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Andrew Cash (born January 22, 1962) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and former politician who was the member of Parliament (MP) for the Toronto-area riding of Davenport from 2011 to 2015. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Cash grew up in Toronto where he and Charlie Angus founded the Toronto punk band L'Étranger.[4] In the late 1990s he wrote for the Toronto weekly Now.

Andrew Cash
Member of Parliament for Davenport
In office May 2, 2011[1] – August 4, 2015
Preceded by	Mario Silva
Succeeded by	Julie Dzerowicz
Personal details
Born	(1962-01-22) January 22, 1962 (age 60) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political party	New Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Michelle Shook[2]
Children	4[3]
Residence(s)	Toronto
Occupation	Musician
Profession	Journalist
Website	andrewcash.net

Andrew Cash
Genres	Rock
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1982–2011

Music career

When L'Étranger broke up in 1986,[4] Cash signed to Island Records as a solo artist.[5] His first release on the label was a reissue of L'Étranger's last recording, Sticks and Stones. He released three albums as a solo artist, including Boomtown, which appeared on the RPM 100 Top Albums chart in 1989.[6] He had a number of hits, including "Time and Place", "Boomtown", "What Am I Gonna Do with These Hands", "Smile Me Down" and "A Lot of Talk". In 1993, his album Hi was recorded at Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario.

He then formed the band Ursula, who released the album Happy to Be Outraged in 1995. However, that band was not successful, and broke up after just the one album.[4]

Around the same time as Ursula's demise, however, his brother Peter Cash also decided to leave his band, Skydiggers.[4] Both available at the same time for the first time in their careers, Andrew and Peter decided to write and record together, and released their debut album as The Cash Brothers, Raceway, in 1999.

Since 1999 Cash provided the soundtrack music for various television shows, mostly Canadian. He also wrote for the Toronto-based Now magazine.[4] In 2000 he collaborated with Hawksley Workman and Jason Collett on Chrome Reflection, an album credited to Bird. In 2007 Cash released his latest solo album Murder=.

Political career

On October 5, 2009, Cash was nominated as the New Democratic Party candidate for the Toronto-area Davenport electoral district, in preparation for the 41st Canadian general election.[7] At the time, the House of Commons was controlled by a minority government, led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, that could fall at any time; in this unpredictable election situation Cash was a candidate for over a year and half.

When the election was called, on March 26, 2011, his main campaign issue was that Davenport's incumbent MP, Mario Silva, was not a "full-time" MP.[8] Cash campaigned with two main slogans, "Cash for Toronto" and "Trade your Silva for Cash",[8] with a focus on "issues of precarious employment, especially with regards to freelancers and people who are working serial contracts."[9] Near the end of April, both The Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail newspapers started to predict that Cash might win, ending 49 years of continuous Liberal representation for that electoral district.[8][10] On May 2, he defeated Silva, becoming a caucus colleague of his former bandmate Charlie Angus, who is the MP for Timmins—James Bay since 2004.[4][11]

Cash lost his seat in the general election held October 19, 2015, one of many New Democrats who were swept away when the Liberal party came from third place to form a majority government. In the 2019 federal election, he attempted to win his seat back, coming second to the incumbent, Julie Dzerowicz.[12]

Discography

• Time and Place (1988) (#57 CAN)[13]
• Boomtown (1989) (#57 CAN)[14]
• Hi (1993)
• Happy to Be Outraged (1995, credited to Ursula)
• Chrome Reflection (2000, credited to Bird)
• Murder= (2007)

Electoral record

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Davenport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Julie Dzerowicz	22,813	43.6	-0.66	$92,294.42
	New Democratic	Andrew Cash	21,341	40.8	-0.56	none listed
	Conservative	Sanjay Bhatia	5,014	9.6	-0.95	$35,793.71
	Green	Hannah Conover-Arthurs	2,341	4.5	+1.41	none listed
	People's	Francesco Ciardullo	492	0.9	-	none listed
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	137	0.3	-0.23	$626.70
	Independent	Troy Young	85	0.2	-	none listed
	Independent	Chai Kalevar	80	0.2	-0.02	$1,610.25
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,303	100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters			79,822
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.05
Source: Elections Canada[15][16]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: Davenport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Julie Dzerowicz	21,947	44.26	+16.36	$81,434.76
	New Democratic	Andrew Cash	20,506	41.36	-12.36	$113,630.62
	Conservative	Carlos Oliveira	5,233	10.55	-3.67	$8,821.20
	Green	Dan Stein	1,530	3.09	-0.33	$8,434.06
	Communist	Miguel Figueroa	261	0.53	–	–
	Independent	Chai Kalevar	107	0.22	–	$1,430.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,584	100.00		$205,012.65
Total rejected ballots			287	0.58	–
Turnout			49,871	69.19	–
Eligible voters			72,082
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+14.36
Source: Elections Canada[17][18]

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election: Davenport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Andrew Cash	21,096	53.74	+22.48
	Liberal	Mario Silva	10,946	27.89	-17.88
	Conservative	Theresa Rodrigues	5,573	14.20	+3.19
	Green	Wayne Scott	1,344	3.42	-7.07
	Communist	Miguel Figueroa	167	0.43	-0.03
	Animal Alliance	Simon Luisi	128	0.33	+0.07
Total valid votes/expense limit			39,254	100.00
Total rejected ballots			235	0.60	-0.10
Turnout			39,489	61.92	+8.88

References

External links

• Official website
• CanConRox entry
• Andrew Cash Music
• Andrew Cash discography at Discogs
• Andrew Cash at IMDb
• Andrew Cash – Parliament of Canada biography

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