| Gerard Martin | |
| Office: | Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bathurst |
| Term Start: | 27 March 1999 |
| Term End: | 26 March 2011 |
| Predecessor: | Mick Clough |
| Successor: | Paul Toole |
| Birth Date: | 1946 5, df=yes |
| Birthname: | Gerard Francis Martin |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Party: | Labor Party |
| Spouse: | Kathy Martin |
| Children: | 2 sons |
| Occupation: | Administration manager, politician |
Gerard Francis Martin (born 28 May 1946), a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Bathurst between 1999 and 2011 for the Labor Party.[1]
Martin has worked as an administrator in the coal industry for 30 years and is married with two children. He was a councillor on the Lithgow City Council from 1974 to 1999 and was the longest-serving mayor of Lithgow, for sixteen years.[2] Prior to entering New South Wales politics, he was previously Deputy Chair, Central West Regional Development Board, and is a former chairman of Blayney Abattior County Council.
In Parliament, he was Government Whip and was a member of both the Standing Committee on Natural Resource Management and the Standing Orders and Procedure Committee.
Martin, a Catholic,[3] expressed his opposition to stem cell research in 2007 by voting against legislation allowing the practice. The bill subsequently passed.[4]
On 19 October 2010, Martin announced his decision to not seek re-election for the seat of Bathurst at the 2011 state election.[5] [6]