Sarah Campbell
Canadian politician
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Sarah Jane Campbell[1] (born July 19, 1982) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the riding of Kenora—Rainy River from 2011 to 2018.
Sarah Campbell | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Kenora—Rainy River | |
| In office October 6, 2011 – June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Howard Hampton |
| Succeeded by | Greg Rickford |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 19, 1982 |
| Party | Ontario New Democratic |
| Occupation | Executive assistant |
| Website | www |
Background
Campbell was born in Atikokan, and raised in Atikokan, Thunder Bay and Ear Falls, where her father owns a tourist camp. Campbell lives in Vermilion Bay with her family. She was the riding assistant to former NDP leader Howard Hampton.
Politics
Campbell ran in the 2011 provincial election as the New Democratic candidate in the riding of Kenora—Rainy River. She defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Rod McKay by 2,642 votes.[2][3] She was re-elected in the 2014 provincial election defeating PC candidate Randy Nickle by 6,984 votes.[4]
She was the party's critic for women's issues and aboriginal affairs.[5]
In November 2017, Campbell announced that she would not seek a third term and would be leaving politics.[6]
Election results
| 2014 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Sarah Campbell | 12,889 | 55.65 | +6.02 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Randy Nickle | 5,905 | 25.49 | -12.16 | ||||
| Liberal | Anthony Leek | 3,652 | 15.77 | +5.79 | ||||
| Green | Tim McKillop | 711 | 3.07 | +1.30 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 23,157 | 100.00 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +9.02 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Ontario[7] | ||||||||
| 2011 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Sarah Campbell | 10,949 | 49.62 | -11.00 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rod McKay | 8,307 | 37.65 | +25.95 | ||||
| Liberal | Anthony Leek | 2,202 | 9.98 | -14.44 | ||||
| Green | Jo Jo Holiday | 391 | 1.77 | -1.49 | ||||
| Northern Ontario Heritage | Charmaine Romaniuk | 216 | 0.98 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 22,065 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 65 | 0.29 | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,130 | 45.75 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 48,369 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -18.48 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[8] | ||||||||