First-quarter expenses: MPs spent nearly $28-million

Two Liberal MPs—Terry Beech from British Columbia, and Peter Fragiskatos from Ontario—spent the most at over $150,000 each.

The MPs with the top expense claims between April and June 2025, counter clockwise from bottom left: Liberal MPs Terry Beech, Peter Fragiskatos, Robert Oliphant and Peter Fonseca, Conservative MP Bob Zimmer, and Green Leader Elizabeth May.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY RIDDHI KACHHELA

October 24, 2025

The House of Commons disbursed $28-million towards MPs' expenses in the first quarter of its fiscal year, as new federal politicians were finding their feet following the election. Included in that figure are several former MPs who received their last set of spending reimbur...

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