Affordable housing consultant wins byelection to represent Windsor’s west end

30-Oct-2025

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Frazier Fathers, a local researcher who campaigned on doing more to make sure west end housing is safe and affordable, is Windsor’s newest city councillor-elect.

Fathers was elected Monday to represent Ward 2, which includes Sandwich and other parts of the west end. With all 14 polls reporting, Fathers had 983 votes, or 47.17 per cent of the total.

Fathers, a consultant on non-profit and affordable housing, will serve for a year before the municipal election next year. He was in a crowded field of 15 candidates. He campaigned on traffic calming, maintaining the city’s parks and doing more to crack down on unsafe housing.