Melissa Lantsman MP
Lantsman in the House of Commons, 2024
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
Incumbent
Assumed office September 13, 2022 Serving with Tim Uppal
Leader	Pierre Poilievre Andrew Scheer Pierre Poilievre
Preceded by	Luc Berthold
Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
Incumbent
Assumed office September 13, 2022 Serving with Tim Uppal
President	Robert Batherson Stephen Barber
Leader	Pierre Poilievre
Preceded by	Luc Berthold
Shadow Minister of Transport
In office November 9, 2021 – October 12, 2022
Leader	Erin O'Toole Candice Bergen Pierre Poilievre
Preceded by	Stephanie Kusie
Succeeded by	Mark Strahl
Member of Parliament for Thornhill
Incumbent
Assumed office September 20, 2021
Preceded by	Peter Kent
Personal details
Born	(1984-04-08) April 8, 1984 (age 42) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Party	Conservative (federal) Progressive Conservative (provincial)
Spouse	Lauren Rakowski ​ (m. 2017)​
Education	University of Toronto (BA) University of Ottawa
Occupation	Politician, public relations executive, political strategist

Melissa Lantsman 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.

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