Stan Keyes

The Honourable Stan Keyes
MP for Hamilton West
In office 1988–2004
Preceded by	Peter Peterson
Succeeded by	Riding dissolved
Personal details
Born	May 17, 1953 (1953-05-17) Hamilton, Ontario
Political party	Liberal
Occupation	politician

Stanley Kazmierczak Keyes, PC (born May 17, 1953 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian diplomat and former politician.

Keyes was first elected to the House of Commons in 1988 election as the Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament for Hamilton West. He was subsequently reelected in 1993, 1997 and 2000 elections. In 2003, he was appointed Minister of National Revenue, Minister of State (Sport), Minister Responsible for the Canada Post Corporation and Minister Responsible for the Royal Canadian Mint. Keyes served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport from February 1996 to July 1998.

During the 2004 election, he ran as the Liberal candidate for the redistributed riding of Hamilton Centre, but was defeated by the New Democratic Party candidate David Christopherson, a former provincial cabinet minister.

For two years between 2002 and 2004, Keyes was Chair of the National Liberal Caucus and Chair of the National Liberal Caucus Executive Committee. Previously, he served as Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport and Chair of the House of Commons Liaison Committee. From 1988 to 2003, Keyes was a member of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Standing Committee on Transport and the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade. He also led Government of Canada Task Forces on High Speed Rail, Airports, and the Canadian Sports System. His leadership on the Ports and Harbours Task Force earned him the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) Port Person of the Year Award, the first Canadian to be so honoured.

Before entering politics, Keyes was a television news reporter from 1973 to 1988. He covered local news in Hamilton, Ontario, Queen’s Park, Toronto and Parliament Hill, Ottawa. Keyes is married to Catherine. They have two daughters, Caitlin and Hillary.

On August 2, 2005, Keyes was appointed Canadian consul general to Boston.

The Conservative government of Stephen Harper replaced Keyes as Canada's representative in Boston on July 13, 2006, with Neil LeBlanc, a former Nova Scotia Tory finance minister and leadership candidate.

On October 16, 2006, Keyes became the new President of the Canadian Payday Loan Association.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 1993: Hamilton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	(x)Stan Keyes	22,592	58.65	$38,319
	Reform	George G. Mills	5,857	15.21	$30,042
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Peterson	5,789	15.03	$34,188
	New Democratic	Denise Giroux	3,143	8.16	$27,417
	National	Owen Morgan	606	1.57	$1,152
	Natural Law	Rita Rassenberg	396	1.03	$199
	Independent	Elaine Couto	134	0.35	$244
Total valid votes			38,517	100.00
Total rejected ballots			417
Turnout			38,934	58.42
Electors on the lists			66,640
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	KEYES, Stan	20,951
	New Democrat	HORWATH, Andrea	7,648
	Progressive Conservative	FINDLAY, John	6,510
	Reform	GRIFFITH, Ken	6,285
	Natural Law	RICKARD, Brian	323
	Marxist–Leninist	FIELDS, Wendell	170

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	KEYES, Stan	21,273
	Canadian Alliance	O'CONNOR, Leon	7,293
	New Democrat	HUDSON, Catherine	5,300
	Progressive Conservative	BLACKIE, Ron	5,024
	Green	CAMPBELL, Hamish Jamie	616
	Marijuana	KEIR, Danielle	437
	Not affiliated	DOWNEY, Stephen	163
	Natural Law	RASSENBERG, Rita	94
	Communist	MIRZA, Mike	91
	Marxist–Leninist	FIELDS, Wendell	61

References

27th Ministry – Cabinet of Paul Martin
Cabinet Posts (2)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Elinor Caplan	Minister of National Revenue 2003–2004	John McCallum
	Minister of State (Sport) 2003–2004	Stephen Owen

Preceded by Peter Peterson

Member of Parliament for Hamilton West 1988–2004

Succeeded by riding abolished