Alexander Mathias Munter (born April 29, 1968) is a former Canadian politician and business owner in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

[2] He worked as a political reporter for the Ottawa Citizen before and after running as a candidate of the Ontario New Democratic Party in the 1990 provincial election, contesting the riding of Carleton.

Munter would soon join the Spicer Commission on Canada's Future before re-entering politics to run for Kanata City Council against incumbent Bev Read.

In 2012 and 2013, Munter served as co-chair of the Ontario Healthy Kids Panel along with Kelly Murumets, president and CEO of ParticipACTION.

The final report recommended starting kids on the right path from conception to birth, changing the food environment, and creating healthier communities.

A poll conducted between October 13 and 18 by UniMarketing and sponsored by Radio-Canada and Le Droit, had Munter ahead by 12 percentage points at 44% of decided voters.

He said he planned to improve public transit in the city of Ottawa, to review the O-Train project and to fix possible irregularities regarding the contract with Siemens.

He also criticized the mayor for allegedly providing incorrect information about the project, including saying that there would be additional costs because of an announcement made by John Baird, President of the Treasury Board, that the federal government's $200 million contribution would be delayed until after the November election.

In addition to improvements for the public transit system, he also promised to close two landfill sites situated on Carp and Navan Roads in which there were expansion requests by private firms despite opposition by citizens.

Alex Munter has spent more than three decades in public service, first as an elected official, then as a leader and advocate with a focus on the health of children and youth.

While second-hand smoke prohibitions are now commonplace, Ottawa's regulations broke new ground and came only a few years after Toronto had been forced to repeal a similar by-law due to public protest.

Its 2013 report proposed a three-pronged strategy to reduce rates of childhood obesity: putting kids on the path to lifelong health, changing the food environment and building healthier communities.

[16] In 2014, Munter spoke for CHEO when the organization launched a lawsuit against a private company, Transgenomic, challenging the legality of gene patents in Canada’s Federal Court.

He also served as the executive director of the Youth Services Bureau (YSB) — one of Ontario’s largest accredited children's mental health agencies — in Ottawa from 2007 to 2011.

Munter announced on August 16, 2024, that CHEO, under his leadership as CEO, would boycott the Capital Pride 2024 festivities as a result of the organization expressing solidarity with Palestine,[21] specifically recognizing the "ongoing Gaza Genocide", advocating for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, in addition to condemning the October 7 attacks on Israel and rising anti-semitism and Islamophobia.

"[22][23] Munter has won awards[citation needed] from a wide range of organizations for his contributions to the community, including the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, the Canadian Institute for Child Health, United Way/Centraide Ottawa, the Federal Business Development Bank, l'Association Canadienne-Française de l'Ontario d'Ottawa, Leadership Ottawa and the Ontario Association of Social Workers.

In recognition of his success in business, he received an award as "Young Entrepreneur of the Year" from then-Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in 1988.