| Irek Kusmierczyk | |
| Riding: | Windsor—Tecumseh |
| Parliament: | Canadian |
| Term Start: | October 21, 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Cheryl Hardcastle |
| Office2: | Windsor City Councillor for Ward 7 |
| Term Start2: | December 1, 2014 |
| Term End2: | October 30, 2019 |
| Predecessor2: | Percy Hatfield |
| Successor2: | Jeewen Gill |
| Birth Date: | 16 January 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Kraśnik, Lublin Voivodeship, Polish People's Republic |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Residence: | Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| Spouse: | Shauna Carter |
Irek Kusmierczyk (born January 16, 1978) is a Polish-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.[1] 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 MA in Central and Eastern European Studies from Jagiellonian 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.[2]
He was born in Kraśnik, Poland.[3] His family arrived in Canada in 1983 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.[4]
| 2018 Ward 7, Windsor municipal election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Council Candidate | Vote[5] | % | |
| Irek Kusmierczyk | 4,745 | 69.85 | |
| Angelo Marignani | 982 | 14.46 | |
| Barbara Holland | 658 | 9.69 | |
| Albert Saba | 408 | 6.01 | |
| 2014 Ward 7, Windsor municipal election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Council Candidate | Vote[6] | % | |
| Irek Kusmierczyk | 3,761 | 50.76 | |
| Angelo Marignani | 2,539 | 34.27 | |
| Daniel William Speal | 909 | 12.27 | |
| Jeffery Kocsis | 200 | 2.70 | |
| 2013 Ward 7, Windsor municipal by-election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Council Candidate | Vote[7] | % | |
| Irek Kusmierczyk | 1,140 | 31.39 | |
| Angelo Marignani | 1,088 | 29.87 | |
| Tom Wilson | 639 | 17.55 | |
| Robin L. Fortier | 262 | 7.19 | |
| Tosin Bello | 231 | 6.34 | |
| Laurie Komon | 112 | 3.08 | |
| Steve Gavrilidis | 67 | 1.84 | |
| Steve Farrell | 40 | 1.10 | |
| Ernie the Baconman | 33 | 0.91 | |
| Mitchell Bialkowski | 21 | 0.58 | |
| Clint Weir | 9 | 0.25 | |