Lisa MacLeod
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Lisa MacLeod is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on March 30, 2006. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, MacLeod was elected in the Nepean—Carleton electoral district. Lisa is the youngest female PC MPP ever elected in Ontario, and is currently the youngest member sitting in the Ontario Legislature today.
MacLeod serves as the Official Opposition Critic for Children and Youth Services, and is a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
MacLeod studied political science at St. Francis Xavier University. She graduated in 1997 and completed her thesis entitled "The Question of Identity in the Canadian Constitutional Crisis".
Prior to her election, Lisa MacLeod was a federal Conservative aide on Parliament Hill and a political commentator. Her family ties to politics include Donald MacLeod, a former Cabinet Minister under Robert Stanfield in Nova Scotia, and Donald Cameron, a Premier of Nova Scotia. Her father, Danny MacLeod, has served as a municipal Councillor in Nova Scotia since 1986.
Lisa MacLeod is married to Joseph Varner and they have one daughter, Victoria, who was born in 2005.[citation needed]
| 2006 by-election | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | +/- | |
| Progressive Conservative | Lisa MacLeod | 17,311 | 57.6 | +3.5 | |
| Liberal | Brian Ford | 9,457 | 31.4 | -4.2 | |
| New Democrat | Laurel Gibbons | 2,489 | 8.3 | +1.8 | |
| Green | Peter V. Tretter | 634 | 2.1 | -1.7 | |
| Independent | John C. Turmel | 112 | 0.4 | - | |
| Freedom | Jurgen Vollrath | 74 | 0.2 | - | |
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| Preceded by John Baird |
Member of Provincial Parliament for Nepean—Carleton 2006–present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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