Adam G. Vaughan[1] (born July 3, 1961) is a Canadian politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 2014 until 2021.

He previously sat on Toronto City Council, representing Ward 20 Trinity—Spadina from 2006 until he resigned in 2014 to run in a federal by-election for Trinity—Spadina.

[3] His father, Colin Vaughan, was a noted architect, television journalist and former city councillor, who was CityTV's political reporter until his death in 2000.

Before becoming a journalist, Adam Vaughan was a cartoonist for Books in Canada, Quill and Quire, Canadian Forum and several other publications.

In 2014, he ran as the Liberal candidate in a federal by-election to succeed New Democratic Party MP Olivia Chow, who had resigned to run for Mayor of Toronto.

[11] Vaughan was quickly promoted to the Liberal front bench as critic for urban affairs and housing.

[12] In the October 2015 federal election, Vaughan ran in Spadina—Fort York, essentially the southern portion of his old riding.

[16] He was succeeded by Kevin Vuong, who was nominated as a Liberal, but saw party support for him dropped after the revelation of sexual assault charges against him in 2019.