Sandy Jolly Explained

Sandy Jolly
Birth Date:1954
Birth Place:Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada
Office2:MLA for Dartmouth North
Term Start2:September 6, 1988
Term End2:January 9, 1998
Predecessor2:Laird Stirling
Successor2:Jerry Pye

Sandra L. "Sandy" Jolly (born 1954) is a former businessperson and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. She represented Dartmouth North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1988 to 1998 as a Liberal member.[1]

Jolly was born in Kentville, Nova Scotia and was educated at Kings County Academy and Mount Saint Vincent University. She entered provincial politics in the 1988 election, defeating Progressive Consertvative cabinet minister Laird Stirling by 121 votes in the Dartmouth North riding.[2] Jolly was re-elected in the 1993 election, defeating New Democrat Jerry Pye by 423 votes.[3] [4]

On June 11, 1993, Jolly was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Municipal Affairs.[5] In June 1996, she was moved to Minister of Business and Consumer Services.[6] Jolly was left out of cabinet when Russell MacLellan took over as premier in July 1997,[7] [8] and resigned as MLA in January 1998.[9] [10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electoral History for Dartmouth North. Nova Scotia Legislative Library. 2015-07-22.
  2. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988. Elections Nova Scotia. 1988. 65. 2014-11-22.
  3. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993. Elections Nova Scotia. 1993. 80. 2014-11-22.
  4. Web site: Female representation increases, but not by much. The Chronicle Herald. May 26, 1993. 2014-11-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20001007113627/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1993%2F05%2F26+106.raw+PE93Elect. October 7, 2000. dead.
  5. Web site: Historic Liberal cabinet sworn in. The Chronicle Herald. June 12, 1993. 2014-11-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20000830201132/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1993%2F06%2F12+100.raw+PE93Elect. August 30, 2000. dead.
  6. Web site: Premier shuffles cabinet. Government of Nova Scotia. June 27, 1996. 2014-11-22.
  7. Web site: MacLellan makeover. The Chronicle Herald. July 19, 1997. 2014-11-22. https://web.archive.org/web/19980204071951/http://www.herald.ns.ca/specialevents/libleader/stories/970719100.html. February 4, 1998.
  8. Web site: New faces look familiar. The Chronicle Herald. July 19, 1997. 2014-11-22. https://web.archive.org/web/19980204072104/http://www.herald.ns.ca/specialevents/libleader/stories/970719102.html. February 4, 1998.
  9. News: Liberal MLAs resign. The Globe and Mail. January 10, 1998.
  10. Web site: Dartmouth North race close. The Chronicle Herald. March 18, 1998. 2014-11-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20041125094638/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998%2F03%2F18+192.raw+PE98Mar18+2. November 25, 2004. dead.

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