Andrew Kania

Andrew Kania (born December 7, 1967) is a former Canadian Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Brampton West, in Ontario. Kania was elected in the 2008 Canadian federal election, winning as the Liberal Party candidate in the riding vacated by Liberal Colleen Beaumier.

Andrew J. Kania[1]
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Brampton West
In office 2008–2011
Preceded by	Colleen Beaumier
Succeeded by	Kyle Seeback
Personal details
Born	(1967-12-07) December 7, 1967 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Susan Kania
Alma mater	University of Toronto, University of Leicester[1]
Profession	Senior partner, Kania Lawyers[1]

Kania was a member of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security; the Liaison Committee, which has a supervisory role over all parliamentary committees; and also the House Joint Chair of the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations.

Biography

Kania received his first law degree from the University of Toronto and then completed his Master of Laws at University of Leicester. He joined the Ontario Bar in 1991. Kania was elected secretary of the Ontario Bar Association, which represents more than 17,000 lawyers. He was also a past instructor of law at the Bar Admission Course at the Law Society of Upper Canada.[2]

Kania was the outreach director and Ontario co-chair for Stéphane Dion's 2006 leadership campaign, and the national outreach director for Michael Ignatieff's 2008 leadership campaign.[2]

Electoral record

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kyle Seeback	28,320	44.75	+4.9
	Liberal	Andrew Kania	22,128	34.97	-5.3
	New Democratic	Jagtar Shergill	11,225	17.74	+4.1
	Green	Avtaar Soor	1,224	1.93	-4.3
	Independent	Theodore Koum Njoh	387	0.61%	–
Total valid votes			63,284	100%
Total rejected ballots			400	0.63	–
Turnout			63,684	55.12	–
Eligible voters			115,545	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Kania	21,649	40.21
	Conservative	Kyle Seeback	21,516	39.97
	New Democratic	Jagtar Shergill	7,339	13.63
	Green	Patti Chemelyk	3,330	6.19
Total valid votes			53,834
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			–	%

References

1. "Andrew Kania". Liberal.ca. Ottawa, Ontario: Liberal Party of Canada. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-10-01. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
2. "Biography". Archived from the original on 2011-04-27.

External links

• Andrew Kania's website
• Andrew Kania – Parliament of Canada biography