(5 February 1919 – 1 November 2009) was a Greek-Canadian member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1972 to 1993.
[1] A veterinarian by profession, he entered politics when he served as a school board member.
He was subsequently re-elected for consecutive terms until the 1988 federal election, serving from the 29th through the 34th Canadian Parliaments.
[2] In 1986 Mitges introduced a private member's motion calling on the government to amend the Constitution of Canada to enshrine fetal rights in Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which if enacted would constitutionally limit access to abortion in Canada.
[1] On 1 November 2009, Mitges died at Guelph General Hospital, aged 90.