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. Federal On December 16, 2010, Fonseca resigned from the Ontario cabinet to run for the federal Liberals in the riding of Mississauga East—Cooksville. He was defeated by Conservative candidate Wladyslaw Lizon in the 2011 federal election by 676 votes. Fonseca ran for the Liberals again in the 2015 federal election and defeated Lizon by a wide margin as part of the Liberal sweep of Mississauga ridings. Fonseca's constituency office was on fire, February 22. Peel Regional Police is investigating the matter as an arson. Electoral record Federal Provincial References External links 1966 births Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes from Mississauga Canadian male long-distance runners Canadian male marathon runners Canadian sportsperson-politicians Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Liberal Party of Canada MPs Living people Members of the Executive Council of Ontario Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Naturalized citizens of Canada Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Olympic track and field athletes of Canada Oregon Ducks men's track and field athletes Politicians from Mississauga Portuguese emigrants to Canada Athletes from Lisbon University of Windsor alumni 21st-century Canadian politicians