Sandra Jansen was born on c 1963 and is a Canadian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Calgary-North West.
17 Facts About Sandra Jansen
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Sandra Jansen served as the Minister of Infrastructure between October 2017 and April 2019.
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In 2007, Sandra Jansen left journalism to obtain a master's degree in professional communications, graduating in 2009.
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Sandra Jansen was first elected to the legislative assembly in the 2012 provincial election as a Progressive Conservative.
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Sandra Jansen was named an associate minister on July 26,2013, and sworn in on August 1,2013 in the position of Minister of Family and Community Safety.
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Sandra Jansen addressed many issues, including human trafficking, violence against women and child exploitation.
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Sandra Jansen has previously served as a member of the Standing Committee on Families and Communities, Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections, and chair of the Calgary caucus.
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Sandra Jansen played a pivotal role in stopping an urban drilling site, proposed by Kaiser Exploration Ltd, where four oil wells were planned to be drilled within 400 metres of the northwest residential community of Royal Oak.
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Sandra Jansen successfully expressed to legislature that current drilling policies do not take into account high-density areas.
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Sandra Jansen sponsored the urban drilling review motion, which was later passed in April 2013, to determine whether adequate policy was in place regarding urban community drilling sites.
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Sandra Jansen left the PC caucus and joined the NDP caucus on November 17,2016.
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On October 17,2017 Sandra Jansen became Alberta's first female Minister of Infrastructure.
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Sandra Jansen was a member of the Economic Development Policy Ministerial Committee and her most recent Legislative accomplishments include being responsible for creating Alberta's first disability advocate.
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Nine days after dropping out of the Alberta PC Leadership race, Sandra Jansen announced she was crossing the floor to sit with Rachel Notley's NDP Government.
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Sandra Jansen's crossing the floor has led to multiple instances of abuse aimed at her.
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In January 2019, Sandra Jansen announced that she had chosen not to run for re-election in the 2019 Alberta general election.
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In March 2025, Sandra Jansen became chief of staff to Ontario Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie.