Melissa Lantsman

MP of Thornhill and Deputy Leader of the Party

Conservative Party of Canada

Melissa Lantsman was born and raised in Thornhill. She is a community advocate, volunteer. Before elected office she was one of Canada’s most sought-after public affairs executives.

Melissa is the Member of Parliament for Thornhill. She was appointed shadow minister of transport after her successful 2021 election. In September 2022, new Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre appointed Melissa as the deputy leader of Canada’s Conservatives. Under Erin O’Toole’s leadership she also served as Shadow Minister of Transport.

Melissa has served as a communications leader in high-profile positions across the most senior ranks of the federal government and in the private sector. Throughout her career, she’s led high-stakes campaigns and provided strategic advice, media-training, debate prep and speech coaching to political leaders and senior executives across Canada.



She is a well-known commentator in Canada on political strategy and communications. She appears regularly on TV, hosted her own å radio show on the Bell Talk Radio Network and her columns have been featured in Canada’s largest circulation newspapers.

Melissa is a graduate of the University of Toronto and is fluent in English, French and Russian.

She served on the boards of Michael Garron Hospital, Hot Docs Film Festival, The Canadian Jewish Poålitical Affairs Committee and Jewish Addiction Community services (JACS).