| Gillian Sandeman | |
| Office: | Ontario MPP |
| Term Start: | 1975 |
| Term End: | 1977 |
| Successor: | John Melville Turner |
| Constituency: | Peterborough |
| Residence: | Peterborough, Ontario |
| Occupation: | Probation officer |
| Spouse: | Sandy Sandeman |
Gillian Ann Sandeman (born) is a former politician from Ontario, Canada. She was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1977. She represented the riding of Peterborough.
Sandeman is a prominent social activist in the Peterborough area, having served as a president of the city's social planning council,[1] and has written an occasional gardening column for the Peterborough Examiner.[2]
Sandeman ran as the New Democratic Party candidate for Peterborough in the 1974 federal election, losing to incumbent MP Hugh Faulkner.[3] In the 1975 provincial election she ran as the NDP candidate in the riding of Peterborough. She defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent John Turner by 505 votes.[4] Two years later she lost to Turner in a rematch, this time losing by 2,648 votes.[5] She was the NDP candidate in the 1988 Federal election but lost to PC incumbent Bill Domm.[6]
In 1978, she considered running in the leadership convention to replace Stephen Lewis but decided against it.[7] Later that year she became executive director of the Elizabeth Fry Society.[8] In 1984, she was elected president of the Ontario NDP.[9] In 1986, at a party convention she defeated Judy Rebick who challenged her position as party president.[10] In 1988, she became vice-president of the Federal NDP and was a professor at Trent University.[11]
In 1991 she accepted a position as executive assistant to Education Minister Marion Boyd.[12] In 1994, she was appointed to the Ontario Parole Board.[13]