Career
Prior to his political career he was a welder and a real estate agent. Provincial politics
Kang ran for office for the first time in Calgary-McCall in the 2004 Alberta general election. He was defeated in a hotly contested race by incumbent Shiraz Shariff.
The election was a virtual rematch of 2004 with all candidates being the same.
Kang"s numbers increased upon the official recount to 118 votes. Shiraz Shariff and the Progressive Conservatives challenged the vote in court claiming that the results of the advanced polling and special ballots was tainted.
The challenge was unsuccessful. In the 2012 provincial election, Kang was initially declared to have been defeated by Wildrose candidate Grant Galpin, but was later declared re-elected after all polling stations, special ballots and advance polls were counted.
He remained a provincial Modern Language Association until the 2015 provincial election in May 2015, at which point he did not seek reelection and retired.
He was subsequently elected, defeating serving Member of Parliament Devinder Shory. He and Kent Hehr are the first federal Liberals elected from Calgary since Pat Mahoney in 1968.
