Peter Fonseca
Canadian politician
Peter Fonseca | |
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| Member of Parliament for Mississauga East—Cooksville | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Wladyslaw Lizon |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga East (2003-2007) | |
| In office October 2, 2003 – March 26, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Carl DeFaria |
| Succeeded by | Dipika Damerla |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1966-10-05) October 5, 1966 (age 57) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Other political affiliations | Ontario Liberal |
| Spouse | Christine Fonseca (m. 2003) |
| Residence(s) | Mississauga, Ontario |
| Alma mater | University of Oregon, University of Windsor |
| Occupation | Management consultant |
| Website | peterfonseca.ca |
- For other people with a similar name, see Pedro da Fonseca (disambiguation)
Peter Fonseca MP (born October 5, 1966) is a Portuguese-born Canadian politician and former athlete. He is a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Mississauga East—Cooksville since his election in 2015.
Prior to entering federal politics, Fonseca was a provincial Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing Mississauga East (2003-2007) and Mississauga East—Cooksville (2007- 2011). He was a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty.
Fonseca was re-elected his safe Liberal riding of Mississauga East—Cooksville with roughly 53% of the vote in the 2019 federal election and again with 50% of the vote in the 2021 federal election.
In the 44th parliament which was formed after the 2021 federal election (where the governing Liberals were re-elected with an increased minority), Fonseca was selected as the chair of the powerful Finance Committee.
Background
Fonseca was born in Lisbon, Portugal and immigrated to Toronto with his family in 1968. He was raised in Little Portugal. He graduated from St. Michael's College School and attended the University of Oregon, gaining a Bachelor of Arts on an athletic scholarship. He also holds a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Windsor.[1] He worked as a senior performance management consultant for the Coach Corporation and has run an importing and distributing company in Portugal.[2]
He married his wife Christine "Chris" Fonseca in 2003.[1] Christine was elected to Mississauga City Council as Councillor for Ward 3 in the 2010 Mississauga municipal election[3] and re-elected in 2014 Mississauga municipal election, 2018 Mississauga municipal election, and 2022 Mississauga municipal election.[4]
Fonseca holds Dual-citizenship with Portugal.[5]
Athletic career
He finished 5th in the 10,000 metres at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. He also represented Canada at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia in the Men's Marathon. He was the top finisher for the Canadians, placing 21st overall in a 42.195-kilometre (26.219 mi) race with a time of 2 hours, 17 minutes and 28 seconds.[6] He also placed second in the 1994 Toronto Marathon and the 1994 Houston Marathon, and third in the 1992 New York City Marathon and the 1990 Los Angeles Marathon.[7]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Canada | |||||
| 1994 | Houston Marathon | Houston, United States | 2nd | Marathon | 2:13:53 |
| 1994 | Toronto Marathon | Toronto, Canada | 2nd | Marathon | 2:17:16 |
| 1994 | Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | 5th | 10,000 m | 29:14.85 |
| 1995 | Houston Marathon | Houston, United States | 1st | Marathon | 2:11:52 |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 21st | Marathon | 2:17:28 |
| 1997 | Toronto Marathon | Toronto, Canada | 1st | Marathon | 2:28:26 |
Politics
Provincial
Fonseca was elected to the Ontario legislature in the provincial election of 2003, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative Carl DeFaria by about 3,000 votes in Mississauga East.[8] On October 23, 2003, he was named parliamentary assistant to George Smitherman, the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. In July 2005, he became the parliamentary assistant to Jim Watson, the Minister of Health Promotion.
In October 2007, Fonseca was named to cabinet as Minister of Tourism and Recreation.[9] In a cabinet shuffle on September 18, 2008, Fonseca was appointed as the province's Minister of Labour.[10]
Federal
On December 16, 2010, Fonseca resigned from the Ontario cabinet to run for the federal Liberals in the riding of Mississauga East—Cooksville.[11] He was defeated by Conservative candidate Wladyslaw Lizon in the 2011 federal election by 676 votes.[12][13]
Fonseca ran for the Liberals again in the 2015 federal election and defeated Lizon by a wide margin as part of the Liberal sweep of Mississauga ridings. Fonseca was re-elected in the 2019 and 2021 elections.[14]
Fonseca's constituency office was on fire, on February 22, 2022. Peel Regional Police is investigating the matter as arson.[15][16][17][18]
Electoral record
Federal
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Peter Fonseca | 22,806 | 50.0 | -3.1 | $48,174.27 | |||
| Conservative | Grace Adamu | 14,722 | 32.3 | -1.3 | $16,774.32 | |||
| New Democratic | Tom Takacs | 4,678 | 10.3 | +1.5 | 1,363.00 | |||
| People's | Joseph Westover | 2,933 | 6.4 | +5.2 | $809.98 | |||
| Independent | Gord Elliott | 329 | 0.7 | N/A | $0.00 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Dagmar Sullivan | 107 | 0.2 | -0.1 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,575 | 99.2 | – | $112,477.70 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 383 | 0.8 | ||||||
| Turnout | 45,958 | 55.6 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 82,603 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -0.9 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[19] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Peter Fonseca | 27,923 | 53.1 | -1.13 | $54,292.81 | |||
| Conservative | Wladyslaw Lizon | 17,664 | 33.6 | -1.75 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Tom Takacs | 4,643 | 8.8 | +0.17 | none listed | |||
| Green | Maha Rasheed | 1,578 | 3.0 | +1.52 | $0.00 | |||
| People's | Syed Rizvi | 637 | 1.2 | $2,799.42 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Anna Di Carlo | 178 | 0.3 | -0.01 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 52,623 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 483 | |||||||
| Turnout | 53,106 | 62.1 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 85,584 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.31 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[20][21] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Peter Fonseca | 28,154 | 54.23 | +18.07 | $85,296.75 | |||
| Conservative | Wladyslaw Lizon | 18,353 | 35.35 | -8.20 | $109,692.04 | |||
| New Democratic | Ali Naqvi | 4,481 | 8.63 | -9.03 | $34,143.24 | |||
| Green | Jaymini Bhikha | 766 | 1.48 | -0.69 | – | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Tim Sullivan | 163 | 0.31 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 51,917 | 100.00 | $217,661.14 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 287 | 0.55 | ||||||
| Turnout | 52,204 | 63.87 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 81,736 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.13 | ||||||
Source(s)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Wladyslaw Lizon | 18,796 | 39.97 | +7.42 | $90,142 | |||
| Liberal | Peter Fonseca | 18,120 | 38.53 | -11.63 | $71,450 | |||
| New Democratic | Waseem Ahmed | 8,836 | 18.79 | +7.44 | $6,591 | |||
| Green | Jaymini Bhikha | 1,032 | 2.19 | -3.05 | $968 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Pierre Chénier | 241 | 0.51 | -0.16 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,025 | 100.00 | $169,151 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 289 | 0.61 | ||||||
| Turnout | 47,314 | 56.8 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 83,018 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.52 | ||||||
Source(s) Elections Canada (2011). "Official Voting Results: Forty-first General Election". Retrieved 28 September 2015. | ||||||||
Provincial
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Peter Fonseca | 22,249 | 58.93 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Zoran Churchin | 8,715 | 23.08 | |||||
| New Democratic | Satish Balasunderam | 3,192 | 8.46 | |||||
| Green | Carla Cassanova | 2,361 | 6.25 | |||||
| Family Coalition | Al Zawadzki | 992 | 2.63 | |||||
| Freedom | Ryan Jamieson | 243 | 0.64 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,752 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 349 | 0.92 | ||||||
| Turnout | 38,101 | 47.47 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 80,247 | |||||||
Source(s) Elections Ontario (2007). "General Election Poll by Poll Results, 048 Mississauga East—Cooksville" (PDF). Retrieved 24 August 2015. | ||||||||
| Liberal pickup new district.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Peter Fonseca | 16,686 | 48.68 | +9.69 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Carl DeFaria | 13,832 | 40.35 | -11.23 | ||||
| New Democratic | Michael Hancock | 2,479 | 7.23 | -0.01 | ||||
| Green | Donald Barber | 666 | 1.94 | |||||
| Family Coalition | Gary Nail | 358 | 1.04 | |||||
| Independent | Pierre Chénier | 256 | 0.75 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 34,277 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 252 | 0.73 | ||||||
| Turnout | 34,529 | 51.38 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 67,198 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +10.46 | ||||||
Source(s) Elections Ontario (2003). "General Election of October 2, 2003 Poll By Poll Results 47 Mississauga East". Retrieved 24 August 2015. | ||||||||
References
- ^ a b Chin, Joseph (3 October 2003). "Fonseca rolls over incumbent DeFaria". Mississauga News. p. 6.
- ^ "Healthy City Stewardship Centre: Biographies". City of Mississauga. 21 September 2006.
- ^ "Fonseca claims Ward 3". Mississauga News. 26 October 2010.
- ^ Chin, Joseph (27 October 2014). "Ward 3 Councillor Chris Fonseca Mississauga's champion vote-getter". Mississauga News. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ^ Harris, Kathleen (10 December 2017). "As Australia ousts MPs with dual citizenship, Canada's Parliament embraces many in its ranks | CBC News". CBC News. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023.
- ^ "The Official Report for the Centennial Olympic Games: The Competition Results, Volume III" (PDF). The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games. 1997.
- ^ "Breland floors Honeyghan to retain his WBA crown". The Vancouver Sun. 5 March 1990. p. C3.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 2 October 2003. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ Ferguson, Rob; Benzie, Robert (31 October 2007). "Premier goes for new blood; Expanded 28-member cabinet has eight ministers from Toronto, three from 905 area". Toronto Star. p. A13.
- ^ "The new-look Ontario cabinet". The Hamilton Spectator. 19 September 2008. p. A9.
- ^ Benzie, Robert; Delacourt, Susan. "Ontario cabinet minister to seek federal seat". Toronto Star.
- ^ "Riding results from across Canada". Edmonton Journal. 3 May 2011. p. A6.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ Campion-Smith, Bruce (14 December 2014). "Immigrant vote key to winning, Liberals say". Toronto Star. p. A8.
- ^ Diebel, Linda (19 October 2015). "Peter Fonseca wins Mississauga East—Cooksville". Toronto Star. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ Rodrigues, Gabby (23 February 2022). "Police say 'suspicious' fire at Liberal MP office in Mississauga appears to be targeted". Global News Toronto. Toronto ON. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ "Police believe fire at MP's office in Mississauga, Ont., was targeted". Niagara Falls Review. St. Catharines ON. The Canadian Press. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ Herhalt, Chris (23 February 2022). "Fire at Mississauga Liberal MP Peter Fonseca's office deemed suspicious: police". CP24. Toronto ON: BellMedia. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ "Assistance Sought in Arson Investigation". Peel Regional Police. Mississauga ON. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
External links
- Official website
- Peter Fonseca – Parliament of Canada biography
- Speeches, votes and activity at OpenParliament.ca
- Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history
- Peter Fonseca at ARRS
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