Andrew Kania
Canadian politician
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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. He was defeated in his re-election bid by Conservative Kyle Seeback in the 2011 Canadian federal election.
Andrew J. Kania[1] | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Brampton West | |
| In office 2008–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Colleen Beaumier |
| Succeeded by | Kyle Seeback |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 7, 1967 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Party | Liberal |
| Spouse | 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.
He is running as the Ontario Liberal Party candidate during the 2025 Ontario general election in the riding of Brampton West.[2]
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.[3]
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.[3]
He sought the Conservative Party of Canada nomination in the 2019 Canadian federal election for Brampton South.[4]
Electoral record
Federal
| 2011 Canadian federal election: Brampton West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | – | ||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.1 | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election: Brampton West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Andrew Kania | 21,746 | 40.3 | -8.8 | $101,467 | |||
| Conservative | Kyle Seeback | 21,515 | 39.9 | +4.2 | $103,283 | |||
| New Democratic | Jagtar Shergill | 7,334 | 13.6 | +2.5 | $21,521 | |||
| Green | Patti Chemelyk | 3,329 | 6.2 | +2.1 | $92 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,924 | 100.0 | $103,318 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 347 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Turnout | 54,271 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -6.5 | ||||||
Note: As certified on 5 November 2008 after a recount.
Provincial
| 2025 Ontario general election: Brampton West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Amarjot Sandhu | 19,028 | 56.58 | +8.74 | ||||
| Liberal | Andrew Kania | 10,933 | 32.51 | +6.28 | ||||
| New Democratic | Samuel Sarjeant | 1,981 | 5.89 | –14.86 | ||||
| Green | Ethan Russell | 877 | 2.61 | –0.16 | ||||
| New Blue | David Pardy | 554 | 1.65 | –0.01 | ||||
| Independent | Pushpek Sidhu | 260 | 0.77 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 33,633 | 99.53 | ±0.00 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 157 | 0.47 | ±0.00 | |||||
| Turnout | 33,790 | 35.32 | +1.13 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 95,678 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +1.23 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||
