Andrew Dowie

Andrew Dowie
Dowie in November 2022
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Windsor—Tecumseh
Assumed office
June 2, 2022
Preceded byPercy Hatfield
Personal details
Born (1981-04-23) April 23, 1981 (age 43)
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.

On June 30, 2022, Dowie was appointed as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade.

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.

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