Judy Marsales
Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox MLA Judy Marsales is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 to 2007.
Background
Marsales was born and raised in Winnipeg, moving to Hamilton, Ontario in 1972.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She began working in real estate in 1980, first as an agent, and then beginning her own business, Judy Marsales Real Estate Ltd., in January 1988. In 1991, she became the first woman president of the Metropolitan Hamilton Real Estate Board.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1996, president of the Hamilton and District Chamber of Commerce.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She was appointed to the Hamilton Port Authority in 2001.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Politics
In the 2003 provincial election, Marsales won the riding. The seat was formerly held by NDP David Christopherson who had stepped down to enter the City of Hamilton mayoral race.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> During the campaign, she faced New Democrat Roy Adams and Progressive Conservative, Doug Brown.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She won by just over 2,000 votes.<ref name="2003 results">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
As a rookie MPP, Marsales proposed an anti-spam measure as private member's bill in May, 2004,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the province's first,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and was made a member of the legislature's economic affairs and finance committee.<ref>Template:Cite news.</ref> She was passed over in the cabinet reshuffle of July 2005,<ref>Template:Cite news.</ref> but in March 2006 was made parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Economic Development and Trade.<ref>Template:Cite news.</ref> That appointment lasted less than a month. She was then appointed as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Marsales had been expected to seek re-election in the reapportioned riding of Hamilton Centre against NDP incumbent Andrea Horwath. However, a story ran in the Toronto Star on July 12, 2007, indicating Marsales had instead decided to retire from provincial politics.<ref>Template:Cite news.</ref> She is currently the broker of record at Judy Marsales Real Estate in Hamilton, Ontario.