Lisa Gretzky | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MPP |
Office1: | Deputy House Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party |
Term Start1: | July 13, 2022 |
Office2: | Critic, Mental Health and Addictions |
Term Start2: | July 13, 2022 |
Leader2: | Peter Tabuns (interim) |
Office3: | Critic, Community and Social Services |
Term Start3: | August 23, 2018 |
Term End3: | June 2, 2022 |
Leader3: | Andrea Horwath |
Office4: | Critic, Community Safety and Correctional Services |
Term Start4: | June 25, 2014 |
Term End4: | June 7, 2018 |
Leader4: | Andrea Horwath |
Parliament5: | Ontario Provincial |
Term Start5: | June 12, 2014 |
Riding5: | Windsor West |
Birth Date: | 19 January 1971 |
Residence: | Windsor, Ontario |
Profession: | Event planner |
Spouse: | Tyler Gretzky |
Children: | 2 |
Relations: | Wayne Gretzky (Cousin-in-law) |
Lisa Gretzky (born January 19, 1971) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, who was elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018. She represents the riding of Windsor West.
She is the cousin-in-law of Wayne Gretzky through her husband Tyler Gretzky.[1]
Gretzky was elected as a school trustee in 2008 for the Greater Essex County District School Board.[2] She was elected as vice-chair in 2012.[3]
Gretzky ran in the 2014 provincial election as the New Democratic candidate in the riding of Windsor West. She defeated Liberal incumbent Teresa Piruzza by 1,042 votes.[4] [5]
She was the party's critic for Community Safety and Correctional Services, but as of March 23, 2015, she now resides as the party's critic for Education.[6] [7]