Sven Spengemann

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Sven Spengemann
Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development
In office
December 13, 2021 –May 27, 2022 [1]
Residence(s) Etobicoke, Ontario [5]
Alma mater University of Toronto Mississauga (BSc)
York University (LLB)
College of Europe (LLM)
Harvard University (LLM, SJD)
ProfessionAttorney
Awards Fulbright Fellowship

Sven Michael Spengemann (born October 3, 1966) [3] is a German-Canadian lawyer, bureaucrat and politician, who represented the electoral district of Mississauga—Lakeshore in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Liberal Party from 2015 to 2022. In 2022, he resigned as the member of Parliament for Mississauga—Lakeshore to accept a role with the United Nations.

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Early life

Spengemann immigrated to Canada at age 14 with his family, and settled in the Credit Woodlands neighbourhood of Mississauga. [6] He completed his secondary education at The Woodlands School. [7]

Education

Spengemann earned a B.Sc. in psychology from the Mississauga campus of the University of Toronto in 1990. [8]

Spengemann obtained an LL.B from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in 1998 and an LL.M focused on European Union Law from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, in 1999. He earned a second LLM (international law) and a doctorate of juridical science at Harvard Law School in the field of political and constitutional theory, under the direction of Anne-Marie Slaughter, in 2006. [9] In the course of his studies, Spengemann earned a number of awards and distinctions, including a Canada-US Fulbright Scholarship (2001). [10]

Career

From 1991 to 1995, Spengemen worked with Toronto-Dominion Bank, supervising their Green Line Investor Services. During this time, he oversaw a team of client service employees and compliance management. [11]

From 2003 to 2005, Spengemann served as a Senior Policy Analyst at the Government of Canada’s Privy Council Office, examining national security law and international regulatory issues in the Canada-U.S. bilateral relationship. [11]

From 2005 to 2012, Spengemann served as a legal adviser and senior constitutional officer with the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq. During his service, he negotiated legal protocols with U.S. and Coalition military forces to ensure security, medical and operational support for the UN's activities in the country. Additionally, he led a team of international and Iraqi experts to assist the new Parliament of Iraq and Kurdistan Regional Government with constitutional and legislative reforms, including oil & gas management, human rights, institutional design and federalism. [12]

His work in Iraq earned him an Osgoode Hall Gold Key alumni award and recognition as a democracy expert in the University of Toronto’s 'Boundless' Campaign. In 2011, he spent a four-month sabbatical leave as a visiting scholar at the university's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, with a joint appointment to the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo.[ citation needed ]

Following his U.N. service in 2012, he became a visiting professor and BMO Visiting Fellow at York University, teaching graduate courses at its Glendon School of Public and International Affairs. [11] He resigned from this role in 2014 to enter electoral politics.[ citation needed ]

Politics

In 2012, Spengemann became a member of the Liberal Party Riding Association of Mississauga—Lakeshore and took on the portfolio of Vice President for Communications and Outreach. In early 2014, Spengemann declared his intention to seek the federal Liberal nomination for the riding and won the nomination in September of that year. [13]

In the 2015 federal election, Spengemann defeated Conservative incumbent Stella Ambler to win the new Mississauga—Lakeshore electoral district. He was re-elected in both the 2019 and 2021 elections. [14]

On May 18, 2022, Spengemann announced that he would resign as member of Parliament for Mississauga—Lakeshore to accept a position with the United Nations. [15] [16]

Personal life

Spengemann is fluent in English and French, as well as German.[ citation needed ] He was in a relationship with (and eventually married) Liberal MP Kirsty Duncan, who died in 2026. [17]

Electoral record

2021 Canadian federal election : Mississauga—Lakeshore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Sven Spengemann 25,28444.94-3.46$100,636.46
Conservative Michael Ras21,76138.68+1.40$95,632.95
New Democratic Sarah Walji5,4889.75+1.39$6.00
People's Vahid Seyfaie2,3674.21+3.03$646.34
Green Elizabeth Robertson1,2652.25-2.36$1,660.10
Rhinoceros Kayleigh Tahk940.17-$8.07
Total valid votes/expense limit56,25999.08–$117,701.69
Total rejected ballots5240.92+0.26
Turnout56,78363.79-4.12
Eligible voters89,017
Liberal hold Swing -2.43
Source: Elections Canada [18]
2019 Canadian federal election : Mississauga—Lakeshore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Sven Spengemann 29,52648.40+0.69$104,588.59
Conservative Stella Ambler 22,74037.28-3.95$110,262.85
New Democratic Adam Laughton5,1038.37+0.38none listed
Green Cynthia Trentelman2,8144.61+2.26$2,524.73
People's Eugen Vizitiu7171.18-none listed
United Carlton Darby990.16-$0.00
Total valid votes60,99999.34
Total rejected ballots4070.66+0.21
Turnout61,40667.91-0.79
Eligible voters90,419
Liberal hold Swing +2.32
Source: Elections Canada [19]
2015 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Sven Spengemann28,27947.71+10.86$74,169.40
Conservative Stella Ambler 24,43541.22-5.68$221,638.11
New Democratic Eric Guerbilsky4,7357.99-4.80$6,908.86
Green Ariana Burgener1,3972.36-0.72$1,924.23
Libertarian Paul Wodworth3160.53-$1,166.63
Marxist–Leninist Dagmar Sullivan1110.19-
Total valid votes/expense limit59,273100.00–$224,818.71
Total rejected ballots2710.46
Turnout59,54468.99
Eligible voters86,308––
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +8.27

References

  1. ↑ "COMMITTEE MEMBERS". House of Commons of Canada. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  2. ↑ "COMMITTEE MEMBERS". House of Commons of Canada. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mr. Sven Spengemann, M.P." Parlinfo. Library of Parliament. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  4. ↑ https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/former-toronto-mp-kirsty-duncan-59-has-died/article_1ede659e-690d-43f8-b4dc-6c3bb3dfbf91.html
  5. ↑ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  6. ↑ Veniez, Daniel D. (July 8, 2014). "What the Trudeau Effect Has Done for the Liberal Party". HuffPost Canada. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  7. ↑ "About Sven Spengemann". Sven Spengemann Member of Parliament for Mississauga—Lakeshore. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Sven Spengemann". University of Toronto Mississauga. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Sven Spengemann". ipolitics.ca. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  10. ↑ Veniez, Daniel D. (July 8, 2014). "What the Trudeau Effect Has Done for the Liberal Party". huffingtonpost.ca. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  11. 1 2 3 "Sven Spengemann". LinkedIn .
  12. ↑ "Sven Spengemann". svenspengemann.libparl.ca. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Election briefs". mississauga.com. Metroland. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Liberal candidate Sven Spengemann wins Mississauga-Lakeshore". Toronto Star. October 20, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  15. ↑ Tumilty, Ryan (May 18, 2022). "Liberal MP Sven Spengemann to resign from GTA seat almost eight months after re-election". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  16. ↑ Cornwell, Steve (May 19, 2022). "Mississauga Liberal MP resigns to work for United Nations less than a year after re-election". The Mississauga News. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  17. ↑ https://x.com/SvenTrueNorth/status/1851980154572046684
  18. ↑ "forty-fourth general election 2021 — Poll-by-poll results". Elections Canada . Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  19. ↑ "forty-third general election 2019 — Poll-by-poll results". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
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