Liz Sandals
| The Honourable Liz Sandals MPP | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Guelph Guelph—Wellington (2003-2007) | |
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Assumed office October 2, 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Brenda Elliott |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Liz MacNaughton Guelph, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | David Sandals |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Guelph, Ontario |
| Occupation | Teacher |
Liz Sandals is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2003. She represents the riding of Guelph. She serves in cabinet as the President of the Treasury Board and previously served for three years as Minister of Education in the government of Kathleen Wynne.
Background
Sandals was born and raised in the Guelph, Ontario area as Liz MacNaughton. Her father, Earl MacNaughton was the founding dean of the College of Physics at the University of Guelph. She graduated from Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute in 1966,[1] and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Guelph in 1969 as well as a Master of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo in 1971.[2][3] 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.[4]
Provincial politics
In 2003, she ran for the Ontario Liberal Party nomination in the riding of Guelph, 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,[5][6] Sandals defeated Elliott 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.[7] On February 11, 2013, Sandals was appointed as the Minister of Education by Premier Kathleen Wynne.[8] She was re-elected in 2014.[9] On June 13, 2016, she was appointed as President of the Treasury Board.[10]
As Minister of Education, Sandals oversaw the transition to a new collective bargaining system in the education system in Ontario. This new 2-tier collective bargaining structure resulted in new teacher contracts being signed with all of the major teachers' unions in 2015. Sandals also oversaw changes to the sex education curriculum, the first update to the curriculum since the late 1990s.
Cabinet positions
| Provincial Government of Kathleen Wynne | ||
| Cabinet Posts (2) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Predecessor | Office | Successor |
| Deb Matthews | President of the Treasury Board 2016-present |
Incumbent |
| Laurel Broten | Minister of Education 2013–2016 |
Mitzie Hunter |
Electoral record
| Ontario general election, 2011 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| Ontario general election, 2007 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Notes
Citations
- ↑ "Reunion Registrants" (PDF). Guelph Vocational Institute Alumni Association. 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 Sandals, Liz. "Liz Sandals MPP: Biography". Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ "How We Can Revolutionize Women's Education". Media Planet. June 2014.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 6, 2011. p. 6. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ↑ "Ontario's new cabinet". Waterloo Region Record. Kitchener, Ont. February 12, 2013. p. A3.
- ↑ "General Election by District: Guelph". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Kathleen Wynne's shuffled cabinet features 40% women". CBC News. June 13, 2016.
