Christina Mitas

Christina Maria Mitas is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election. She represents the riding of Scarborough Centre as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.

Christina Mitas
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 byBrad Duguid
Succeeded byDavid Smith
Personal details
Political partyProgressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Other political
affiliations
Conservative Party of Canada
Residence(s)Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario
Alma materOntario Institute for Studies in Education
Occupationteacher

Before politics, Mitas worked as a teacher abroad and was President of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Alumni Association.

As an MPP Mitas served on the Legislative Assembly Standing Committees on Estimates, Public Accounts, and the Legislative Assembly. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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