Peter Fonseca was a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty.
14 Facts About Peter Fonseca
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Peter Fonseca was born in Lisbon, Portugal and immigrated to Toronto with his family in 1968.
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Peter Fonseca graduated from St Michael's College School and attended the University of Oregon, gaining a Bachelor of Arts on an athletic scholarship.
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Peter Fonseca holds a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Windsor.
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Peter Fonseca worked as a senior performance management consultant for the Coach Corporation and has run an importing and distributing company in Portugal.
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Peter Fonseca married his wife Christine "Chris" Fonseca in 2003.
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Peter Fonseca finished 5th in the 10,000 metres at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
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Peter Fonseca represented Canada at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia in the Men's Marathon.
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Peter Fonseca was the top finisher for the Canadians, placing 21st overall in a 42.195-kilometre race with a time of 2 hours, 17 minutes and 28 seconds.
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Peter Fonseca 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.
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Peter 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.
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In October 2007, Peter Fonseca was named to cabinet as Minister of Tourism and Recreation.
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Peter Fonseca was defeated by Conservative candidate Wladyslaw Lizon in the 2011 federal election by 676 votes.
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Peter 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.