| Michelle Ferreri | |
| Riding1: | Peterborough—Kawartha |
| Parliament1: | Canada |
| Term Start1: | September 20, 2021 |
| Predecessor1: | Maryam Monsef |
| Birth Place: | Douro, Ontario, Canada |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Alma Mater: | Trent University |
| Residence: | Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
| Office: | Shadow Minister of Families, Children and Social Development |
| Term Start: | October 22, 2022 |
Michelle Leahy Ferreri is a Canadian politician who has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Peterborough—Kawartha since 2021, as a member of the Conservative Party.
Ferreri graduated from Trent University in 1997 with degree in Anthropology and Biology.
Ferreri worked as a television news anchor for the local Peterborough television station CHEX-DT from 2003 to 2014.[1] [2]
She was elected to the House of Commons in the 2021 Canadian federal election defeating incumbent Liberal cabinet minister Maryam Monsef.[3] [4]
In March 2022 she referred to herself in the House of Commons as a "single mom with six children". Later that month she clarified that she has three children and lives with her partner who sometimes has custody of his three children: "What I should have said is, I’ve been a single mother and I now care for up to six children at a time."[5] As of July 2024, her personal website notes that she is a "mother of three children, between the ages of 13 and 19, and shares her life with her supportive partner, Ryan, and his three daughters."[6]