Christina Mitas, Scarborough Centre PC MPP, says she won’t seek re-election in 2022
Posted January 4, 2022 4:13 pm.
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPP Christina Mitas has announced she won’t seek a second term in the June provincial election.
Mitas, who worked as a teacher before being elected to the Ontario legislature in 2018 as the MPP for Scarborough Centre, said she isn’t running again due to family considerations as she’s currently pregnant with her third child.
“I started off life as an elected official pregnant with my first child and will end this term with three babies three and under,” she said in a statement posted on Twitter Tuesday afternoon.
“Having one child during a political term is challenging, having two is a Herculean undertaking, but having three under three and being an MPP is unheard of. As my partner Patrick and I eagerly await becoming a party of five and after careful and honest discussions as a family, I have decided that life as an elected official is not in the best interest of my family at this time.”
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Looking back at her term, Mitas touted fighting a price on carbon and the Scarborough subway extension. She also pointed to 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.
Mitas said she will finish out the term and endorsed the Ontario PC Party in the upcoming election.
Scarborough Centre is bound by Victoria Park Avenue on the west, Highway 401 on the north, McCowan Road/Lawrence Avenue East/Bellamy Road North on the east, and Eglinton Avenue East on the south. The riding was previously held by Brad Duguid and the Ontario Liberal Party between 2003 and 2018 when he didn’t seek re-election.
The Ontario PC Party hasn’t announced a candidate to run in the Scarborough Centre riding yet. Mazhar Shafiq was nominated to be the Ontario Liberal Party candidate and Neethan Shan was nominated to be the Ontario NDP candidate. The Green Party of Ontario doesn’t have a candidate nominated yet.
Election day in Ontario is set for June 2.
It's been an honour serving Scarborough Centre and Ontario. Please see my statement below. pic.twitter.com/TJWr4fyNWt
— Christina Mitas (@Christina_Mitas) January 4, 2022
