Melissa Lantsman

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Melissa Lantsman (born April 8, 1984) is a Canadian politician and former public relations executive who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Thornhill since 2021. A member of the Conservative Party, she is the party's co-deputy leader and the co-deputy leader of the Official Opposition, serving with Tim Uppal. Lantsman is the first openly lesbian and first Jewish woman ever elected as a Conservative MP. Upon Pierre Poilievre's election as Conservative Leader, he named Lantsman one of two deputy leaders along with Uppal. Lantsman previously worked as a communications advisor to several cabinet members in the 28th Canadian Ministry of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. She was a senior advisor to the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party of Ontario and its chief spokesperson during the 2018 Ontario provincial election. Lantsman was previously the national vice president of Public Affairs at Enterprise Canada, a strategic communications firm. In 2020, upon Peter Kent's retirement from...

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