Jeff Lantz Explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Honor
Jeff Lantz
Birth Date:3 February 1961
Office:Justice of the Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island
Term Start:September 27, 2005
Predecessor:Ralph C. Thompson
Office1:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for
Charlottetown-Rochford Square
Term Start1:April 17, 2000
Term End1:September 29, 2003
Predecessor1:Paul Connolly
Successor1:Robert Ghiz
Occupation:Lawyer, Judge

Jeffrey E. Lantz (born 3 February 1961)[1] is a Canadian lawyer, judge and former politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2000 provincial election.

Educated at the University of Prince Edward Island and University of New Brunswick, Lantz practiced law in Charlottetown for twelve years. Lantz also served as president of the Heart and Stroke Foundation. He represented the electoral district of Charlottetown-Rochford Square and was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. He served in the provincial cabinet as Attorney General,[2] Minister of Education[3] and Minister of Tourism.[4] [5] Lantz did not reoffer in the 2003 election.[6]

After leaving politics, he was named a provincial court judge.[7] His brother Rob Lantz later served as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party[8] and he is the current MLA for Lantz's former district.

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  1. Web site: Minding the House: a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid, Eds.) . Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island . 2021-04-05.
  2. Web site: Four new faces in Binns cabinet. CBC News. May 1, 2000. 2016-06-02.
  3. Web site: Shared minister worries teachers union. CBC News. May 2, 2000. 2016-06-02.
  4. Web site: Changes to Ministry. Government of Prince Edward Island. August 22, 2002. 2016-06-02.
  5. Book: Lumley, Elizabeth . Canadian Who's Who 2003 . 773 . 2003 . 0-8020-8865-1 . 2009-06-12.
  6. Web site: Lantz will not run. CBC News. July 23, 2003. 2016-06-02.
  7. Web site: Cocaine trafficker sentenced in July . . Charlottetown . May 29, 2009 . 2009-06-12.
  8. Web site: PC Leader Rob Lantz. CBC News. March 27, 2015. 2016-06-02.