Kathy Borrelli
Kathy Borrelli | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore | |
| Assumed office April 28, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Irek Kusmierczyk |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Conservative |
Kathy Borrelli is a Canadian politician from the Conservative Party of Canada. She was elected Member of Parliament for Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore in the 2025 Canadian federal election.[1] Borrelli previously ran in the 2021 Canadian federal election, placing third.[2]
Her predecessor, Liberal MP Irek Kusmierczyk sought and obtained a court order for a judicial recount after the Elections Canada validation of election night results reduced the margin of victory from 233 to 77, just 7 short of an automatic 1/1000 votes cast for such a recount.[3] On May 23, 2025, the recount concluded, further reducing Borrelli's margin of victory to just four votes.[4]
Electoral record
| 2025 Canadian federal election: Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | 32,090 | 45.753 | +18.72 | |||||
| Liberal | Irek Kusmierczyk | 32,086 | 45.747 | +14.87 | ||||
| New Democratic | Alex Ilijoski | 4,240 | 6.05 | −24.25 | ||||
| People's | Nick Babic | 828 | 1.18 | −9.11 | ||||
| Green | Roxanne Tellier | 468 | 0.67 | −0.54 | ||||
| Centrist | Helmi Charif | 223 | 0.32 | N/A | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Beth St Denis | 203 | 0.29 | +0.28 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 70,138 | 99.24 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 458 | 0.76 | ||||||
| Turnout | 70,596 | 66.92 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 105,426 | |||||||
| Conservative notional gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.98 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| Note: This riding's results were subject to a candidate-requested judicial recount on May 9, 2025.[7] Number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Windsor—Tecumseh | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Irek Kusmierczyk | 18,134 | 31.8 | -1.6 | $87,942.33 | |||
| New Democratic | Cheryl Hardcastle | 17,465 | 30.7 | -1.6 | $84,009.14 | |||
| Conservative | 14,605 | 25.6 | -2.2 | $19,138.69 | ||||
| People's | Victor Green | 5,927 | 10.4 | +8.1 | none listed | |||
| Green | Henry Oulevey | 682 | 1.2 | -2.6 | $0.00 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Laura Chesnik | 164 | 0.3 | ±0.0 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 56,977 | 99.1 | – | $112,129.36 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 500 | 0.9 | ||||||
| Turnout | 57,477 | 60.9 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 94,424 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ±0.0 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8] | ||||||||
References
- ^ https://windsornewstoday.ca/windsor/news/2025/04/29/borrelli-wins-turns-windsor-tecumseh-lakeshore-blue
- ^ https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/kathy-borrelli-flips-windsor-tecumseh-lakeshore-for-the-conservatives
- ^ Mazak, Madeline (May 9, 2025). "Judge orders ballot recount in tight Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore race". Windsor Star. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
- ^ "Conservatives hold onto Windsor riding by four votes after recount". CTV News. The Canadian Press. May 23, 2025. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
- ^ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ^ "Conservatives hold onto Windsor riding by four votes after recount". CTV News. The Canadian Press. May 23, 2025. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
- ^ "September 20, 2021 General Election Results: Windsor—Tecumseh". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 30, 2021.