Andrew Dowie

Andrew Dowie 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]

Not to be confused with Andy Dowie.

Andrew Dowie
MPP
Dowie in November 2022
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Windsor—Tecumseh
Assumed office
June 2, 2022
Preceded byPercy Hatfield
Personal details
BornApril 23, 1981 (age 41)
Windsor, Ontario
Political partyProgressive Conservative
SpouseMary Dowie
Residence(s)Tecumseh, Ontario
ProfessionCivil 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.

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

Election Results
2022 Ontario general election: Windsor—Tecumseh
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeAndrew Dowie17,69245.62+18.58
New DemocraticGemma Grey-Hall11,55129.78-28.66
LiberalGary Kaschak5,59814.44+6.30
Ontario PartySteven Gifford1,2193.14
GreenMelissa Coulbeck1,0022.58-1.84
New BlueSophia Sevo7862.02
IndependentLaura Chesnik2040.53-0.46
None of the AboveDavid Sylvestre1790.46
IndependentNick Babic1730.45
IndependentGiovanni Abati1470.38
Total valid votes 38,779
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 228
Turnout 40.61-7.21
Eligible voters 95,488
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +23.66
Source:Elections Ontario [4]

References
  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".
  4. "Candidates in: Windsor—Tecumseh (118)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved May 6, 2022.


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