Sandy Shaw (politician)

Sandy Shaw MPP 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. Sandy currently serves as the Critic for Environment, Conservation and Parks.

Sandy Shaw MPP
Shaw in 2020
Critic - Environment, Conservation and Parks
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2, 2021
Leader	Marit Stiles
Critic - Finance and Treasury Board
In office August 23, 2018 – February 2, 2021
Leader	Andrea Horwath
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas
Incumbent
Assumed office June 7, 2018
Preceded by	Riding established
Personal details
Born	(1960-10-22) October 22, 1960 (age 64)
Political party	Ontario New Democratic
Residence	Hamilton
Occupation	Director of the Hamilton Port Authority Director of Corporate and Social Responsibility First Ontario Credit Union

Electoral record

v t e 2022 Ontario general election: Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Sandy Shaw	18,197	40.42	−2.76
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Bennink	14,852	32.99	+1.96
	Liberal	Shubha Sandill	8,184	18.18	−1.61
	Green	Syam Chandra	2,416	5.37	+1.21
	New Blue	Lee Weiss	904	2.01
	Ontario Party	Frank Thiessen	464	1.03
Total valid votes			45,017	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			293
Turnout			45,310	48.45
Eligible voters			92,965
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−2.36
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

2018 Ontario general election: Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas
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	62.26
Eligible voters			89,782
	New Democratic pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

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/a1
	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. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2019.