Liz Sandals
| Liz Sandals | |
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| MPP | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office October 10, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Riding re-established[1] |
| Constituency | Guelph |
| MPP | |
| In office October 2, 2003 – September 10, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Brenda Elliott |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Guelph—Wellington |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | David Sandals |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Teacher |
Liz Sandals is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Guelph for the Ontario Liberal Party.
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[edit] Background
Sandals was raised in the Guelph area, and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Guelph as well as a Master of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo.[2] She taught computer science at the University of Guelph.[2] Sandals lives in Guelph with her husband David where they raised two children.
[edit] Politics
[edit] School board
Sandals was elected to her local public school board in 1988, and was re-elected four times.[2] From 1998 to 2002, she served as President of the Ontario Public School Board Association.[2] Sandals was the recipient of the first Outstanding Contribution to Education Award, granted by the Ontario Principals' Council.[3]
[edit] Provincial politics
In 2003, she opted for the nomination of Ontario Liberal Party, and defeated two long time Liberals. While she was a past supporter of the Progressive Conservative Party and worked for the 1995 campaign of rival Tory MPP Brenda Elliott,[4][5] Sandals defeated her in the Ontario provincial election of 2003 by 2,872 votes in the riding of Guelph—Wellington. During the 2003-2007 session she served as parliamentary assistant for several portfolios including Education. After being re-elected in 2007 in the redistributed riding of Guelph, she was again appointed as parliamentary assistant to portfolios including education and transportation. She was re-elected again in the 2011 election.
[edit] Electoral record
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| Ontario general election, 2011 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Liberal | Liz Sandals | 19,734 | 42.3 | +1.5 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Greg Schirk | 11,950 | 25.6 | +0.9 | ||
| New Democrat | James Gordon | 11,148 | 23.9 | +10.0 | ||
| Green | Steve Dyck | 3,234 | 6.9 | -12.6 | ||
| Libertarian | Philip Bender | 305 | 0.70 | - | ||
| Communist | Drew Garvie | 139 | 0.30 | -0.10 | ||
| Independent | Julian Ichim | 100 | 0.20 | - | ||
| Total valid votes | 46,610 | 100.0 | ||||
| Ontario general election, 2007 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Liz Sandals | 20,188 | 40.8 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Senechal | 12,258 | 24.7 | ||
| Green | Ben Polley | 9,635 | 19.5 | ||
| New Democrat | Karan Mann-Bowers | 6,862 | 13.9 | ||
| Family Coalition | John Gots | 402 | 0.8 | ||
| Communist | Drew Garvie | 196 | 0.4 | ||
| Ontario general election, 2003 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Liz Sandals | 23,607 | 42.3 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Brenda Elliott | 20,735 | 37.1 | ||
| New Democrat | James Valcke | 6,699 | 12.0 | ||
| Green | Ben Polley | 3,917 | 7.0 | ||
| Family Coalition | Alan McDonald | 914 | 1.6 | ||
[edit] References
- ^ Riding existed from 1987-1999 when it was reconfigured as Guelph-Wellington.
- ^ a b c d Sandals, Liz. "Liz Sandals MPP: Biography". http://www.lizsandals.onmpp.ca/bio.aspx?id=biography. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ "Office of the Premiere, Meet the team". http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/team/biography.asp?MPPID=46&Lang=EN. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ^ Stead, Hilary (2002-05-31). "Sandals chosen to lead local Liberals provincially". Daily Mercury. p. A1.
- ^ "Tough choices in local ridings". Daily Mercury. 2003-09-30. p. A10.
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