The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 35119Ontario
Windsor West
Windsor-Ouest
Windsor West is a federal riding in Ontario. Harb Gill (Conservative) has represented Windsor West since the 2025 election. Harb Gill (Conservative) took Windsor West from the New Democrats in the 2025 election by 4,426 votes (8.1 points), with 39.0% of the vote. Richard Pollock (Liberal) was second with 30.9%, on a turnout of 58.2% of 95,075 electors. Member as of .
Who represents Windsor West
Harb Gill
Member of Parliament for Windsor West
Conservative
MP since · first term
- Scrutiny of Regulations committee
164 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Strengthening Canada's Immigration System and Borders Act.
The 2025 result: Conservative gain from the New Democrats
Share of the valid votes by candidate, Windsor West, April 28, 2025
The figures
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harb Gill | Conservative | 21,412 | 39.0% |
| Richard Pollock | Liberal | 16,986 | 30.9% |
| Brian Masse | New Democratic | 15,256 | 27.8% |
| Jacob Bezaire | People's Party | 553 | 1.0% |
| Others (3) | 681 | 1.2% |
Harb Gill (Conservative) won Windsor West on with 21,412 votes, 39.0% of the 54,888 valid votes. Richard Pollock (Liberal) was second with 16,986 (30.9%), 4,426 votes and 8.1 points behind.
Of the 54,888 valid votes, Harb Gill (Conservative) took 39.0%, Richard Pollock (Liberal) 30.9%, Brian Masse (New Democratic) 27.8% and Jacob Bezaire (People's Party) 1.0%; the 3 other candidates took 1.2% together. Turnout was 58.2% of 95,075 electors: 55,334 ballots cast, 54,888 of them valid, for 7 candidates.
Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are up 19.9 (19.1% to 39.0%), the Liberals up 3.4 (27.5% to 30.9%), the New Democrats down 16.0 (43.8% to 27.8%) and the People's Party down 7.3 (8.3% to 1.0%), in points of the valid votes.
2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.
Since 2004: no party has held it
The party first in Windsor West at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries
- 2004New Democratic46.0%by 14.7 points over the Liberals
- 2006New Democratic49.5%by 24.1 points over the Liberals
- 2008New Democratic52.5%by 29.9 points over the Conservatives
- 2011New Democratic54.3%by 22.7 points over the Conservatives
- 2015New Democratic51.3%by 26.1 points over the Liberals
- 2019New Democratic40.0%by 3.7 points over the Liberals
- 2021New Democratic43.8%by 16.3 points over the Liberals
- 2025changed handsConservative39.0%by 8.1 points over the Liberals
The figures
| Year | First | Share | Second | Margin (pts) | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | New Democratic | 46.0% | Liberal | 14.7 | carried, our estimate |
| 2006 | New Democratic | 49.5% | Liberal | 24.1 | carried, our estimate |
| 2008 | New Democratic | 52.5% | Conservative | 29.9 | carried, our estimate |
| 2011 | New Democratic | 54.3% | Conservative | 22.7 | carried, our estimate |
| 2015 | New Democratic | 51.3% | Liberal | 26.1 | carried, our estimate |
| 2019 | New Democratic | 40.0% | Liberal | 3.7 | carried, our estimate |
| 2021 | New Democratic | 43.8% | Liberal | 16.3 | transposed by Elections Canada |
| 2025 | Conservative | 39.0% | Liberal | 8.1 | official result |
The NDP were first at seven of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the Conservatives at one; it changed hands once. In 2025 the Conservatives took 39.0% of the vote here, 17.2 points above their average of 21.8% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.
On today's boundaries the NDP were first here in 2004 (46.0%), 2006 (49.5%), 2008 (52.5%), 2011 (54.3%), 2015 (51.3%), 2019 (40.0%) and 2021 (43.8%) and the Conservatives in 2025 (39.0%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.
A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 160 of the 343 ridings have no degree. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.
- 2021 New Democratic · Brian Masse, by 8,017 votes (16.4 pts)
- 2019 New Democratic · Brian Masse, by 1,922 votes (3.7 pts)
- 2015 New Democratic · Brian Masse, by 12,243 votes (26.1 pts)
In the old Windsor West on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Windsor West lived in; Elections Canada's official results.
What kind of place Windsor West is
- Population
- 130,1652021 census
- Area
- 88km²
- Density
- 1,479people per km²
- Electors
- 95,075on the 2025 lists
- 7th-most populous in Canada130,165 people, 2021 census · 7th of 343
- Changed hands in 2025One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (21 of 122 in Ontario)
- Boundaries unchanged in 2023Covers the same ground as its predecessor, and the same electors · one of 54 of 343 by area and electors
- Median total household income is $68,500 — about 82 percent of the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest55th lowest of 343
- Median age is 38.4 — a little lower than the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest76th lowest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 59.4% — about 83 percent of the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest84th lowest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 32.1% — about 1.9 times the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest95th highest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.1% — a little higher than the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest153rd highest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.5% — a little lower than the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest166th lowest of 343
2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.
IDid this riding change?
Essentially no. Today's Windsor West covers almost exactly the same ground as the Windsor West riding it replaced, and 100% of its 2025 electors lived in it.
IIThe 2025 result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harb Gill | Conservative | 21,412 | 39.0% | 19.1% | +19.9 |
| Richard Pollock | Liberal | 16,986 | 30.9% | 27.5% | +3.4 |
| Brian Masse | New Democratic | 15,256 | 27.8% | 43.8% | −16.0 |
| Jacob Bezaire | People's | 553 | 1.0% | 8.3% | −7.3 |
3 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
| Louay Ahmad | Green | 397 | 0.7% |
| Joseph Markham | Other | 195 | 0.4% |
| Margaret Villamizar | Other | 89 | 0.2% |
IIIHow close was it, really
It would have taken 2,214 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 4.0% of the 54,888 valid votes, 4.0 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 65.8% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
On election day the Conservatives took 40.9%, the Liberals 29.0%, the New Democrats 27.6% and the People's Party 1.1%; in advance and special ballots, 35.4%, 34.7%, 28.2% and 0.8%, in that order.
Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Windsor West, April 28, 2025
The figures
| Party | Election day | Advance and special | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 40.9% | 35.4% | −5.5 |
| Liberal | 29.0% | 34.7% | +5.7 |
| New Democratic | 27.6% | 28.2% | +0.6 |
| People's Party | 1.1% | 0.8% | −0.3 |