Kathy Borrelli

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]

Kathy Borrelli MP
Member of Parliament for Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore
Incumbent
Assumed office April 28, 2025 (2025-04-28)
Preceded by	Irek Kusmierczyk
Personal details
Political party	Conservative

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

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kathy Borrelli	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.

v t e 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	Kathy Borrelli	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]