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Portrait of Costas Menegakis. Photo: Andrew Scheer, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Costas Menegakis

Conservative · Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill, ON

Sitting MPmale67

Photo: Andrew Scheer, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Biography

Costas Menegakis is a Canadian businessman and Canadian politician, who represented the federal electoral district of Richmond Hill from 2011 to 2015. He returned to Parliament in the 2025 Canadian federal election, winning in the district of Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill. encyclopedia

Born
1959-01-12, Montrealencyclopedia
Languages
Englishofficial
Occupation before politics
businessperson, entrepreneur, politicianencyclopedia

House of Commons profile[email protected]Wikipedia entry

Electoral history

  1. Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill

    Conservative · 45th ParliamentSince 2025-04-28
    Costas Menegakis34,023
    Leah Taylor RoyRunner-up · Liberal26,590

    Difference 7,433 votes. 3 other candidates also ran.

    On the official list the riding is Aurora--Oak Ridges--Richmond Hill.

    Elections Canada, 45th general election.

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  2. Richmond Hill

    Conservative · 41st Parliament2011-05-02 to 2015-10-18
    Costas Menegakis22,078
    Bryon WilfertRunner-up · Liberal17,671

    Difference 4,407 votes. 2 other candidates also ran.

    Elections Canada, 41st general election.

    encyclopedia

Education

Our sources do not list any education for this member.

    Experience

    Our sources do not list any previous employment for this member.

      In their own words

      2,046 Hansard interventions on file. These are the words said in the House, not a summary. Private conversations are not collected and are not invented.

      Mr. Speaker, last year we lost 5,630 Canadians to the opioid crisis. That is 15 lives lost every day. Emmy Liu, 14 years old, was one of the increasingly alarming number of young Canadians whose lives were stolen by the fentanyl traffickers. These criminals who profit from produc…Oral Questions — Justice · 2026-06-18

      Where they stand

      Policy positions are scored only from this member's stored House words and, when it is on file, their own public website. Wikipedia and other encyclopedias may supply details such as a birth date, education or work history, and each of those details is labelled with its source, but they are never used to score a position. Members whose only sources are encyclopedias have no scored positions.

      A stored score on 4 of 14 topics. Each row names the end of that topic’s axis the stored words reached, and the sentence the score rests on.

      Climate

      Slower phase-down, production first

      The other end of this axis: Faster fossil phase-down

      Excerpts repeatedly criticize NDP carbon tax and support keeping taxes low to avoid raising costs on energy and goods.

      It is located right on page 4 in the same platform in black and white, an NDP carbon tax scheme that would raise the price of all things Canadian families need, such as groceries, gas, electricity and heat.
      Source of that line

      Defence

      Higher spending and more capability

      The other end of this axis: Restrain spending and deployments

      Defends record investments and supports expanded missions against threats like ISIL.

      The government is committed to ensuring that our men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces benefit from the best possible health care available. The Canadian Armed Forces has made tremendous strides in recent years in supporting military personnel who suffer from deployment-related mental health conditions, and we are continuing to improve services.
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      Federalism

      Provinces lead

      The other end of this axis: Ottawa leads

      Advocates giving provinces and territories flexibility on social assistance and notes increased transfers.

      As part of Bill C-43, our government proposes an amendment to the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act that would give provinces and territories the flexibility to introduce a minimum period of residence before most foreign nationals could access social assistance in their jurisdictions. While provinces and territories are responsible for determining eligibility for social assistance, if they decide to impose a minimum residency requirement, they currently risk a reduction in their Canada social transfer payments.
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      Fiscal policy

      Lower taxes and tighter spending

      The other end of this axis: Higher taxes and public spending

      Excerpts repeatedly endorse low-tax plan, debt reduction and oppose higher taxes.

      Speaker, the new NDP leader has committed to fight against our government's low tax, low debt plan for jobs, growth and long-term prosperity.
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      10 topics with no stored score
      • AgricultureNo position has been scored.
      • EnergyNo position has been scored.
      • Financial regulationNo position has been scored.
      • Foreign affairsNo position has been scored.
      • HealthNo position has been scored.
      • HousingNo position has been scored.
      • ImmigrationNo position has been scored.
      • LabourNo position has been scored.
      • Public safetyNo position has been scored.
      • TradeNo position has been scored.

      Who lines up

      Comparing stored scores on the same questions.