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.
She was previously married to rock musician Tom Wilson, with whom she has two children.[2] Despite the end of their marriage, the two remained friends, with Wilson having performed at campaign fundraisers for Shaw when she began her political career on Hamilton City Council in the 2010s.
Electoral record
| 2025 Ontario general election: Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Sandy Shaw | 19,684 | 38.87 | –1.55 | $81,681 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | John Demik | 16,766 | 33.11 | +0.12 | $63,030 | |||
| Liberal | Julia Brown | 11,543 | 22.80 | +4.62 | $15,045 | |||
| Green | Guy Bisson | 1,747 | 3.45 | –1.92 | $2,464 | |||
| New Blue | Lee Weiss Vassor | 587 | 1.16 | –0.85 | $0 | |||
| None of the Above | Spencer Rocchi | 229 | 0.45 | N/A | $0 | |||
| Electoral Reform | Nori Smith | 81 | 0.16 | N/A | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,637 | 98.76 | –0.59 | $156,534 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 636 | 1.24 | +0.59 | |||||
| Turnout | 51,273 | 53.84 | +5.39 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 95,229 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | –0.84 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3][4] | ||||||||
| 2022 Ontario general election: Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Sandy Shaw | 18,197 | 40.42 | −2.76 | $97,864 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Fred Bennink | 14,852 | 32.99 | +1.96 | $53,993 | |||
| Liberal | Shubha Sandill | 8,184 | 18.18 | −1.61 | $33,543 | |||
| Green | Syam Chandra | 2,416 | 5.37 | +1.21 | $8,234 | |||
| New Blue | Lee Weiss | 904 | 2.01 | N/A | $0 | |||
| Ontario Party | Frank Thiessen | 464 | 1.03 | N/A | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes | 45,017 | 99.35 | +0.25 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 293 | 0.65 | –0.25 | |||||
| Turnout | 45,310 | 48.45 | –13.81 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 92,965 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | −2.36 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5][6][7] | ||||||||
| 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[8] | ||||||||
| 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" Archived 2010-08-20 at the Wayback Machine | ||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Voters keep Hamilton area predominantly NDP orange". Global News Radio, June 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Junkhouse's Wilson ties the knot". Hamilton Spectator. April 20, 1995.
- ↑ "Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Unofficial Election Results". Elections Ontario. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
- ↑ "Vote Totals From Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Political Financing and Party Information". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
- ↑ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2019.