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Peter Fonseca

Canadian politician
Person human Q7174026

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
October 5, 1966
Place of birth
Lisbon
Country of citizenship
Canada[8]
Occupation
politician, athletics competitor, athlete, management consultant, businessperson
Position held
Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, Minister of Tourism and Recreation, member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament, member of parliament, member of the House of Commons of Canada, member of the House of Commons of Canada, member of the House of Commons of Canada, member of the House of Commons of Canada[9][10]
Educated at
University of Windsor, University of Oregon, St. Michael's College School[11][12][13]
Member of political party
Ontario Liberal Party, Liberal Party of Canada[15][16]
Official website
peterfonseca.liberal.ca[21]
Candidacy in election
2015 Canadian federal election, 2011 Canadian federal election, 2019 Canadian federal election, 2021 Canadian federal election in Mississauga East—Cooksville, 2025 Canadian federal election in Mississauga East—Cooksville, 2003 Ontario provincial election in Mississauga East, 2007 Ontario provincial election in Mississauga East—Cooksville[24][25][26][27][28][29][30]
Country for sport
Canada[23]
Family name
Fonseca[19]
Given name
Peter[20]
Participant in
1996 Summer Olympics[22]
Residence
Mississauga[17]
Social media followers
+2321, +2099[31][32]
Sport
athletics[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Peter Fonseca ar بيتر فونسيكا zh 方思嘉
🔖 Identifiers · 19
VIAF cluster ID
1959156133187358430004
Library of Congress authority ID
no2019087970
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Peter Fonseca 2022.jpg ↗
ARRS runner ID
296
Commonwealth Games Federation athlete ID (archived)
35819
Facebook username
PeterFonsecaMP
Freebase ID
/m/04d58k
Instagram username
peterfonsecamp
Library of Parliament of Canada person ID
18514
Olympedia people ID
66049
Olympics.com athlete ID
peter-fonseca
Ontario MPP ID
peter-fonseca
Show all 19 identifiers +7
OpenSanctions ID
Peter Fonseca
Prabook ID
1950899
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived)
fo/peter-fonseca-1
Team Canada athlete ID
peter-fonseca
Tilastopaja male athlete ID
35120
World Athletics athlete ID
14174269, 878
X (Twitter) username
PeterFonsecaMP

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🔗 Connections
Position held 5
member of parliament, member of the House of Commons of Canada, member of the House of Commons of Canada, member of the House of Commons of Canada, member of the House of Commons of Canada
Occupation 4
politician, athlete, businessperson, athletics competitor
Candidacy in election 3
2015 Canadian federal election, 2019 Canadian federal election, 2011 Canadian federal election
Educated at 2
University of Oregon, University of Windsor
Member of political party 2
Liberal Party of Canada, Ontario Liberal Party
Country for sport 1
Canada
Country of citizenship 1
Canada
Family name 1
Fonseca
Given name 1
Peter
Instance of 1
human
OpenSanctions ID 1
Peter Fonseca
Participant in 1
1996 Summer Olympics
Place of birth 1
Lisbon
Residence 1
Mississauga
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
athletics
← OpenSanctions ID 1
Peter Fonseca
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Summary

Peter Fonseca was born on October 5, 1966[1], in Lisbon[2]. He has worked as a politician[3], athletics competitor[4], athlete[5], management consultant[6], and businessperson[7].

FAQs

Where was Peter Fonseca born?

Peter Fonseca's place of birth was Lisbon[2].

What did Peter Fonseca do for work?

Peter Fonseca worked as a politician[3], athletics competitor[4], athlete[5], management consultant[6], and businessperson[7].

Where did Peter Fonseca go to school?

Peter Fonseca was educated at University of Windsor[11], University of Oregon[12], and St. Michael's College School[13].

Related Entities

Canada

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . lop.parl.ca. Retrieved . lop.parl.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . elections.ca. Retrieved . elections.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . elections.ca. Retrieved . elections.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Library of Parliament. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . elections.ca. Retrieved . elections.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . elections.ca. Retrieved . elections.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . Library of Parliament. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . Library of Parliament. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [7] ↑ . Library of Parliament. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . elections.ca. Retrieved . elections.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [1] ↑ . Library of Parliament. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Library of Parliament. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Library of Parliament. Retrieved . elections.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . World Athletics database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Library of Parliament. Retrieved . lop.parl.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Library of Parliament. Retrieved . lop.parl.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Library of Parliament. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . elections.ca. Retrieved . elections.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Library of Parliament. Retrieved . elections.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . results.elections.on.ca. results.elections.on.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . results.elections.on.ca. results.elections.on.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Samoasambia bot · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Candidacy in election → 2015 Canadian federal election, 2011 Canadian federal election, 2019 Canadian federal election +4
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  2. 7w ago · Caddyshack01 · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Candidacy in election → 2015 Canadian federal election, 2011 Canadian federal election, 2019 Canadian federal election +4
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  3. 10w ago · WikiTrackBot · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tilastopaja male athlete ID → 35120
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  4. 25w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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