Mary Fragedakis

Mary Fragedakis
Mary Fragedakis
Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 29) Toronto-Danforth
Assumed office
December 1, 2010
Preceded by Case Ootes
Personal details
Born (1971-04-22) April 22, 1971
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Residence Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Profession Businessperson

Mary Fragedakis ( listen) (born April 22, 1971)[1] is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Toronto City Council in the 2010 city council election to succeed Case Ootes in Ward 29.[2]

Prior to her election, Fragedakis was involved for the previous nine years with Open Dialogue, a conference and seminar organizing company. She is also one of the founders of the Broadview Community Youth Group.

Fragedakis graduated from the University of Toronto in 1996 with a Master of Arts in political science.[3]

According to the Toronto Sun, Fragedakis "doesn't shy away from the title of being the NDP candidate in the ward." The Sun also reported that she sees eye-to-eye with Mayor Rob Ford on several of his campaign pledges including cutting the personal vehicle tax and the land transfer tax.[4] She has since indicated via her Twitter account that this was not accurate, and she does not agree with those positions.[5]

Fragedakis was critical of the KPMG report recommending cuts to services and programs without studying the implications of the proposed cuts.[6]

Election results

2014 Toronto election, Ward 29
Candidate Votes %
Mary Fragedakis11,90459.34%
Dave Andre4,95024.68%
John Papadakis2,0009.97%
Ricardo Francis5282.63%
Jimmy Vlachos4282.13%
Hank Martyn2491.24%
Total20,059100%
2010 Toronto election, Ward 29
Candidate Votes %
Mary Fragedakis7,43041.81%
Jane Pitfield4,96627.94%
Jennifer Wood4,26924.02%
Chris Caldwell8854.98%
John Richardson1380.77%
Mike Restivo810.45%
Total17,769100%

Official results.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "City hall rookies 2010: Mary Fragedakis, Ward 29". Toronto Star, November 25, 2010
  2. ↑ "Changed council faces new mayor". Toronto Star, October 25, 2010.
  3. ↑ http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=c4793293dc3ef310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=c3a83293dc3ef310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD
  4. ↑ Don Peat, She credits hard work - and good shoes - for win, Toronto Sun, Nov 26, 2010, p. 9.
  5. ↑ Mary Fragedakis, "...not my position even when written...", Twitter, Aug 13, 2014.
  6. ↑ Robyn Doolittle. Critics see KPMG report as ‘smoke and mirrors’, Toronto Star, 22 July 2011.
  7. ↑ City of Toronto elections page Archived 2010-10-26 at the Wayback Machine.
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