Career
He was a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty. Fonseca was born in Lisbon, Portugal and immigrated to Toronto with his family in 1968. He was raised in Little Portugal.
He graduated from Saint Michael"s College School and attended the University of Oregon on an athletic scholarship.
He also holds a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Windsor. He represented Canada at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia in the Men"s Marathon.
He was the top finisher for the Canadians, placing 21st overall in a 42.195-kilometre (26219 mi) race with a time of 2 hours, 17 minutes and 28 seconds. He also placed second in the 1994 Toronto Marathon and the 1994 Houston Marathon, and third in the 1992 New York City Marathon and the 1990 Los Angeles Marathon.
Fonseca was later a senior performance management consultant for the Coach Corporation, and has run an importing and distributing company in Portugal.
Christine was elected to Mississauga City Council as Councillor for Ward 3 in the 2010 Mississauga municipal election and 2014 Mississauga municipal election. Provincial
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