Lisa Thompson (politician)

Lisa M. Thompson (born c. 1965) is a Canadian politician who serves as Ontario's Minister of Rural Affairs.

She has represented the riding of Huron—Bruce in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party since 2011.

Prior to her election as an MPP, she worked as the general manager of The Ontario Dairy Goat Cooperative, and as a Rural Community Advisor for OMAFRA.

[1][2] Thompson ran in the 2011 provincial election as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Huron—Bruce.

[6] Following the 2018 provincial election, Lisa Thompson was named Minister of Education in Premier Doug Ford's cabinet.