Andrew Telegdi

The Honourable Andrew Telegdi PC
Telegdi in 2008
Member of Parliament for Waterloo
In office 1993 – 1997
Preceded by	Walter McLean
Succeeded by	Riding Dissolved
Member of Parliament for Kitchener—Waterloo
In office 1997 – 2008
Preceded by	Riding Created
Succeeded by	Peter Braid
Personal details
Born	András Telegdi (1946-05-28)May 28, 1946 Budapest, Hungary
Died	January 23, 2017(2017-01-23) (aged 70) Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Nancy Telegdi
Residence	Waterloo, Ontario
Profession	Executive Director

Andrew Peter Telegdi,PC (born András Telegdi; May 28, 1946 – January 23, 2017) was a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2008, representing Waterloo and the successor riding of Kitchener—Waterloo.

Telegdi was born in Budapest, Hungary. He emigrated to Canada with his family in 1957 as a refugee following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He attended the University of Waterloo in the 1970s. He served two terms as president of the Federation of Students, UW's student union, from 1973-1974. After graduating, he became executive director of Youth in Conflict with the Law, and was a board member of the Working Centre (St. John's Soup Kitchen). Telegdi was also appointed to the board of governors of Wilfrid Laurier University.

Telegdi was a city councillor for Waterloo City Council from 1985 to 1993. In this office he also sat as a city representative as a regional councillor for the RM of Waterloo.

As member of the Ontario Liberal Party he ran for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the riding of Waterloo North in the 1990 provincial election. He finished a poor third against Progressive Conservative Elizabeth Witmer thus becoming the first Liberal to lose that riding in over 23 years. He won an easy victory to the Canadian House of Commons three years later and was subsequently re-elected four times, all by comfortable margins.

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