Lisa Thompson MPP |
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Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Huron—Bruce |
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Assumed office October 6, 2011 |
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Preceded by | Carol Mitchell |
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Born | 1965 (age 52–53) Wingham, Ontario |
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Dennis Schiestel |
Residence | Teeswater, Ontario |
Occupation | Dairy Goat cooperative General Manager |
Lisa Thompson (born c. 1965) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represents the riding of Huron—Bruce. She has been an MPP since 2011.
Thompson was born in Wingham, Ontario. She went to University of Guelph where she obtained a degree in public administration and consumer economics. She worked as the manager of a goat cooperative. She lives in Teeswater, Ontario with her husband Dennis and three step-children.
Thompson ran in the 2011 provincial election as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Huron—Bruce. She defeated Liberal incumbent Carol Mitchell by 4,479 votes. She was re-elected in the 2014 provincial election defeating Liberal candidate Colleen Schenk by 3,882 votes.
She has served as the party's critic for Environment and Climate Change,critic for Energy(Green Energy Act) and critic for Small Business and Red Tape.
In February 2017, she was appointed as the PC party's Critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation and Critic for International Trade.
In January 2018, after party leader Patrick Brown stepped down and was replaced by Vic Fedeli, Thompson was chosen as the party's new caucus chair.