Adam Vaughan
Vaughan in 2017
Member of Parliament forSpadina—Fort York Trinity—Spadina (2014–2015)
In office June 30, 2014 – September 20, 2021
Preceded by	Olivia Chow
Succeeded by	Kevin Vuong
Toronto City Councillor for Ward 20 Trinity-Spadina
In office December 1, 2006 – May 13, 2014
Preceded by	Martin Silva
Succeeded by	Ceta Ramkhalawansingh
Parliamentary Secretary to theMinister of Families, Children and Social Development (Housing)
In office January 30, 2017 – September 19, 2021
Minister	Jean-Yves Duclos Ahmed Hussen
Preceded by	Terry Duguid
Parliamentary Secretary to thePrime Minister (Intergovernmental Affairs)
In office December 2, 2015 – January 27, 2017
Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Paul Calandra
Succeeded by	Peter Schiefke
Personal details
Born	Adam G. Vaughan (1961-07-03)July 3, 1961 (age 63) Toronto,Ontario, Canada
Political party	Liberal (2014–present)
Residence	Niagara, Toronto[1]
Occupation	Journalist

Adam G. Vaughan^[1] (born July 3, 1961) is a Canadian politician who served as aMember of Parliament (MP) from 2014 until 2021. Vaughan represented theToronto areariding ofSpadina—Fort York as a member of theLiberal Party. He previously sat onToronto City Council, representing Ward 20 Trinity—Spadina from 2006 until he resigned in 2014 to run ina federal by-election forTrinity—Spadina.

During his time as an MP, Vaughan served as theparliamentary secretary toprime minister on intergovernmental affairs from 2015 to 2017, and to theminister of families, children and social development on housing and urban affairs from 2017 to 2021. Prior to his political career, he was a radio and television journalist. In August 2021, Vaughan announced that he would not seek re-election toParliament.^[2]

Vaughan is married to Nicole Anatol and has a son and a daughter from previous relationships. He was previously married to journalistSuhana Meharchand.^[3] His father,Colin Vaughan, was a noted architect, television journalist and former city councillor, who wasCityTV's political reporter until his death in 2000.

Adam Vaughan worked atRyerson Polytechnical Institute's radio stationCKLN from 1982 to 1987, and was manager of the station from 1985 to 1987. He joinedCITY-TV in 1987 as a producer ofCityWide. He left in 1989 to join the board of theWorld Association of Community Radio Broadcasters.

In 1990, he joinedMetro Morning onCBL as a segment producer. He subsequently joinedCBLT in 1994, covering City Hall as a municipal reporter, producer, and director. Vaughan has coveredToronto Police Service,Toronto City Hall,Queen's Park andParliament Hill in his career. He returned to the Citytv team in 2000.

Vaughan has written forToronto Life magazine and theToronto Star. Before becoming a journalist, Adam Vaughan was a cartoonist forBooks in Canada,Quill and Quire,Canadian Forum and several other publications.

After Marilyn Lastman, the wife of the then mayor of TorontoMel Lastman, was caught shoplifting from anEaton's store in Toronto, the mayor threatened to kill Vaughan if he reported on his family.^[4][5]

Vaughan ran inTrinity—Spadina - Ward 20 in the2006 municipal election. The seat had been vacated byOlivia Chow who left the city for federal politics. He won the seat defeatingHelen Kennedy, Chow's executive assistant, by 2,300 votes.

After the2010 mayoral election, Vaughan was an outspoken critic of then-Toronto MayorRob Ford.

As a member of City Council Vaughan sat on theToronto Police Services Board,^[6] the Planning and Growth Management Committee, the Toronto Arts Council, Artscape Board, the Board of Trustees for the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Harbourfront Centre Board. Additionally he sat on the city's Heritage Board, and the city's Preservation Board.

In 2014, he ran as theLiberal candidate in a federalby-election to succeedNew Democratic Party MP Olivia Chow, who had resigned to run forMayor of Toronto. At the time. the Liberals had their fewestMPs in history.^[7][8] Vaughan resigned his city council seat on May 13, 2014, several days after the Trinity—Spadina by-election was called.^[9][10] He defeated NDP candidateJoe Cressy by 6,745 votes, a nearly 2-to-1 margin.^[11]

Vaughan was quickly promoted to the Liberal front bench as critic for urban affairs and housing.^[12]

In the October 2015 federal election, Vaughan ran in Spadina—Fort York, essentially the southern portion of his old riding. His main opponent was Chow, the person who he had replaced twice, first on Toronto City Council and then later as MP. Once the election was called, Vaughan initially trailed Chow in public opinion polls. However, on election day, in part due to a massive surge of Liberal support in Toronto, he defeated Chow convincingly, taking 54.5% of the vote to Chow's 27.4%.^[13][14]

On December 2, 2015, he was appointed the parliamentary secretary to the prime minister for intergovernmental affairs.^[15]

In August, 2021, Vaughan announced he would not be seeking re-election in the2021 Canadian federal election.^[16] He was succeeded byKevin Vuong, who was nominated as a Liberal, but saw party support for him dropped after the revelation of sexual assault charges against him in 2019.

Vaughan endorsedKarina Gould in the2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election.^[17]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election:Spadina—Fort York
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Adam Vaughan	30,141	54.66	30.27	–
	New Democratic	Olivia Chow	15,047	27.28	22.36	–
	Conservative	Sabrina Zuniga	8,673	15.73	5.13	–
	Green	Sharon Danley	1,137	2.06	2.11	–
	PACT	Michael Nicula	91	0.17	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Nick Lin	59	0.11	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,148	100.0		$205,892.35
Total rejected ballots			268	0.48	–
Turnout			55,416	73.93	–
Eligible voters			74,958
Source:Elections Canada[20][21]

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