Irek Kusmierczyk

Irek Kusmierczyk MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Windsor—Tecumseh
Incumbent
Assumed office October 21, 2019
Preceded by	Cheryl Hardcastle
Windsor City Councillor for Ward 7
In office December 1, 2014 – October 30, 2019
Succeeded by	TBD
Personal details
Born	(1978-01-16) January 16, 1978 Kraśnik, Polish People's Republic
Political party	Liberal Party of Canada
Spouse(s)	Shauna Carter
Residence	Windsor, Ontario

Irek Kusmierczyk MP (born January 16, 1978) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Windsor—Tecumseh in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. Prior to his election in the House of Commons, he was a city councillor for the Windsor City Council representing Ward 7.

He received his PhD in Political Science from Vanderbilt University, an MSc in Government from the London School of Economics, and a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University. He worked in government at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an Atlantic Council of Canada Fellow and published a book chapter on cross-border environmental cooperation between local governments around the Great Lakes basin. He worked on Species-at-Risk remediation around Ojibway Park as part of the Windsor Essex Parkway Project.

He was born in Kraśnik, Poland. His family arrived in Canada in the late 1970s as political refugees after his father was imprisoned as a member of the Solidarity movement, which opposed the communist dictatorship and established the first free and independent trade union in communist Eastern Europe. They immediately settled in Windsor where his father worked as an engineer in the automotive industry.

Electoral record

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Irek Kusmierczyk	18,896	33.4	+6.82
	New Democratic	Cheryl Hardcastle	18,254	32.3	-11.22
	Conservative	Leo Demarce	15,758	27.9	+0.43
	Green	Giovanni Abati	2,140	3.8	+1.84
	People's	Dan Burr	1,278	2.3	-
	Marxist–Leninist	Laura Chesnik	186	0.3	-0.17
Total valid votes/Expense limit			56,512	100.0
Total rejected ballots			-
Turnout			56,512
Eligible voters			95,004
Source: Elections Canada

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Joe Comartin	22,235	49.92	+1.22	$72,370
	Conservative	Denise Ghanam	14,945	33.55	+9.63	–
	Liberal	Irek Kusmierczyk	5,764	12.94	-8.02	–
	Green	Kyle Prestanski	1,354	3.04	-3.36	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Laura Chesnik	242	0.54	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,540	100.00
Total rejected ballots			232	0.52	-0.06
Turnout			44,772	53.46	+ 2.81
Eligible voters			83,748	–	–