Some experts and politicians warn this could be the beginning of a four-year hangover for Windsor and Essex County.

Among those people is Windsor’s mayor.

Some are worried what our local MPs will be able to achieve with less political power.

That's because not only are they not in government, they're also no longer members of the official opposition.

Experts say that means no voice at the table and less influence in the House of Commons.

During the Liberal heydays, it seemed like the province and feds used to cut cheques in Windsor-Essex almost every Friday.

“This time around everyone voted for change, we just voted for the wrong kind of change," says political analyst Lydia Miljan.

In the aftermath of the election, Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens says the city's job just got a whole lot tougher.

“There's no way to sugar coat it, it will become a lot more difficult to get those projects and that kind of funding without an active voice at the table in government," says Dilkens.

He's referring to tens of billions in infrastructure spending, promised by Prime Minister-Designate Justin Trudeau's Liberals over the coming years.

Money municipalities across the nation will no doubt be clamouring over.

Dilkens has his own whole laundry list of road and sewer projects he'd like to get done.

“I can probably pull $300 million off the shelf that we could begin tomorrow," says Dilkens.

But now that the Liberals have majority rule, with no Liberal representation in this area. Dilkens fears it could mean less goodies thrown our way.

“Not having a voice in government at either the provincial or federal level puts us in a political wasteland, or the political wilderness, if you will," says Dilkens.

Miljan says we're going to be in the “vast wasteland of southwestern Ontario, and we're going to have to remind political leaders that we exist."

Miljan says evidence is that Trudeau never showed up during the 11-week campaign.

Unifor local 444 president Dino Chiodo disagrees, he says turfing Jeff Watson from office in Essex was the right move.

“We did accomplish what we set out to do," says Chiodo.

This is why the union mobilized for NDP candidate Tracey Ramsay to win against the Conservative incumbent.

“We did get a greater voice by supporting the way we did, a strategic concept we put in place,” says Chiodo. “We knew we couldn't have conservatives, people like Jeff Watson in the area just cannot bring the issues that are important to us to the table."

But Miljan says that strategy won't work in our political system.

“The party in power listens to the strongest opposition, and in this case it will be the official opposition, which is the conservatives.”