Politics
Fonseca was elected to the Ontario legislature in the provincial election of 2003, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative Carl DeFaria by about 3000 votes in Mississauga East. On October 23, 2003, he was named parliamentary assistant to George Smitherman, the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. In July 2005, he became the parliamentary assistant to Jim Watson, the Minister of Health Promotion.
In October 2007, Fonseca was named to cabinet as Minister of Tourism and Recreation.
In a cabinet shuffle on September 18, 2008, Fonseca was appointed as the province's Minister of Labour.
His wife, Christine Fonseca, was elected to Mississauga City Council in the 2010 municipal elections.
On December 16, 2010, Fonseca resigned from cabinet to run for the federal Liberals in the riding of Mississauga EastâCooksville. He was narrowly defeated by Conservative candidate Wladyslaw Lizon in the 2011 federal election.
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