Irek Kusmierczyk (born January 16, 1978) is a

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politician who was elected to represent the riding of

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in the

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in the

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. 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 The Jagiellonian University (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Jagielloński'', UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and the 13th oldest university in ...

an MSc in government from the London School of Economics, and a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University. He worked in government at the

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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 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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kusmierczyk, Irek 1978 births Alumni of the London School of Economics Carleton University alumni Living people Liberal Party of Canada MPs People from Kraśnik Polish emigrants to Canada Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Vanderbilt University alumni Windsor, Ontario city councillors