Alex Kindy

Who is Alex Kindy?

Alex Kindy, M.D. is a former Canadian politician. Kindy was born in Warsaw, Poland.

His first attempt at entering federal politics was in the 1962 federal election when he ran as an "Independent Liberal" in the Quebec riding of Maisonneuve—Rosemont. He placed last out of five candidates and won 942 votes.

Kindy subsequently joined the Progressive Conservative party and attempted to win a seat from the Quebec riding of Sherbrooke running as "Alexandre Kindy" in the 1968, 1972 and 1974 elections, placing third on each attempt behind the Liberal and Social Credit candidates.

He subsequently moved to Alberta where he won the Tory nomination for Calgary East in the 1984 federal election and was elected to the Canadian House of Commons. He was re-elected in the 1988 federal election in what had become the riding of Calgary Northeast

Kindy was known for his anti-Communist views, and opposed the prosecution of Eastern Europeans in Canada accused of perpetrating Nazi war criminals during World War II. He and a fellow Tory MP, Andrew Witer, attempted in 1987 to delay the passage of legislation designed to allow the prosecution of Nazi war criminals in Canada.