Peter Fragiskatos

Peter Fragiskatos MP (born April 30, 1981) is a Canadian academic and Liberal Party of Canada politician, who was first elected to represent the riding of London North Centre in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.^[1]

Peter Fragiskatos MP
Member of Parliament for London North Centre
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Susan Truppe
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue
Incumbent
Assumed office December 3, 2021
Minister	Diane Lebouthillier
Preceded by	Francesco Sorbara
Succeeded by	Iqra Khalid
Personal details
Born	(1981-04-30) April 30, 1981 (age 43) London, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Liberal Party of Canada
Spouse	Katy Boychuk
Children	1
Residence(s)	London, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater	University of Western Ontario Queen's University Cambridge University
Profession	Academic

Fragiskatos' family is of Greek descent. His grandmother Panagiota emigrated from Greece following World War II, and later became an organizer for the New Democratic Party's leaders Tommy Douglas and Stephen Lewis. Fragiskatos later attributed his interest in politics and social justice to her. He attended the University of Western Ontario (where he earned a Bachelor of Arts), Queen's University (Master of Arts), and finally the University of Cambridge (PhD), where his focus was on Kurdish human rights issues.^[2]

On October 21, 2019, MP Fragiskatos was re-elected by the residents of London North Centre during the 2019 federal election.^[3]

Since first being elected in 2015, Fragiskatos has held several key committee appointments, which include: Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities ( - Present) Foreign Affairs and International Development (January 29, 2016 – September 18, 2017), Public Safety and National Security (September 18, 2017 – September 19, 2018), Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (January 31, 2017 – September 11, 2019), Finance (September 19, 2018 – September 11, 2019, January 27 – August 18, 2020, October 6, 2020 – August 15, 2021), Canada–China Relations (January 15 – August 18, 2020, October 6, 2020 – August 15, 2021) and Public Accounts (December 9, 2021 – Present).^[4]

On June 15, 2021, Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, appointed MP Fragiskatos to the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians after he secured a top secret security clearance, a requirement for the role. As stated in the release announcing the appointment, the Honourable David J. McGuinty has chaired this committee since its launch in 2017, and includes representatives from both the House of Commons and the Senate. It provides a non-partisan approach to the review of national security and intelligence activities carried out across the Government of Canada. The committee was first created under the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act, which received Royal Assent on June 22, 2017.^[5]

The 2021 federal election, held that September 20, saw Fragiskatos re-elected to a third term by the voters in London North Centre.^[6] Shortly thereafter, on December 3, 2021, Prime Minister Trudeau appointed MP Fragiskatos as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue.^[7]

Prior to his election, Fragiskatos was a political science professor at Huron University College and King's University College at the University of Western Ontario.^[8] He was a frequent commentator on international issues, and was published by Maclean's, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, BBC News, and CNN.^[9]

Fragiskatos lives in the riding of London North Centre with his wife, Katy, and his daughter, Ava.^[10]

Electoral record

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: London North Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Peter Fragiskatos	22,921	39.1	-3.7	$113,155.98
	Conservative	Stephen Gallant	15,889	27.1	+3.5	$41,974.20
	New Democratic	Dirka Prout	15,611	26.6	+3.2	$50,557.41
	People's	Marc Emery	2,902	5.0	+2.6	$7,075.62
	Green	Mary Ann Hodge	1,297	2.2	-5.4	$3,699.64
Total valid votes			58,620	99.2
Total rejected ballots			460	0.8
Turnout			59,080	62.2
Eligible voters			94,977
	Liberal hold		Swing		-3.6
Source: Elections Canada[11]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: London North Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Peter Fragiskatos	27,427	42.75	-7.71	$107,501.27
	Conservative	Sarah Bokhari	15,066	23.64	-7.47	none listed
	New Democratic	Dirka Prout	14,887	23.36	+8.69	none listed
	Green	Carol Dyck	4,872	7.64	+4.09	$12,325.20
	People's	Salim Mansur	1,532	2.40	-	$61,391.07
	Communist	Clara Sorrenti	137	0.21	-	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			63,741	99.23
Total rejected ballots			493	0.77	+0.35
Turnout			64,234	65.52	-3.91
Eligible voters			98,039
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.12
Source: Elections Canada[12][13]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Peter Fragiskatos	32,427	50.45	+16.22	$139,844.01
	Conservative	Susan Truppe	19,990	31.10	-5.95	$133,769.73
	New Democratic	German Gutierrez	9,423	14.66	-9.61	$35,678.98
	Green	Carol Dyck	2,286	3.56	-0.48	$2,843.90
	Marxist–Leninist	Marvin Roman	145	0.23	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			64,271	100.00		$228,722.98
Total rejected ballots			267	0.41	–
Turnout			64,538	72.66	–
Eligible voters			88,819
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+11.08
Source: Elections Canada[14][15][16][17]