Kyle Seeback

{{Short description|Canadian politician and lawyer}}

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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Kyle Seeback

| honorific-suffix = MP

| image = Kyle Seeback.jpg

| caption=Seeback in November 2014

| riding = Dufferin—Caledon

| parliament = Canadian

| term_start = October 21, 2019

| term_end =

| predecessor = David Tilson

| riding1 = Brampton West

| parliament1 = Canadian

| term_start1 = May 2, 2011

| term_end1 = August 4, 2015

| predecessor1 = Andrew Kania

| successor1 = Kamal Khera

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|8|19}}

| birth_place = Brampton, Ontario, Canada

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| death_place =

| party = Conservative

| spouse =

| residence = Orangeville, Ontario

| alma_mater =

| profession = Politician
Lawyer

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Kyle Seeback {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP}} (born August 19, 1970) is a Canadian politician and lawyer who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dufferin—Caledon in the 2019 election. He also represented the riding of Brampton West from 2011 to 2015.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/places/ontario-ridings/election-fed2011/r35008/ Election 2011: Brampton West]. The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2011. He was defeated by Sonia Sidhu in the riding of Brampton South during the 2015 Canadian federal election. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.

In 2023, during the 44th Canadian Parliament, Seeback's private member bill: Bill C-242 An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (temporary resident visas for parents and grandparents), was adopted to increase the length of time, from 2 years to 5 years, that a foreign person can be authorized to be a temporary resident for the purposes of visiting a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who is their child or grandchild, as well as enabling an insurance company outside Canada to qualify as providing that person's necessary health insurance coverage.{{cite web |url=https://citizen.on.ca/dufferin-caledon-mp-gets-approval-for-bill-aimed-at-improving-super-visa-program/ |title=Dufferin–Caledon MP gets approval for bill aimed at improving Super Visa program |date= July 6, 2023 |first=Sam |last=Odrowski |publisher=Orangeville Citizen |location=Orangeville, Ontario}}

Prior to entering federal politics, Seeback was an employee at Simmons Da Silva & Sinton LLP.

Seeback and his family moved to Amaranth, Ontario in 2009. He has resided in Orangeville, Ontario since 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.orangeville.com/news-story/9450480-is-kyle-seeback-parachuting-into-dufferin-caledon-conservative-nomination-absolutely-not-former-brampton-mp-responds/|title=Is Kyle Seeback parachuting into Dufferin-Caledon Conservative nomination? 'Absolutely not,' former Brampton MP responds|first=Chris|last=Halliday|date=June 24, 2019|website=Orangeville.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://citizen.on.ca/?p=15242|title=Four names on ballot for second D-C Conservative nomination|website=Citizen.on.ca|date=July 15, 2019}}

Controversies

On December 3, 2013, Seeback is reported to have called his Conservative colleague Brad Butt a "bitch" during an exchange in the House of Commons.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jason-kenney-s-rob-ford-comment-sparked-profane-rebuke-from-jim-flaherty-1.2463984 "Jason Kenney's Rob Ford comment sparked profane rebuke from Jim Flaherty"]. CBC News, December 13, 2013. Seeback apologized for his "unparliamentary language" the following day.{{Cite web|url=https://openparliament.ca/debates/2013/12/4/kyle-seeback-1/|title=Kyle Seeback, "Points of Order" on Dec. 4th, 2013 | openparliament.ca|website=Openparliament.ca}}

Electoral record

{{2025 Canadian federal election/Dufferin—Caledon}}

{{2021 Canadian federal election/Dufferin—Caledon}}

{{2019 Canadian federal election/Dufferin—Caledon}}

{{2015 Canadian federal election/Brampton South}}

{{2011 Canadian federal election/Brampton West}}

{{2008 Canadian federal election/Brampton West}}

References

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