Liz Sandals is a politician in Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

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. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...

, representing the riding of Guelph

Guelph (provincial electoral district)

Guelph is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. The entire riding was created from Guelph—Wellington riding.The riding includes all of the city of Guelph....

 for the Ontario Liberal Party

Ontario Liberal Party

The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

.

Background

Sandals was raised in the Guelph

Guelph

Guelph is a city in Ontario, Canada.Guelph may also refer to:* Guelph , consisting of the City of Guelph, Ontario* Guelph , as the above* University of Guelph, in the same city...

 area, and received a Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Science

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 degree from the University of Guelph

University of Guelph

The University of Guelph, also known as U of G, is a comprehensive public research university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1964 after the amalgamation of Ontario Agricultural College, the Macdonald Institute, and the Ontario Veterinary College...

 as well as a Master of Mathematics

Master of Mathematics

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 degree from the University of Waterloo

University of Waterloo

The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...

. She taught computer science at the University of Guelph. Sandals lives in Guelph with her husband David where they raised two children.

School board

Sandals was elected to her local public school board in 1988, and was re-elected four times. From 1998 to 2002, she served as President of the Ontario Public School Board Association. Sandals was the recipient of the first Outstanding Contribution to Education Award, granted by the Ontario Principals' Council.

Provincial politics

In 2003, she opted for the nomination of Ontario Liberal Party

Ontario Liberal Party

The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

, and defeated two long time Liberals. While she was a past supporter of the Progressive Conservative Party

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

 and worked for the 1995 campaign of rival Tory MPP Brenda Elliott

Brenda Elliott

Brenda Elliott is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative from 1995 to 2003, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves....

, Sandals defeated her in the Ontario provincial election of 2003

Ontario general election, 2003

The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

 by 2,872 votes in the riding of Guelph—Wellington

Guelph—Wellington (provincial electoral district)

Guelph—Wellington was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007....

. During the 2003-2007 session she served as parliamentary assistant for several portfolios including Education

Ministry of Education (Ontario)

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. After being re-elected in 2007 in the redistributed riding of Guelph

Guelph (provincial electoral district)

Guelph is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. The entire riding was created from Guelph—Wellington riding.The riding includes all of the city of Guelph....

, she was again appointed as parliamentary assistant to portfolios including education and transportation. She was re-elected again in the 2011 election.

Electoral record

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|Liz Sandals
|align="right"|20,188
|align="right"|40.8
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|Bob Senechal
|align="right"|12,258
|align="right"|24.7
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|Ben Polley
|align="right"|9,635
|align="right"|19.5
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|Karan Mann-Bowers
|align="right"|6,862
|align="right"|13.9
|align="right"|
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|John Gots
|align="right"|402
|align="right"|0.8
|align="right"|
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|Drew Garvie
|align="right"|196
|align="right"|0.4
|align="right"|
|}


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|Liz Sandals
|align="right"|23,607
|align="right"|42.3
|align="right"|
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|Brenda Elliott

Brenda Elliott

Brenda Elliott is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative from 1995 to 2003, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves....

|align="right"|20,735
|align="right"|37.1
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|James Valcke
|align="right"|6,699
|align="right"|12.0
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|Ben Polley
|align="right"|3,917
|align="right"|7.0
|align="right"|
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|Alan McDonald
|align="right"|914
|align="right"|1.6
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|}

External links

• Liz Sandals' official MPP Site