Lisa Gretzky

Lisa Gretzky
MPP
Lisa Gretzky MPP
Deputy House Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; July 13, 2022
Leader	Marit Stiles
Critic, Mental Health and Addictions
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; July 13, 2022
Leader	Peter Tabuns (interim)
Critic, Community and Social Services
	In office; August 23, 2018 – June 2, 2022
Leader	Andrea Horwath
Critic, Community Safety and Correctional Services
	In office; June 25, 2014 – June 7, 2018
Leader	Andrea Horwath
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament; for Windsor West
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; June 12, 2014
Preceded by	Teresa Piruzza
Personal details
Born	January 19, 1971 (age 53)
Political party	New Democratic
Spouse	Tyler Gretzky
Relations	Wayne Gretzky (Cousin-in-law)
Children	2
Residence	Windsor, Ontario
Profession	Event planner

Lisa Gretzky (born January 19, 1971) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, who was elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018. She represents the riding of Windsor West.

Background

She is the cousin-in-law of Wayne Gretzky through her husband Tyler Gretzky.^[1]

Politics

Gretzky was elected as a school trustee in 2008 for the Greater Essex County District School Board.^[2] She was elected as vice-chair in 2012.^[3]

Gretzky ran in the 2014 provincial election as the New Democratic candidate in the riding of Windsor West. She defeated Liberal incumbent Teresa Piruzza by 1,042 votes.^[4]^[5]

She was the party's critic for Community Safety and Correctional Services, but as of March 23, 2015, she now resides as the party's critic for Education.^[6]^[7]

Election results

v t e 2022 Ontario general election: Windsor West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Lisa Gretzky	13,395	42.19	−9.94	$78,770
	Progressive Conservative	John Leontowicz	11,211	35.31	+6.84	$49,964
	Liberal	Linda L. McCurdy	4,159	13.10	−1.61	$15,222
	Ontario Party	Jeremy Palko	1,478	4.65		$14,028
	Green	Krysta Glovasky-Ridsdale	879	2.77	−0.81	$381
	New Blue	Joshua Griffin	630	1.98		$793
Total valid votes/Expense limit			31,752	99.10	+0.06	$133,413
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			287	0.90	-0.06
Turnout			32,039	33.62	-9.68
Eligible voters			94,977
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−8.39
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.

2018 Ontario general election: Windsor West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lisa Gretzky	20,276	52.12	+10.85
	Progressive Conservative	Adam Ibrahim	11,073	28.47	+14.00
	Liberal	Rino Bortolin	5,722	14.71	-23.75
	Green	Krysta Glovasky-Ridsdale	1,393	3.58	+0.25
	None of the Above	Chad Durocher	435	1.12
Total valid votes			38,899	99.04	+0.45
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			376	0.96	-0.45
Turnout			39,275	43.30	+0.59
Eligible voters			90,698
	New Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Elections Ontario^[8]

2014 Ontario general election: Windsor West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lisa Gretzky	15,043	41.41	+10.44
	Liberal	Teresa Piruzza	14,001	38.54	-2.85
	Progressive Conservative	Henry Lau	5,225	14.38	-10.32
	Green	Chad Durocher	1,171	3.22	+0.26
	Independent	Helmi Charif	891	2.45	-28.36
Total valid votes			36,331	98.59	-0.79
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			518	1.41	+0.79
Turnout			36,849	42.71	+1.14
Eligible voters			86,285
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.65
Source: Elections Ontario^[9]