Liz Sandals
Liz Sandals | |
|---|---|
| MPP | |
| Assumed office October 10, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Riding re-established[1] |
| Constituency | Guelph |
| MPP | |
| In office October 2, 2003 – September 10, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Brenda Elliott |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Guelph—Wellington |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | 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.
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.
Politics
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 Boards Association.[2] Sandals was the recipient of the first Outstanding Contribution to Education Award, granted by the Ontario Principals' Council.[3]
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. On February 11, 2013, Sandals was appointed as the Minister of Education by Premier Kathleen Wynne.
Electoral record
| 2011 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%} | ||||
| Liberal | Liz Sandals | 19,734 | 42.3 | +1.5 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Greg Schirk | 11,950 | 25.6 | +0.9 | ||||
| New Democratic | 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 | ||||||
| 2007 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Democratic | Karan Mann-Bowers | 6,862 | 13.9 | |||||
| Family Coalition | John Gots | 402 | 0.8 | |||||
| Communist | Drew Garvie | 196 | 0.4 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Liz Sandals | 23,607 | 42.3 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Brenda Elliott | 20,735 | 37.1 | ||
| New Democratic | James Valcke | 6,699 | 12.0 | ||
| Green | Ben Polley | 3,917 | 7.0 | – | |
| Family Coalition | Alan McDonald | 914 | 1.6 | ||
References
- ^ Riding existed from 1987-1999 when it was reconfigured as Guelph-Wellington.
- ^ a b c d Sandals, Liz. "Liz Sandals MPP: Biography". Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ "Office of the Premiere, Meet the team". 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.