Christina Mitas

Christina Mitas
Ontario MPP Christina Mitas speaking during Members' Statements on November 28, 2019.
President of the Conservative Party of Canada
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 2, 2026
LeaderPierre Poilievre
Preceded byStephen Barber
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
PartyProgressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Other political
affiliations
Conservative Party of Canada
Alma materOntario Institute for Studies in Education
OccupationTeacher, political organizer, politician

Christina Maria Mitas[1] is a Canadian politician and political organizer who has served as the president of Conservative Party of Canada since 2026. She previously represented the riding of Scarborough Centre as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, elected in the 2018 provincial election.[2]

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] She did not seek re-election in the 2022 provincial election.

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] She was then elected to president of the party in 2026, becoming the first woman to hold the position.

Electoral record

2018 Ontario general election: Scarborough Centre
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeChristina Mitas15,26638.45+16.86
New DemocraticZeyd Bismilla13,24733.36+13.00
LiberalMazhar Shafiq8,79122.14-32.80
LibertarianMatt Dougherty1,0402.62+1.93
GreenSanjin Zeco9192.31-0.79
TrilliumChris Mellor4411.11
Total valid votes 39,704100.0  
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

  1. ↑ @TheOFIFC (9 February 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.
  2. ↑ Stancu, Henry (June 7, 2018). "PC's Christina Mitas wins Ontario's bellwether Scarborough Centre riding". Toronto Star.
  3. ↑ "Home Bio".
  4. ↑ "Members: Christina Maria Mitas". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Ontario education minister announces new measures to fight bullying in schools". CBC News. CBC News Toronto. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Westoll, Nick (4 January 2022). "Christina Mitas, Scarborough Centre PC MPP, says she won't seek re-election in 2022". CityNews. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  7. ↑ Clementson, Laura (May 9, 2019). "'We pledge to make abortion unthinkable in our lifetime': PC MPP Sam Oosterhoff". CBC News. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Ontario MPP Rick Nicholls booted from PC caucus after refusing to take COVID-19 vaccine". CBC News. August 19, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "National Council". Conservative Party of Canada. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "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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