Lisa Hepfner

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• journalist

Lisa Hepfner MP
Member of Parliament for Hamilton Mountain
Incumbent
Assumed office September 20, 2021
Website	https://lisahepfner.libparl.ca/

Lisa Hepfner (born June 17, 1971) ^[2] is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Hamilton Mountain in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election. ^{[3] [4]} Prior to her election to the House of Commons, she was a television news journalist for CHCH News. ^[5]

In 2011, she was honoured with a YWCA Hamilton Women of Distinction Award ^[6] for politics and public affairs.

In the 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, she endorsed Karina Gould. ^[7]

Political career

In September of 2023, the Prime Minister announced that Lisa Hepfner was chosen to serve as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth ^[8] , a position she held until March 2025.

After being re-elected in 2025, she began serving as Chair of the Standing Committee on Heritage.

In the first session of the 45th Parliament, Hepfner presented Private Member's Bill C-223, the Keeping Children Safe Act, an amendment to the Divorce Act.

First reading took place in September, with second reading in progress as of October 2025.

The Keeping Children Safe Act requires legal advisors to take family violence into account and changes the existing premise that children are property that must be split equally in the divorce.

The National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL ^[9] ) said the legislation marks a renewed call from nearly 300 organizations across Canada for urgent reform to end use of "parental alienation" allegations in family court.

Electoral record

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election : Hamilton Mountain
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lisa Hepfner	27,190	45.37	+10.87
	Conservative	Ken Hewitt	24,887	41.53	+16.48
	New Democratic	Monique Taylor	7,156	11.94	–19.62
	People's	Bing Wong	497	0.83	–5.49
	Marxist–Leninist	Rolf Gerstenberger	193	0.32	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			59,923	67.65
Eligible voters			88,577
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		–2.81
Source: Elections Canada [10] [11]

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election : Hamilton Mountain
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lisa Hepfner	16,547	34.1	+3.8	$53,627.84
	New Democratic	Malcolm Allen	15,712	32.4	-3.7	$93,599.93
	Conservative	Al Miles	11,838	24.4	-1.1	$50,535.87
	People's	Chelsey Taylor	3,097	6.4	+5.0	$0.00
	Green	Dave Urquhart	974	2.0	-3.9	$0.00
	Christian Heritage	Jim Enos	336	0.7	+0.1	$500.00
Total valid votes			48,460	99.1
Total rejected ballots			419	0.9
Turnout			48,879	60.6
Eligible voters			80,647
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+3.8
Source: Elections Canada [12]

References

1. "Marci Ien on X: "Happy Birthday Lisa!!💕 You are the best!"". X. June 17, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
2. "Meet Hamilton Mountain's Liberal party candidate Lisa Hepfner". The Hamilton Spectator. August 27, 2021. ISSN   1189-9417 . Retrieved September 23, 2021.
3. Craggs, Samantha (September 22, 2021). "NDPer Malcolm Allen concedes, Liberal Lisa Hepfner becomes new Hamilton Mountain MP". CBC News . Retrieved September 22, 2021.
4. "Lisa Hepfner - Member of Parliament - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
5. Werner, Kevin (August 3, 2021). "CHCH journalist Lisa Hepfner says she will seek Hamilton Mountain federal Liberal nomination". Toronto.com. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
6. Best, John (May 4, 2011). "Lisa Hepfner honoured". CHCH. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
7. Hepfner, Lisa (January 16, 2025). "I'll be a panelist on @CTV_PowerPlay today at 5pm, talking about why I believe @karinagould is the best choice to lead the @liberal_party". X.
8. Best, John (September 17, 2023). "Lisa Hepfner appointed Parliamentary Secretary". bayobserver.ca Hamilton, Burlington and GTA. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
9. Méthot, Alice (September 18, 2025). "NAWL applauds new bill ending parental alienation accusations and protecting children from family violence". National Association of Women and the Law. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
10. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
11. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
12. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada . Retrieved September 2, 2021.

External links

• Lisa Hepfner – Parliament of Canada biography