Sandra Kelly

{{Short description|Canadian nurse and politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image =

| | name = Sandra Kelly | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | office1 = MHA for Gander | term_start1 = 1996 | term_end1 = 2003 | predecessor1 = Gary Vey | successor1 = Kevin O'Brien | office2 = Mayor of Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador | term_start2 = November 10, 1993 | term_end2 = February 29, 1996 | predecessor2 = Douglas Sheppard | successor2 = Claude Elliott | party = Liberal | occupation = }} '''Sandra Kelly''' (born April 13, 1949) is a Canadian former elected official.<ref name=parlgd/> 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.<ref name=cabinet>{{cite news|url=http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/1999/exec/0215n01.htm|title=Cabinet sworn in|date=February 15, 1999|work=News Release, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador|accessdate=20 January 2015}}</ref> She represented the electoral district of Gander.<ref name=votes>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013095839/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nlvotes2011/ridings/016/ |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nlvotes2011/ridings/016/ |archivedate=October 13, 2011 |title=Gander |work=Newfoundland and Labrador Votes 2011 |publisher=CBC News}}</ref>

The daughter of Hardy West and Doris Wellon, she was born '''Sandra West''' in Gander and was educated there,<ref name=parlgd>{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |year=2001 |last=O'Handley |first=Kathryn |ISBN=0-7876-3561-8 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame0000unse }}</ref> at the General Hospital School of Nursing in St. John's and at Dalhousie University, where she received a diploma in community health nursing.<ref name=cabinet/> In 1970, she married Ronald Patrick Kelly.<ref name=parlgd/> She was Mayor of Gander from 1993 to 1996.<ref name=cabinet/>

She was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1996 and re-elected in 1999. She chose not to run for re-election in 2003.<ref name=votes/>

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