# 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. He was defeated in his re-election bid by Conservative Kyle Seeback in the 2011 Canadian federal election.
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.

## 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.
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.
He sought the Conservative Party of Canada nomination in the 2019 Canadian federal election for Brampton South.

## Electoral record
### Federal

vte2011 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 63,284 | 100% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 400 | 0.63 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 63,684 | 55.12 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 115,545 | – |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +5.1 |
vte2008 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 | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,924 | 100.0 | $103,318 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 347 | 0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,271 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -6.5 |
Note: As certified on 5 November 2008 after a recount.

### Provincial

vte2025 Ontario general election: Brampton West :
| The 2025 general election will be held on February 27. |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Andrew Kania | | | |
| | New Blue | David Pardy | | | |
| | Green | Ethan Russell | | | |
| | Progressive Conservative | Amarjot Sandhu | | | |
| | New Democratic | Samuel Sarjeant | | | |
| | Independent | Pushpek Sidhu | | | |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | |
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | |