Helen Conway-Ottenheimer

Helen Conway-Ottenheimer
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
for Harbour Main
Assumed office
May 16, 2019
Preceded byBetty Parsley
Personal details
Political partyProgressive Conservative
ResidenceMarysvale
OccupationLawyer

Helen Conway-Ottenheimer (née Conway; born 1964) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2019 provincial election.[1][2] She represents the electoral district of Harbour Main as a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Progressive Conservative Party. She was re-elected in the 2021 provincial election.[3] Conway-Ottenheimer supported Eugene Manning in the 2023 provincial PC party leadership race.

As of September 22, 2024, Conway-Ottenheimer serves as the Official Opposition critic for Justice and Public Safety, Attorney General, Women and Gender Equality, Francophone Affairs, Persons with Disabilities, and Seniors and Ageing.

Conway-Ottenheimer served on the executive of the youth branch of the PC Party, and became its president at age 20. She is a lawyer by trade and has practiced in the areas of human rights law and criminal defence.[4][5]

She is married to former MHA John Ottenheimer.

  1. ^ "Here are 3 of the 14 first-timers headed to the House of Assembly". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, May 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "Cabinet ministers Letto and Hawkins among 9 defeated Liberals". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, May 17, 2019.
  3. ^ "Here are all the MHAs elected in the Newfoundland and Labrador election". CBC News. March 27, 2021.
  4. ^ "Lawyer, lifelong PC supporter Conway – Ottenheimer on the ballot". May 9, 2019.
  5. ^ "TELEGRAM CANDIDATE SURVEY: Helen Conway-Ottenheimer, Progressive Conservative (Harbour Main) | The Compass". www.cbncompass.ca. Archived from the original on May 8, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2024.