Sandy Shaw (politician)

Sandy Shaw is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] She represents the riding of Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party. In August 2018, Sandy Shaw was named finance and treasury board critic.[2]

Sandy Shaw MPP
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas
Incumbent
Assumed office June 7, 2018
Preceded by	New riding
Personal details
Born	October 22, 1960
Political party	New Democratic
Children	Madeline Wilson Shaw Thompson Wilson Shaw
Residence	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Director of the Hamilton Port Authority Director of Corporate and Social Responsibility First Ontario Credit Union

Electoral record

2018 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Sandy Shaw	23,921	43.19	+18.33
	Progressive Conservative	Ben Levitt	17,189	31.03	+5.25
	Liberal	Ted McMeekin	10,960	19.79	-23.42
	Green	Peter Ormond	2,302	4.16	-0.77
	None of the Above	Stephanie Davies	399	0.72
	Libertarian	Nicholas Dushko	372	0.67
	Independent	Jim Enos	247	0.45
Total valid votes			55,390	99.10
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			505	0.90
Turnout			55,895
Eligible voters
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+16.33
Source: Elections Ontario[3]

 Candidates for the October 27, 2014 Hamilton, Ontario Ward One Councillor Election

Candidate		Popular vote			Expenditures
		Votes	%	±%
	Aidan Johnson	3,030	34.69%	–	$20,215.71
	Sandy Shaw	2,390	27.36%	–	$21,412.40
	Jason Allen	1,050	12.02%	–	$9,286.10
	Tony Greco	1,024	11.72%	−14.7%	n/a^1
	Brian Lewis	641	7.34%	–	$9,101.20
	Ira Rosen	600	6.87%	–	$14,583.76
Total votes		8,870	40.74%	+.04%
Registered voters		21,770	100%
^1 These candidates did not submit official Financial Statements and are, therefore, ineligible to run in the 2018 Municipal election Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Sources: City of Hamilton, "Nominated Candidates"

References

1. "Voters keep Hamilton area predominantly NDP orange". Global News Radio, June 7, 2018.
2. https://globalnews.ca/news/4405824/horwath-ndp-critics-ontario-mpp/
3. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2019.