Sandra Kelly | |
Office1: | MHA for Gander |
Term Start1: | 1996 |
Term End1: | 2003 |
Predecessor1: | Gary Vey |
Successor1: | Kevin O'Brien |
Term Start2: | November 10, 1993 |
Term End2: | February 29, 1996 |
Predecessor2: | Douglas Sheppard |
Successor2: | Claude Elliott |
Sandra Kelly (born April 13, 1949) is a Canadian former elected official. She sat in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1996 to 2003 as a member of the Liberals. She served as the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation and the Minister of Industry, Trade, and Technology.[1] She represented the electoral district of Gander.[2]
The daughter of Hardy West and Doris Wellon, she was born Sandra West in Gander and was educated there,[3] at the General Hospital School of Nursing in St. John's and at Dalhousie University, where she received a diploma in community health nursing.[1] In 1970, she married Ronald Patrick Kelly.[3] She was Mayor of Gander from 1993 to 1996.[1]
She was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1996 and re-elected in 1999. She chose not to run for re-election in 2003.[2]