Our MP, Hon. Lisa Raitt

Lisa’s Website: http://www.lisaraittmp.com

The Honourable Lisa Raitt is the Member of Parliament for Halton, Ontario, where she was first elected in 2008.  She was appointed as Minister of Labour by the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, on January 19th 2010. 

Prior to her election to the House of Commons, Minister Raitt was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto Port Authority (TPA), responsible for leading the Canadian federal corporation that manages commerce, transportation (including the Toronto City Centre Airport) and recreation in the Toronto harbour. In 2008, she was elected Chair of the Association of Canadian Port Authorities. She had previously served as the TPA’s chief counsel, and Harbourmaster.
 
Minister Raitt pursued education first in science, graduating with a B.Sc. from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, and an M.Sc. in Chemistry, specialized in environmental biochemical toxicology, from the University of Guelph (Ontario). She then proceeded to earn her LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School. Upon her call to the bar in 1998, she was honoured as a Dr. Harold G. Fox Scholar and trained with barristers in the United Kingdom who specialized in international trade, commerce, transportation and arbitration.
 
The youngest of seven children, Minister Raitt grew up in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Her father was first a mine worker, who loaded coal onto ships, and later a union leader and elected town councillor, and her mother was a small businesswoman.

In the Halton community, she has been an active canvasser and fundraiser for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, and for her children’s hockey, soccer and gymnastics organizations. In 2002, she was invited to become a member of the Canadian branch of the worldwide Young Presidents Organization.

Contact Info for Lisa…

Ottawa
307 Confederation Building, House of Commons, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
Tel: (613) 996-7046, Fax: (613) 992-0851
RaittL@parl.gc.ca

Constituency
86 Main Street East, Milton, ON L9T 1N3
Tel: (905) 693-0166, Fax: (905) 693-0704
RaittL1@parl.gc.ca

Lisa Raitt, Conservative Party of Canada, Halton, Ontario.

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