Tom Kmiec
| Tom Kmiec MP | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Calgary Shepard | |
|
Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | district created |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 31, 1981 Poland |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence | Calgary, Alberta |
Tomasz "Tom" Kmiec (kuh-MY-ick; born July 31, 1981) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Calgary Shepard in the House of Commons of Canada in the Canadian federal election, 2015.[1]
Political life
Kmiec was elected in the Canadian federal election, 2015 for the riding of Calgary Shepard. Upon his election, he was named to the "Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations".
Kmiec, along with NDP MP Gord Johns and fellow Conservative MP Michael Cooper, created the "Parliamentary Friends of the Kurds", a parliamentary group aimed at establishing dialogue between Canadian and Kurdish lawmakers and fostering positive relations between Canada and the Kurdistan Region.[2] Kmiec, Johns and Cooper traveled to Washington DC in March 2016 to meet with officials from the Kurdistan Regional Government.[2]
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Tom Kmiec | 43,706 | 65.90 | –9.62 | – | |||
| Liberal | Jerome James | 16,379 | 24.66 | +17.47 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Dany Allard | 4,532 | 6.82 | –4.31 | – | |||
| Green | Graham MacKenzie | 1,734 | 2.61 | –2.95 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 66,351 | 100.0 | $237,526.38 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 208 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 66,559 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 93,794 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –13.54 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[3][4] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/08/24/canada-election-2015-calgary-shepard-candidate--issues
- 1 2 "Canadian MPs visit KRG Representation in Washington to discuss parliamentary group on Kurdistan". Kurdistan Regional Government - Department of Foreign Relations. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ↑ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Calgary Shepard (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
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