Christina Mitas | |
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 Ontario MPP Christina Mitas speaking during Members' Statements on November 28, 2019. | |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Scarborough Centre | |
| In office June 7, 2018 – May 3, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Brad Duguid |
| Succeeded by | David Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario |
| Other political affiliations | Conservative Party of Canada |
| Residence(s) | Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario |
| Alma mater | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education |
| Occupation | teacher |
Christina Maria Mitas[1] is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[2] She represents the riding of Scarborough Centre as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
Before politics, Mitas worked as a teacher abroad and was President of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Alumni Association.[3]
As an MPP Mitas served on the Legislative Assembly Standing Committees on Estimates, Public Accounts, and the Legislative Assembly.[4] As part of a province-wide effort, Education Minister Stephen Lecce also named MPP Mitas as his advisor on strategies to fight bullying - in the role Mitas was tasked with speaking with students, parents, teachers and experts.[5]
Mitas received attention for the introduction of Bill 39, the Change of Name Amendment Act, which, if passed, would ban people on Ontario’s sex offender registry from changing their names.[6]
In May 2019, Mitas participated in a pro-life rally at Queen's Park hosted by March for Life, where she made a stage appearance.[7]
In August 2021, Mitas was identified as one of only two Ontario PC MPPs to have not received COVID-19 vaccinations. She was able to avoid expulsion from the PC caucus by producing a medical exemption letter from a physician.[8]
In September 2023, Mitas was elected as an Ontario representative to the Conservative Party of Canada National Council and was subsequently selected to be a Vice-President of the party.[9][10]
Electoral record
| 2018 Ontario general election: Scarborough Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Christina Mitas | 15,266 | 38.45 | +16.86 | ||||
| New Democratic | Zeyd Bismilla | 13,247 | 33.36 | +13.00 | ||||
| Liberal | Mazhar Shafiq | 8,791 | 22.14 | -32.80 | ||||
| Libertarian | Matt Dougherty | 1,040 | 2.62 | +1.93 | ||||
| Green | Sanjin Zeco | 919 | 2.31 | -0.79 | ||||
| Trillium | Chris Mellor | 441 | 1.11 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 39,704 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 54.13 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 73,345 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.93 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[11] | ||||||||
References
- ^ @TheOFIFC (February 9, 2023). "Today friendship centre workers from across Ontario came to #QueensPark to tour the provincial legislature. Our Chief Engagement Officer, and former MPP, @SuzeMorrison, finally got to see her name carved into the marble wall!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Stancu, Henry (June 7, 2018). "PC's Christina Mitas wins Ontario's bellwether Scarborough Centre riding". Toronto Star.
- ^ "Home Bio".
- ^ "Members: Christina Maria Mitas". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Ontario education minister announces new measures to fight bullying in schools". CBC News. CBC News Toronto. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ Westoll, Nick. "Christina Mitas, Scarborough Centre PC MPP, says she won't seek re-election in 2022". CityNews. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ Clementson, Laura (May 9, 2019). "'We pledge to make abortion unthinkable in our lifetime': PC MPP Sam Oosterhoff". CBC News. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
- ^ "Ontario MPP Rick Nicholls booted from PC caucus after refusing to take COVID-19 vaccine". CBC News. August 19, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
- ^ LaPointe, Mike; Rana, Abbas (13 September 2023). "One year in, Poilievre's party-unity efforts on point, say pundits, Tory delegates". The Hill Times. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "National Council". Conservative Party of Canada. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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