Conservative Chris Lewis has been re-elected to a third term as MP for Essex.
The riding of Essex -- which includes Amherstburg, Essex, Kingsville, LaSalle and parts of Lakeshore -- has a history of swinging between parties, but that is not the case in 2025.
Main issues for the region include agriculture, manufacturing, trade and cross border relations.
The incumbent MP, is a former firefighter and small business owner from Kingsville, and was seeking re-election after flipping the riding from NDP control in 2019.
Lewis has served as the Conservative Shadow Minister for Labour and is focusing his campaign on jobs and economic recovery.
"To the people of Essex, it means the world to me that you've entrusted me once again to represent you in Ottawa," Lewis told a crowd of supporters. "I will do it with dignity, I will do it with humility, and I will do it with a bounce in my step, a smile on my face."
He says he plans on being laser focused on not only Essex, but the entire region.
"For our auto sector, for our skilled trades, for our small and medium sized businesses, I'll be meeting with them subsequent to tonight, and making sure that everything that they need from this area is brought to the House of Commons," Lewis said.
Lewis says he will build relationships with other MPs from across the aisle.
"I have no problem with working across the aisle to ensure that our region is duly taken care of," he said. "Of course, we're going to, as the official opposition will will hold the government to account, but it's time for Canada to come together. It's time for politicians to to work across the aisle, and I'm excited to be part of the solution, not part of the problem."
Lewis won his first election with 41.6 per cent of the vote, beating the NDP’s Tracey Ramsey. Lewis defeated Ramsey for a second victory in 2021, being re-elected with 41.1 per cent of the vote.
The riding has a population of roughly 132,000 people, with nearly 35,000 ballots cast in advance polls, which was the third highest total anywhere in Canada.
-Reporting by CTV Windsor's Chris Campbell with editing by AM800's Dustin Coffman