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In 1985, Boyd was the [[Ontario New Democratic Party|NDP]] candidate in [[London North]] in the [[Ontario general election, 1985|provincial election of 1985]], but finished third against incumbent [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] [[Ron Van Horne]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Across the province |author=Canadian Press |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=May 3, 1985 |page=A13}}</ref> She ran in [[London Centre]] in the [[Ontario general election, 1987|1987 election]], and lost to sitting [[Premier of Ontario|Premier]] [[David Peterson]] by almost 9,000 votes.<ref>{{cite news|title=Here's how red tide swamped Ontario - riding by riding; Peterson's Liberals romp to victory|newspaper=The Gazette|location=Montreal|date=September 11, 1987|page=A6}}</ref> She campaigned as a federal [[New Democratic Party of Canada|New Democrat]] in the [[Canadian federal election, 1988|1988 general election]], finished third behind [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] [[Joe Fontana]] and [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] [[Jim Jepson]] in [[London East]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Riding-by-riding look at election results from across the country|newspaper=The Ottawa Citizen|date=November 22, 1988|page=B6}}</ref>
Boyd sought a rematch against Peterson in the [[Ontario general election, 1990|1990 provincial election]]. This time she won, defeating the Premier by more than 8,000 votes.<ref name="1990 Election Results">{{cite news|title=Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=September 7, 1990|page=A12}}</ref> It was almost unheard of for a provincial premier to be defeated in his own riding, and the size of Boyd's victory was all the more surprising. The NDP won the election, and the new Premier, [[Bob Rae]], appointed her as [[Minister of Education (Ontario)|Minister of Education]] on October 1, 1990.<ref name="1990RaeCabinet">{{cite news |title=Ontario cabinet|newspaper=The Windsor Star|date=October 1, 1990 |page=A4}}</ref>
When fellow cabinet member [[Anne Swarbrick]] resigned due to health issues, Boyd took over responsibility for [[Women's Issues (Ontario ministry)|Women's Issues]] on September 11, 1991.<ref>{{cite news|title=Swarbrick gives up women's portfolio|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=September 12, 1991|page=A12}}</ref> Boyd launched a high-profile campaign against domestic abuse in the same year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ontario ads may be triggering assaults |newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator |date=November 3, 1992 |page=A1}}</ref> She was transferred to the [[Minister of Community and Social Services (Ontario)|Ministry of Community and Social Services]] on October 15, 1991 when [[Zanana Akande]] resigned due to a conflict of interest.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rae reassigns cabinet ministers|newspaper=Edmonton Journal|date=October 16, 1991|page=A16}}</ref>
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In December 2003, it came to light that religious tribunals had some legal basis under the Arbitration Act. Some argued that this interpretation allowed for Muslim [[Sharia]] law to be applied in settling family disputes.<ref name="CWS2006">{{cite journal|title=Arbitration and Family Laws: Muslim Women Campaign to Eliminate the Use of Religious Laws in Legally-Binding Arbitration|last=Hogben|first=Alia|journal=Canadian Woman Studies|volume=25|issue=Summer 2006|pages=133–136}}</ref> In the spring of 2004, the issue flared up even more with some claiming that the use of Sharia law tribunals was infringing on the rights of Muslim women.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ontario sharia tribunals assailed; Women fighting use of Islamic law But backers say rights protected|last=Hurst|first=Lynda|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=May 22, 2004|page=A1}}</ref> In the summer of 2004, Premier [[Dalton McGuinty]] asked Boyd to investigate the issue.
In December 2004, she released a report that found no evidence of complaints with regards to faith-based arbitration. She concluded that no changes to the act were needed with respect to religious tribunals. She made 46 recommendations for changes to the Arbitration Act primarily dealing with arbitrator training and clarifying the roles and responsibilities of tribunals.<ref name="CWS2006"/> In 2005, in response to public opinion, McGuinty ignored Boyd's main conclusion and tabled changes to the act under the ''Family Statute Law Amendment Act''.
While incorporating many of Boyd's recommendations, the act specifically removed any legal status for the arbitration of custodial and marital disputes by religious tribunals.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sharia, pensions, health care on MPPs' agenda|first=Ian|last=Urquhart|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=February 11, 2006|page=F5}}</ref> The act mandated that all family law arbitrations in Ontario be conducted only in accordance with Canadian law.<ref>{{cite news|title=McGuinty Government Modernizes Provincial Laws|publisher=Canada NewsWire|location=Ottawa|date=June 22, 2006}}</ref> Some critics argued that this was a missed opportunity to incorporate aspects of Islamic law into the Canadian judicial system.<ref>{{citation|
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