Helen Conway-Ottenheimer Explained

Helen Conway-Ottenheimer
Honorific-Suffix:MHA
Residence:Marysvale
Assembly:Newfoundland and Labrador House of
Constituency Am:Harbour Main
Term Start:May 16, 2019
Predecessor:Betty Parsley
Party:Progressive Conservative
Occupation:Lawyer

Helen Conway-Ottenheimer (; born 1964) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2019 provincial election.[1] [2] She represents the electoral district of Harbour Main as a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Progressive Conservative Party. She was re-elected in the 2021 provincial election.[3] Conway-Ottenheimer supported Eugene Manning in the 2023 provincial PC party leadership race.

Conway-Ottenheimer served on the executive of the youth branch of the PC Party, and became its president at age 20. She is a lawyer by trade and has practiced in the areas of human rights law and criminal defence.[4] [5]

She is married to former MHA John Ottenheimer.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/fresh-faces-2019-nl-election-1.5139879 "Here are 3 of the 14 first-timers headed to the House of Assembly"
  2. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/defeated-incumbents-1.5139759 "Cabinet ministers Letto and Hawkins among 9 defeated Liberals"
  3. News: Here are all the MHAs elected in the Newfoundland and Labrador election . . March 27, 2021.
  4. Web site: Lawyer, lifelong PC supporter Conway – Ottenheimer on the ballot. May 9, 2019.
  5. Web site: TELEGRAM CANDIDATE SURVEY: Helen Conway-Ottenheimer, Progressive Conservative (Harbour Main) | The Compass. www.cbncompass.ca. August 1, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20190508162100/http://www.cbncompass.ca/news/local/telegram-candidate-survey-helen-conway-ottenheimer-progressive-conservative-harbour-main-308401/. May 8, 2019.