first time in 93 years". CTV News Windsor. June 2, 2022.
  3. ^ "Conservative Andrew Dowie Elected to Windsor Tecumseh | windsoriteDOTca News - windsor ontario's neighbourhood newspaper windsoriteDOTca News".


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