27 Facts About Kevin Vuong

Kevin Vuong currently sits as an independent within Parliament and has faced calls to resign.

In high school, Kevin Vuong was mentored by Ivey Business School students, who inspired him to study finance at the University of Western Ontario.

Kevin Vuong attended the University of Western Ontario under the school's DAN Management and Organizational Studies program and worked a full-time job simultaneously.

Kevin Vuong was a member of the Canadian Y20 delegation to the 2013 G20 Summit.

Kevin Vuong joined the Canadian Forces Naval Reserve as an intelligence officer in 2015.

In November 2020, Kevin Vuong was named as a NATO 2030 Young Leader for Canada, the only Canadian, to join 13 other leaders to advise on the future of the 30-member alliance.

Kevin Vuong chose to face a summary trial instead of a general court-martial.

Kevin Vuong admitted the particulars underlying the charge, was found guilty, and given a fine of $500 for not following the Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Canadian Forces, which required him to notify his commanding officer of the charge.

Kevin Vuong advocated for a price for congestion with Canada's Ecofiscal Commission, penning an opinion-editorial with economist and commission chair Christopher Ragan, that highlighted the social costs to youth and people of colour.

Kevin Vuong was co-chair of the Toronto Youth Equity Strategy, where he helped to secure $958,000 for youth social infrastructure and sought to give youth a meaningful role in police governance citing racial discrimination and loss of trust in policing.

Kevin Vuong advocated for programming for vulnerable youth and against the cancellation of affordable "Youth Days" at the Canadian National Exhibition.

Kevin Vuong pushed the City of Toronto for specific roles, representation, and powers to young people, particularly in city planning issues.

Kevin Vuong's campaign was focused on highlighting the lack of services and infrastructure downtown, an understanding of vertical living that leveraged his many years as president of his condominium board, and climate adaptation and action for vertical communities.

Kevin Vuong organized "King Street Eats" to help local restaurants adapt and attract customers.

Shortly before the 2021 Canadian federal election, the Toronto Star reported on August 10 that Kevin Vuong was expected to be tapped by the Liberal Party as the candidate for Spadina-Fort York following incumbent MP Adam Vaughan's surprise announcement of his retirement.

On September 1,2021, The Globe and Mail and other media outlets reported that Kevin Vuong was involved in a $1.5 million lawsuit filed against him related to a mask making business, TakeCare Supply.

Kevin Vuong did not disclose either the withdrawn charge or the ongoing lawsuit to the Liberal Party, despite it being a requirement that he disclose such information during the vetting process.

Recently, critics on social media said Kevin Vuong blocked them from his Twitter page and restricted who can comment on his Instagram posts.

New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh said that Kevin Vuong had either "lied" to the Liberals, or the party knew about them anyway and was putting his ambitions "over the lives and well-being of women".

Kevin Vuong was therefore elected as a result of advance polls and mail-in ballots, which had commenced several days prior to the scandal becoming public knowledge.

Some Spadina-Fort York constituents who cast their ballots before hearing about Kevin Vuong's charges said they would have voted differently with some signing a petition requesting a by-election, while others defended Kevin Vuong's right to stay in office as the charges were dropped.

Kevin Vuong announced his intention to sit as an Independent following the election.

Ontario Liberal Party leader Steven Del Duca called for Kevin Vuong to "examine his conscience" to see if he could credibly take his seat even as an independent, "given the circumstances of the allegation" against him.

Kevin Vuong said that Vuong would not be allowed to run as a Liberal at the provincial level even if he was cleared.

In October 2023, Kevin Vuong became a member of the Conservative Party of Canada, though he continued to sit as an independent.

In February 2024, Kevin Vuong publicly said that he would be open to joining the Conservative Party of Canada caucus and running as a Conservative candidate in the next federal election.

The request was not granted and on March 26,2025, Kevin Vuong announced that he was not running for re-election in the 2025 Canadian federal election.