{{short description|Canadian politician (born 1948)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Martin Shields | image = | caption = Shields photo from the Conservative party website | riding = Bow River | parliament = Canadian | term_start = October 19, 2015 | term_end = March 23, 2025 | predecessor = ''Riding Created'' | successor = David Bexte | office1 = Mayor of Brooks | term_start1 = October 22, 2007 | term_end1 = October 27, 2015 | predecessor1 = Don Weisbeck | successor1 = Fred Rattai (acting) | office2 = Brooks City Councillor | term_start2 = October 26, 2004 | term_end2 = October 22, 2007 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|4|28|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | profession = | party = Conservative | footnotes = | spouse = | children = 3 }}
'''Martin Shields''' (born April 28, 1948) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Bow River in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election.<ref>{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=18412|nolist=yes}}</ref>
Prior to his election, he served as the mayor of Brooks, Alberta since 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/brooks-mayor-martin-shields-selected-over-rob-anders-in-bow-river-tory-nomination/|title=Brooks mayor Martin Shields selected over Rob Anders in Bow River Tory nomination|date=20 September 2014}}</ref> He was born in 1948 in Lethbridge, Alberta. Prior to his career in politics, Shields served as a teacher and school administrator for 30 years. He was also a part-time university instructor for 20 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lethbridgeliving.com/previous-articles/item/meet-your-federal-candidates|title=Meet your federal candidates|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095422/http://lethbridgeliving.com/previous-articles/item/meet-your-federal-candidates |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
On February 7, 2025, he announced he would stand down at the 2025 Canadian federal election.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zdebiak |first1=Brandon |date=7 February 2025 |title=Bow River's longtime MP Martin Shields to step aside ahead of upcoming federal election |url=https://strathmorenow.com/articles/bow-rivers-longtime-mp-martin-shields-to-step-aside-ahead-of-upcoming-federal-election |access-date=8 February 2025 |website=StrathmoreNow}}</ref>
==Electoral record== {{2021 Canadian federal election/Bow River}} {{2019 Canadian federal election/Bow River}} {{2015 Canadian federal election/Bow River}}
{| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="3" | 2013 Brooks mayoral election |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px" | Candidate<ref name="brooks.ca">{{Cite web |url=http://www.brooks.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=457 |title=City Brooks - Alberta's Centennial City |access-date=2013-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021205738/http://www.brooks.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=457 |archive-date=2013-10-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote<ref name="brooks.ca"/> ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % |- |'''Martin Shields''' || 1,879 || 72.38 |- | Priscilla Petersen || 483 || 18.61 |- | Loran Casimere Fells || 234 || 9.01 |}
{| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="3" | 2010 Brooks mayoral election |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px" | Candidate ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % |- |'''Martin Shields''' ||2,141 ||86.1 |- |Patrick Ketchmark|| 346|| 13.9 |}
{| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="3" | 2007 Brooks mayoral election |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px" | Candidate ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % |- |'''Martin Shields''' ||1,527 ||57.3 |- |Carol Secondiak ||1,137 ||42.7 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=18412}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shields, Martin}} Category:Living people Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta Category:Conservative Party of Canada MPs Category:21st-century mayors of places in Alberta Category:People from Brooks, Alberta Category:1948 births Category:Alberta municipal councillors Category:Canadian educators Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada