Mary Fragedakis ( ; born April 22, 1971) is a Canadian politician who served as the Toronto city councillor for Ward 29 Toronto—Danforth from 2010 to 2018. She was the Ontario Liberal Party candidate for Toronto—Danforth in the 2022 Ontario general election. In 2026, she became a candidate for Ward 14 Toronto—Danforth in the 2026 Toronto municipal election.
Early life and education Fragedakis is the daughter of Greek immigrants and grew up in the Danforth community. She attended Wilkinson Public School, Earl Grey Senior Public School and Riverdale Collegiate Institute. She graduated from the University of Toronto in 1996 with a Master of Arts in political science.
Prior to her election to city council, Fragedakis was involved for nine years with Open Dialogue, a conference and seminar organizing company. She was also one of the founders of the Broadview Community Youth Group.
Political career
Toronto City Council
2010 election Fragedakis was encouraged to run for city council by former councillor and federal New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jack Layton. She contested Ward 29 Toronto—Danforth in the 2010 Toronto municipal election to succeed retiring councillor Case Ootes. She defeated Ootes's preferred candidate, former councillor Jane Pitfield, receiving 41.8 per cent of the vote to Pitfield's 27.9 per cent.
2014 election Fragedakis was re-elected in the 2014 Toronto municipal election, receiving 59.3 per cent of the vote.
Toronto Transit Commission Toronto City Council appointed Fragedakis to the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) board in late 2016.
In 2017, she moved a motion to find $1.2 million for a subway reliability program that TTC chief executive officer Andy Byford said could reduce track-related subway delays by up to 30 per cent. During the city's 2018 budget process, she called for additional TTC funding to address overcrowding.
Along with mayor John Tory and TTC chair Josh Colle, Fragedakis advocated for the introduction of a two-hour transfer policy for TTC passengers using Presto.
During her time on council, Fragedakis also served on the city's economic and community development committee.
2018 election Ahead of the 2018 Toronto municipal election, the Ontario government reduced the size of Toronto City Council from 47 proposed wards to 25 wards corresponding to federal and provincial electoral districts. The change combined the former wards represented by Fragedakis and Paula Fletcher into the new Ward 14 Toronto—Danforth. The two incumbent councillors consequently ran against each other.
Fletcher won the election with 42.3 per cent of the vote, while Fragedakis finished second with 26.2 per cent.
Business improvement areas In April 2019, Fragedakis became executive director of the GreekTown on the Danforth Business Improvement Area (BIA). She remained in the position for more than six years, until her services were terminated in 2025.
Fragedakis also worked as executive director of the CityPlace and Fort York BIA and the Lawrence Ingram Keele BIA.
In March 2026, Fragedakis sued the GreekTown on the Danforth BIA for $115,000, alleging that she had been wrongfully terminated and subjected to defamation and harassment. The BIA denied the allegations and maintained that Fragedakis had worked as an independent contractor through her company, Urbaniciti, and that her contract had been terminated with reasonable notice.
2022 Ontario election In January 2021, Fragedakis announced that she would seek the Ontario Liberal Party nomination in Toronto—Danforth for the 2022 Ontario general election. She was acclaimed as the party's candidate on March 17, 2021.
In the provincial election, Fragedakis finished second behind incumbent NDP MPP Peter Tabuns.
2026 Toronto election On August 21, 2026, Fragedakis registered as a candidate for Ward 14 Toronto—Danforth in the 2026 Toronto municipal election, seeking to return to city council eight years after her 2018 defeat. Her candidacy followed incumbent councillor Paula Fletcher's announcement that she would retire rather than seek another term.
Fragedakis said that her work with business improvement areas following her departure from council had given her additional experience with local economies and the implementation of municipal policy. She described herself as both progressive and practical and identified public transit, affordability, small-business pressures, downtown recovery and infrastructure as issues of particular interest.
Electoral history
2018 Toronto municipal election, Ward 14 Toronto—DanforthCandidateVotesVote sharePaula Fletcher16,46842.27%Mary Fragedakis10,20126.18%Chris Budo7,39418.98%Lanrick Bennett1,9354.97%Dixon Chan1,1002.82%Chris Marinakis7001.80%Marisol D'Andrea4291.10%Ryan Lindsay4131.06%Lawrence Lychowyd1880.48%Alexander Pena1310.34%Total38,958100%Source: City of Toronto
2014 Toronto election, Ward 29CandidateVotes%Mary Fragedakis 11,904 59.34%Dave Andre 4,950 24.68%John Papadakis 2,000 9.97%Ricardo Francis 528 2.63%Jimmy Vlachos 428 2.13%Hank Martyn 249 1.24%Total 20,059 100%
2010 Toronto election, Ward 29CandidateVotes%Mary Fragedakis 7,430 41.81%Jane Pitfield 4,966 27.94%Jennifer Wood 4,269 24.02%Chris Caldwell 885 4.98%John Richardson 138 0.77%Mike Restivo 81 0.45%Total 17,769 100%
Source: City of Toronto.
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