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Paul Edgar Philippe MARTIN, Jr. LIBERAL
TERM: DEC. 12, 2003-Feb. 6, 2006 AGE ON BECOMING PM- 65. Sworn in on Dec. 12, 2003. BIRTH: August 28, 1938, Windsor, Ontario. Mr. Martin studied philosophy and history at St. Michael¹s College at the University of Toronto and is a graduate of the University of Toronto Law School. He was called to the bar in Ontario in 1966. |
Mr. Martin is the Member of Parliament for LaSalle-Émard in Montreal, Quebec. He was first elected federally in 1988. Minister of Finance from November 1993 until June 2002. During his time in the finance chair, Canada recorded five consecutive balanced budgets and erased a $42-billion deficit. In 1999, he was named inaugural chair of the G-20, a group composed of emerging market nations. He now co-chairs, alongside former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo, the United Nations Commission on the Private Sector and Development. The commission is expected later this year to recommend ways to boost indigenous entrepreneurship in developing nations and then implement a number of related pilot projects. Before entering politics, he had a distinguished career in the private sector as a business executive Power Corporation of Canada, in Montreal, and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Canada Steamship Lines. In addition, he has been active with a wide range of community and service organizations. Favourite sport to watch: Football; To play: golf. |
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