Andrew Dowie
Canadian politician (born 1981)
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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]
Andrew Dowie | |
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Andrew Dowie in 2024 | |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Windsor—Tecumseh | |
| Assumed office June 2, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Percy Hatfield |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 23, 1981 |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse | Mary Dowie |
| Profession | Civil Engineer |
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
| 2025 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Andrew Dowie | 21,285 | 48.23 | +2.34 | $61,570 | |||
| New Democratic | Gemma Grey-Hall | 13,721 | 31.09 | +1.12 | $53,377 | |||
| Liberal | Connor Logan | 6,337 | 14.36 | –0.16 | $17,199 | |||
| Green | Roxanne Tellier | 830 | 1.88 | –0.72 | $0 | |||
| Ontario Party | Steven Gifford | 719 | 1.63 | –1.53 | $320 | |||
| New Blue | Sophia Sevo | 707 | 1.60 | –0.44 | $390 | |||
| Communist | Kyle Ford | 606 | 1.37 | N/A | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 44,135 | 99.17 | -0.24 | $ 158,598 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 303 | 0.83 | +0.24 | |||||
| Turnout | 44,506 | 45.09 | +4.48 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 97,698 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
| 2022 Ontario general election: Windsor—Tecumseh | ||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
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