# Shirley Martin

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Canadian politician (1932–2021)

Official 1988 portrait

**Shirley Martin** [PC](/source/King's_Privy_Council_for_Canada) (November 20, 1932 in [Hamilton, Ontario](/source/Hamilton%2C_Ontario) – September 16, 2021) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) politician.

Martin was a businesswoman and was first elected to the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) in the [1984 federal election](/source/1984_Canadian_federal_election) as the [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada) [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)) for [Lincoln](/source/Lincoln_(federal_electoral_district)), [Ontario](/source/Ontario).

In 1987, she became [Parliamentary Secretary](/source/Parliamentary_Secretary) to the [Minister of Public Works](/source/Minister_of_Public_Works_(Canada)). After the [1988 federal election](/source/1988_Canadian_federal_election), she joined [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Canada) [Brian Mulroney](/source/Brian_Mulroney)'s [Cabinet](/source/Canadian_Cabinet) as [Minister of State](/source/Minister_of_State_(Canada)) for Transport. She served briefly as Minister of State for Indian Affairs and Northern Development (1990–1991) before returning to the Transport portfolio.

She retired from Cabinet in 1993 when Mulroney was succeeded as PC leader and prime minister by [Kim Campbell](/source/Kim_Campbell), and was not a candidate in the [1993 federal election](/source/1993_Canadian_federal_election).

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election: Lincoln Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Shirley Martin 26,318 Liberal Joseph Macaluso 14,646 New Democratic John Mayer 11,888 Green Robert A. Keddy 345 Independent Larry E. Johnston 171 Independent Ann Stasiuk 121 Social Credit A. J. Sid Hamelin 120

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election: Lincoln Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Shirley Martin 19,955 Liberal John Munro 19,517 New Democratic John Mayer 9,037 Christian Heritage Peggy Humby 2,742 Independent Albert Papazian 280 Independent David Olchowecki 76 Independent Ann Stasiuk 67 Independent André Vachon 28

## External links

- [Shirley Martin – Parliament of Canada biography](https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=5686)

v t e Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (1984–93) Brian Mulroney Harvie Andre Perrin Beatty André Bissonnette Pierre Blais Suzanne Blais-Grenier Benoît Bouchard Lucien Bouchard Pauline Browes Pierre Cadieux Kim Campbell Pat Carney Andrée Champagne Jean Charest Joe Clark Robert Coates Mary Collins Jean Corbeil Michel Côté David Crombie John Crosbie Marcel Danis Robert de Cotret Paul Dick Jake Epp John Fraser George Hees Ray Hnatyshyn Tom Hockin Otto Jelinek James Kelleher Roch La Salle Monique Landry Robert Layton Doug Lewis Gilles Loiselle Flora MacDonald Elmer MacKay Shirley Martin Marcel Masse Charles Mayer Don Mazankowski John McDermid Barbara McDougall Stewart McInnes Bill McKnight Walter McLean Thomas McMillan Gerald Merrithew Lowell Murray Jack Murta Erik Nielsen Frank Oberle Alan Redway Dufferin Roblin Tom Siddon Gerry St. Germain Sinclair Stevens Bernard Valcourt Monique Vézina Pierre H. Vincent Gerry Weiner Michael Wilson William Winegard John Wise

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