Mary Fragedakis
Fragedakis in 2010
Toronto City Councillor forWard 29 Toronto—Danforth
In office December 1, 2010 – December 1, 2018
Preceded by	Case Ootes
Succeeded by	Ward dissolved
Personal details
Born	(1971-04-22)April 22, 1971 (age 53) Toronto,Ontario
Political party	Ontario Liberal
Other political affiliations	New Democratic (2003–2010)
Education	University of Toronto (MA, 1996)
Website	maryfragedakis.com

Mary Fragedakis (/ˌfræɡəˈdækɪs/FRAG-ə-DAK-iss; born April 22, 1971)^[1] is a Canadian politician who served as the Toronto city councillor for Ward 29Toronto—Danforth from 2010 to 2018. She was also theOntario Liberal Party candidate forToronto—Danforth in the2022 provincial election. Fragedakis has been the executive director of theGreekTown on the Danforth Business Improvement Area (BIA) since April 2019.

Fragedakis is the child of Greek immigrants, and spent her childhood inthe Danforth community. She attended Wilkinson Public School, Earl Grey Senior Public School andRiverdale Collegiate Institute, before graduating from theUniversity of Toronto in 1996 with aMaster of Arts (MA) inpolitical science.^[2] Prior to her election, Fragedakis was involved for nine years with Open Dialogue, a conference and seminar organizing company and served as one of the founders of the Broadview Community Youth Group.

Fragedakis was encouraged to run by former councillor and then-federalNew Democratic Party (NDP) leaderJack Layton, and contested the2010 municipal election in Ward 29 to succeed retiring councillorCase Ootes.^[3] She defeated Ootes' preferred candidate,Jane Pitfield, 41.8 per cent to 28 per cent.^[4]

Fragedakis was re-elected as councillor for Ward 29 in the2014 Toronto election with a significant plurality of over 60 per cent of the popular vote.^[5]

The Toronto City Council appointed Fragedakis to theToronto Transit Commission (TTC) Board in late 2016.^[6] On the board she was a strong advocate for improving public transit. In 2017, she moved a motion to find the $1.2 million for the subway reliability program, which TTC CEOAndy Byford told council would help cut down on track-related subway delays by up to 30 per cent.“I think we owe it to subway users. I know they’ve put up with a lot of subway closures, they’ve put up with no air conditioning on subway cars, they’ve put up with trains too full to get on in the morning and other delays,” Mary Fragedakis.^[7] During the city's 2018 budget process, she called for more money for the TTC to address overcrowding.^[8]

Along withMayorJohn Tory and TTC ChairJosh Colle, Fragedakis advocated for the TTC's two-hour transfer policy.^[9]

In the2018 municipal election, the Ward 29 was combined with the other Toronto—Danforth, Ward 30, forming the newWard 14. Fragedakis ran again as councillor for the newly constituted ward, however, lost toPaula Fletcher who was the incumbent councillor for former Ward 30.^[10]

In April 2019 Fragedakis became the Executive Director of the GreekTown on the Danforth BIA.^[11][12][13]

Fragedakis announced in January 2022 she would seek theOntario Liberal Party nomination forToronto—Danforth in the upcoming2022 provincial election.^[14] She won the nomination on March 17.^[15] In the election, she lost coming in second to NDP incumbentPeter Tabuns.^[16]

Official results.^[18]

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