Jeffrey E. Lantz (born 3 February 1961) is a

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lawyer, judge and former politician, who was elected to the

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in the 2000 provincial election. Educated at the

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and

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, Lantz practiced law in

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for twelve years. Lantz also served as president of the Heart and Stroke Foundation. He represented the electoral district of

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and was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. He served in the provincial cabinet as Attorney General, Minister of Education and Minister of Tourism. Lantz did not reoffer in the 2003 election. After leaving politics, he was named a provincial court judge. His brother

Rob Lantz Rob Lantz is a Canadian politician. He was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island for seven months in 2015, having been elected during the party's leadership election on February 28, 2015. From 2006 to 2014, Lantz ...

later served as

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of the Progressive Conservative Party.

References

;Sources * O'Handley, K ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 2000'' ;Notes Living people Justices of the Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island Judges in Prince Edward Island Lawyers in Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island MLAs People from Charlottetown Members of the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island University of Prince Edward Island alumni University of New Brunswick alumni University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law alumni 21st-century Canadian politicians 1961 births {{PrinceEdwardIsland-politician-stub