“Our party should be speaking up loudly to reject this narrative that the Liberals and NDP constantly project, this disrespect of visible minorities that treats them as voting commodities rather than individuals each with their own opinions who need to be convinced to support us because we've earned that support.”

Canadian politician and lawyer

Leslyn Ann Lewis is a Canadian politician and lawyer. Since 2021, she has served as the member of Parliament for Haldimand, Norfolk, and she is a member of the Conservative Party. Lewis ran for the Conservative leadership in 2020 and again in 2022, finishing third each time. She was the first visible minority woman to seek the party’s federal leadership. Her public profile has also included work as infrastructure critic, and in 2025 Pierre Poilievre cited her as a key figure on his front bench.