Gillian Ann Sandeman (born ) is a former politician from

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, Canada. She was a New Democratic member of the

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from 1975 to 1977. She represented the riding of

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Background

Sandeman is a prominent social activist in the Peterborough area, having served as a president of the city's social planning council, and has written an occasional

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column for the '' Peterborough Examiner''.

Politics

Sandeman ran as the New Democratic Party candidate for Peterborough in the 1974 federal election, losing to incumbent MP

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. In the 1975 provincial election she ran as the NDP candidate in the riding of

. She defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent John Turner by 505 votes. Two years later she lost to Turner in a rematch, this time losing by 2,648 votes. She was the NDP candidate in the 1988 Federal election but lost to PC incumbent

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. In 1978, she considered running in the leadership convention to replace Stephen Lewis but decided against it. Later that year she became executive director of the Elizabeth Fry Society. In 1984, she was elected president of the Ontario NDP. In 1986, at a party convention she defeated

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who challenged her position as party president. In 1988, she became vice-president of the Federal NDP and was a professor at

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. In 1991 she accepted a position as executive assistant to Education Minister

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. In 1994, she was appointed to the ''Ontario Parole Board''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandeman, Gillian 1937 births Living people Ontario New Democratic Party MPPs People from Peterborough, Ontario Women MPPs in Ontario