# Sandra Kelly

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{{Short description|Canadian nurse and politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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| name = Sandra Kelly
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| office1 = [MHA](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador_House_of_Assembly) for [Gander](/source/Gander_(electoral_district))
| term_start1 = 1996
| term_end1 = 2003
| predecessor1 = [Gary Vey](/source/Gary_Vey)
| successor1 = [Kevin O'Brien](/source/Kevin_O'Brien_(Newfoundland_and_Labrador_politician))
| office2 = [Mayor of Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Gander%2C_Newfoundland_and_Labrador)
| term_start2 = November 10, 1993
| term_end2 = February 29, 1996
| predecessor2 = [Douglas Sheppard](/source/Douglas_Sheppard)
| successor2 = [Claude Elliott](/source/Claude_Elliott_(politician))
| party = [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador)
| occupation =
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'''Sandra Kelly''' (born April 13, 1949) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) former elected official.<ref name=parlgd/> She sat in the [Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador_House_of_Assembly) from 1996 to 2003 as a member of the [Liberals](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador_Liberal_Party). 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](/source/Gander_(electoral_district)).<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](/source/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](/source/St._John's%2C_Newfoundland_and_Labrador) and at [Dalhousie University](/source/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](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Gander%2C_Newfoundland_and_Labrador) 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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