Peter Fonseca

Infobox_Politician


name = Peter Fonseca
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birth_date = October 5, 1966
birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal
residence = Mississauga, Ontario
office1 = MPP for Mississauga East
term_start1 = October 23, 2003
term_end1 = October 29, 2007
predecessor1 = Carl De Faria
successor1 = riding dissolved
office2 = MPP for Mississauga East—Cooksville
term_start2 = October 30, 2007
term_end2 =
predecessor2 = new district
successor2 =
office3 = Minister of Labour
term_start3 = September 18, 2008
term_end3 =
predecessor3 = Brad Duguid
successor3 =
party = Liberal
religion =
occupation = athlete, management consultant

Peter Fonseca (born October 5, 1966 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Mississauga East—Cooksville for the Ontario Liberal Party.

Fonseca was raised in Toronto, and attended the University of Oregon on an athletic scholarship. He also has a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Windsor. He represented Canada at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia as a marathon runner. He was the top finisher for the Canadians, placing 21st overall in a 26.2 mile race with a time of 2 hours, 17 minutes and 28 seconds. He also placed second in the 1994 Toronto Marathon and the 1994 Houston Marathon, and third in the 1992 New York Marathon and the 1990 Los Angeles Marathon. He is a recipient of the Fred Bagley Memorial Trophy, given to long distance runners in Canada.

Fonseca was later a senior performance management consultant for the Coach Corporation, and has run a successful importing and distributing company in Portugal. He has also done fundraising work for the Canadian Diabetes Association.

Fonseca was elected to the Ontario legislature in the provincial election of 2003, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative Carl DeFaria by about 3000 votes in Mississauga East. 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.

In a Cabinet shuffle on September 18, 2008 [ [http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/news/Product.asp?ProductID=2473 Premier of Ontario - News Releases - Making Ontario More Competitive at Home and Abroad] ] , Peter was appointed as the province's Minister of Labour.

Electoral record

Election box begin | title=Ontario general election, 2003
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Peter Fonseca
align="right"|16,686
align="right"|48.68
align="right"|+9.69
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Carl DeFaria
align="right"|13,832
align="right"|40.35
align="right"|-11.23
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Michael Hancock
align="right"|2,479
align="right"|7.23
align="right"|-0.01
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Donald Barber
align="right"|666
align="right"|1.94
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Gary Nail
align="right"|358
align="right"|1.04
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Pierre Chénier
align="right"|256
align="right"|0.75

Election box begin | title=Ontario general election, 2007
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Peter Fonseca
align="right"|22,207
align="right"|59.0%
align="right"|N/A
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Zoran Churchin
align="right"|8,687
align="right"|23.1%
align="right"|N/A
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Satish Balasunderam
align="right"|3,184
align="right"|8.5%
align="right"|N/A
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Carla Cassanova
align="right"|2,355
align="right"|6.3%
align="right"|N/A
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Al Zawadzki
align="right"|979
align="right"|2.6%
align="right"|N/A
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Ryan Jamieson
align="right"|243
align="right"|0.7%
align="right"|N/A

External links

* [http://www.peterfonseca.onmpp.ca/ Peter Fonseca Official web site]
* [http://mayor-of-mississauga.com/ History of Mississauga Website]

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