page_title: Lisa Raitt
section_title: Federal politics
hierarchical_section_title: Lisa Raitt / Federal politics
caption_attribution_description: The Hon. Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources and MP for Halton Region, visited Sheridan today to present funding for student summer employment in the Public Sector.
context_page_description: Lisa Sarah MacCormack Raitt PC is a Canadian former politician, who served as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2017 to 2019. She was the Conservative Party deputy leader, and was the Member of Parliament for the Ontario riding of Milton from 2015 to 2019, having previously represented Halton from 2008 to 2015. She is a professional administrator turned politician. Raitt served in several portfolios as a minister in the 28th Canadian Ministry of Stephen Harper.
context_section_description: In September 2008, Raitt was appointed to run as the Conservative candidate in Halton against Liberal incumbent Garth Turner.
  Turner was formerly a Conservative MP but he was suspended from the Conservative caucus in 2006 for breaching confidentiality. He later joined the Liberals after briefly sitting as an independent member. Raitt defeated Turner in the October 14, 2008, election.
caption: Raitt in 2009
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