Christina Mitas

Christina Maria Mitas^[1] is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.^[2] She represented 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 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

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]