Peter Fragiskatos
Peter Fragiskatos is a Canadian academic and Liberal Party of Canada politician, who was first elected to represent the riding of London Centre in the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election. He was re-elected in the 2019, 2021, and 2025 federal elections.
Early life and career
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, Queen's University, and finally the University of Cambridge, where his focus was on Kurdish human rights issues.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. 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.
Federal politics
Fragiskatos was elected to represent the riding of London North Centre in the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election.Since first being elected in 2015, Fragiskatos has held committee appointments, which include: Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Foreign Affairs and International Development, Public Safety and National Security, Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, Finance, Canada–China Relations and Public Accounts.
On October 21, 2019, MP Fragiskatos was re-elected by the residents of London North Centre during the 2019 federal election.
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.
The 2021 federal election, held that September 20, saw Fragiskatos re-elected to a third term by the voters in London North Centre. Shortly thereafter, on December 3, 2021, Prime Minister Trudeau appointed MP Fragiskatos as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue.
In January 2025, Fragiskatos was one of many Liberal MPs to call on Trudeau to resign during the 2024–2025 Canadian political crisis. He was re-elected in the 2025 federal election.