Michelle Ferreri

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.

Early life and education
Ferreri graduated from Trent University in 1997 with degree in Anthropology and Biology.

Media career
Ferreri worked as a television news anchor for the local Peterborough television station CHEX-DT from 2003 to 2014.

Political career
She was elected to the House of Commons in the 2021 Canadian federal election defeating incumbent Liberal cabinet minister Maryam Monsef.

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." 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."