Stan Keyes

For the baseball player, see Stan Keyes (baseball).

The Honourable Stan Keyes PC
MP for Hamilton West
In office 1988–2004
Preceded by	Peter Peterson
Succeeded by	Riding dissolved
Personal details
Born	(1953-05-17) May 17, 1953 Hamilton, Ontario
Political party	Liberal
Occupation	politician

Stanley Kazmierczak Keyes, PC (born May 17, 1953 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian diplomat and former politician.

Before politics

Before entering politics, Keyes was a television news reporter from 1973 to 1988. He covered local news in Hamilton, Ontario, Queen’s Park, Toronto and Parliament Hill, Ottawa.

Political career

Keyes was first elected to the House of Commons in 1988 election as the Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament for Hamilton West. He was reelected in 1993, 1997 and 2000 elections. In 2003, he was appointed Minister of National Revenue, Minister of State (Sport), Minister Responsible for the Canada Post Corporation and Minister Responsible for the Royal Canadian Mint. Keyes served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport from February 1996 to July 1998.

During the 2004 election, he ran as the Liberal candidate for the redistributed riding of Hamilton Centre, but was defeated by the New Democratic Party candidate David Christopherson, a former provincial cabinet minister.

For two years between 2002 and 2004, Keyes was Chair of the National Liberal Caucus and Chair of the National Liberal Caucus Executive Committee. Previously, he served as Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport and Chair of the House of Commons Liaison Committee. From 1988 to 2003, Keyes was a member of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Standing Committee on Transport and the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade. He also led Government of Canada Task Forces on High Speed Rail, Airports, and the Canadian Sports System. His leadership on the Ports and Harbours Task Force earned him the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) Port Person of the Year Award, the first Canadian to be so honoured.

On August 2, 2005, Keyes was appointed Canadian consul general to Boston. The Conservative government of Stephen Harper replaced Keyes as Canada's representative in Boston on July 13, 2006, with Neil LeBlanc, a former Nova Scotia Tory finance minister and leadership candidate.

After politics

On October 16, 2006, Keyes became the new President of the Canadian Payday Loan Association. He retired on April 17, 2016.

In November 2015, the Province of Ontario appointed Keyes to the Hamilton Port Authority Board of Directors.

In January 2017, Keyes was selected to serve on the Board of Directors of John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport.

Personal life

Keyes is married to Catherine. They have two daughters, Caitlin and Hillary.

Electoral record

1988 Canadian federal election: Hamilton West
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Stan Keyes	16,598
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Peterson	14,851
	New Democratic	Lesley Russell	11,194
	Christian Heritage	Barry Mombourquette	935
	Independent	Walter A. Tucker	179
	Communist	Bill Thompson	103

1993 Canadian federal election: Hamilton West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Stan Keyes	22,592	58.65	$38,319
	Reform	George G. Mills	5,857	15.21	$30,042
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Peterson	5,789	15.03	$34,188
	New Democratic	Denise Giroux	3,143	8.16	$27,417
	National	Owen Morgan	606	1.57	$1,152
	Natural Law	Rita Rassenberg	396	1.03	$199
	Independent	Elaine Couto	134	0.35	$244
Total valid votes			38,517	100.00
Total rejected ballots			417
Turnout			38,934	58.42
Electors on the lists			66,640
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.

1997 Canadian federal election: Hamilton West
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Stan Keyes	20,951
	New Democratic	Andrea Horwath	7,648
	Progressive Conservative	John Findlay	6,510
	Reform	Ken Griffith	6,285
	Natural Law	Brian Rickard	323
	Marxist–Leninist	Wendell Fields	170

2000 Canadian federal election: Hamilton West
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Stan Keyes	21,273
	Alliance	Leon O'Connor	7,293
	New Democratic	Catherine Hudson	5,300
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Blackie	5,024
	Green	Hamish Jamie Campbell	616
	Marijuana	Danielle Keir	437
	Not affiliated	Stephen Downey	163
	Natural Law	Rita Rassenberg	94
	Communist	Mike Mirza	91
	Marxist–Leninist	Wendell Fields	61