| Martin J. Kaufman | |
| Birth Date: | 1883 |
| Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec |
| Death Place: | Amherst, Nova Scotia |
| Office1: | MLA for Cumberland East |
| Term Start1: | 1949 |
| Term End1: | 1953 |
| Predecessor1: | new riding |
| Successor1: | James A. Langille |
| Office2: | MLA for Cumberland |
| Term Start2: | 1945 |
| Term End2: | 1949 |
| Predecessor2: | Archie B. Smith |
| Successor2: | riding dissolved |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Occupation: | businessman |
Martin James Kaufman (1883 – May 30, 1961) was a Canadian politician and businessman. He represented the electoral districts of Cumberland and Cumberland East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1945 to 1953. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]
Born in 1883 at Montreal, Kaufman moved to Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1922.[2] In 1923, he established the Maritime Pant Company.[2] Kaufman was elected mayor of Amherst in 1936.[2] He entered provincial politics in the 1945 election, where he was elected in the dual-member Cumberland riding with Liberal Kenneth Judson Cochrane.[3] In the 1949 election, Kaufman was re-elected in the new Cumberland East riding.[4] He was defeated by Progressive Conservative James A. Langille when he ran for re-election in 1953.[5] [6] Kaufman returned to municipal politics and served another term as mayor of Amherst, from 1953 to 1956.[2] Kaufman died in Amherst on May 30, 1961.[2]