Lisa Raitt | |
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Deputy Leader of the Opposition | |
In office July 24, 2017 – October 21, 2019 | |
Leader | Andrew Scheer |
Preceded by | Denis Lebel |
Succeeded by | Leona Alleslev |
Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party | |
In office July 20, 2017 – November 28, 2019 | |
President | Scott Lamb |
Leader | Andrew Scheer |
Preceded by | Denis Lebel |
Succeeded by | Leona Alleslev |
Shadow Minister of Finance | |
In office November 20, 2015 – October 15, 2016 | |
Leader | Rona Ambrose |
Shadowing | Bill Morneau |
Preceded by | Nathan Cullen |
Succeeded by | Gerard Deltell |
Minister of Transport | |
In office July 15, 2013 – November 4, 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
Preceded by | Denis Lebel |
Succeeded by | Marc Garneau |
Minister of Labour | |
In office January 19, 2010 – July 15, 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
Preceded by | Rona Ambrose |
Succeeded by | Kellie Leitch |
Minister of Natural Resources | |
In office October 30, 2008 – January 19, 2010 | |
Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
Preceded by | Gary Lunn |
Succeeded by | Christian Paradis |
Member of Parliament for Milton | |
In office October 19, 2015 – September 11, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Riding created |
Succeeded by | Adam van Koeverden |
Member of Parliament for Halton | |
In office October 14, 2008 – October 19, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Garth Turner |
Succeeded by | Riding dissolved |
Personal details | |
Born | Lisa Sarah MacCormack May 7, 1968 Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | David Raitt (m. 1990s, divorced 2009) Bruce Wood (m. 2016)[1] |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | St. Francis Xavier University (BSc) University of Guelph (MSc) Osgoode Hall Law School (LLB) |
Occupation |
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Lisa Sarah MacCormack Raitt PC (born May 7, 1968) is a former Canadian politician who served as a federal Cabinet minister and member of Parliament (MP) from 2008 to 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, Raitt was elected to the House of Commons in the 2008 election, representing Halton. Shortly after her election, Prime Minister Stephen Harper named her minister of natural resources, holding the role until 2010, when she became minister of labour. In 2013, she became minister of transport, remaining in the role until the Conservatives were defeated by the Liberal Party in the 2015 election. Raitt was re-elected in the newly formed riding of Milton. She contested the Conservative leadership in 2017, losing to Andrew Scheer, who made her deputy party leader and deputy opposition leader, a role she would hold until she was defeated in the 2019 election. Since leaving politics, she has been the vice chair of Global Investment Banking at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC).