Andrew Cash

Andrew Cash (born January 22, 1962) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and an NDP politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Toronto-area Davenport electoral district from 2011 to 2015.

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

Andrew Cash
Genres	Rock
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1982–2011
Associated acts	Bird, The Cash Brothers, Ursula, L'Étranger, Skydiggers

He 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.

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=.

Politics

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, also a member of parliament for Timmins—James Bay since 2004.[4][11]

Andrew 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. He did not beat incumbent Julie Dzerowicz, coming second.[12]

Discography

• Time and Place (1988)
• Boomtown (1989)
• Hi (1993)
• Happy to Be Outraged (1995, credited to Ursula)
• Chrome Reflection (2000, credited to Bird)
• Murder= (2007)

Electoral record

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[13][14]

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

1. "Constituency Profile: Davenport". Parliament of Canada. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
2. "Meet Andrew". Cash for Toronto. Andrew Cash campaign. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
3. "Meet Isabella Cash!". Archived from the original on May 26, 2016.
4. Dixon, Guy (May 7, 2011). "Punks in the House of Commons". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on May 13, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
5. "Cash among new pop generation sure enough to face its insecurities". Toronto Star, June 30, 1989.
6. "RPM Top 100 Albums". RPM Magazine Volume 50, No. October 24, 14, 1989.
7. Hollett, Michael (October 7, 2009). "Cash for Toronto: Musician and journalist Andrew Cash wins NDP nomination in Davenport". Now Magazine. Retrieved October 7, 2009.
8. Allen, Kate (April 25, 2011). "Davenport could flip orange after 49 years". The Toronto Star. Archived from the original on April 29, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
9. McGillivray, Kate (October 24, 2016). "Former Toronto MP picks up the pieces 1 year after losing 'punch in the gut' election". CBC News. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
10. Alamenciak, Tim (May 2, 2011). "Liberals, NDP run neck-in-neck in narrow race for Davenport". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
11. Kuitenbrouwer, Peter (May 3, 2011). "Historic win for Andrew Cash bittersweet". National Post. Archived from the original on May 4, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
12. Abedi, Maham (October 21, 2019). "NDP's Andrew Cash fails to win back Toronto's Davenport riding". Global News. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
13. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Davenport, 30 September 2015
14. Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits

External links

• Official website
• CanConRox entry
• Andrew Cash Music
• Andrew Cash – Parliament of Canada biography