Martin Shields Explained
Martin Shields |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Riding: | Bow River |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Term Start: | October 19, 2015 |
Predecessor: | Riding Created |
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: | April 28, 1948 |
Birth Place: | Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada |
Party: | Conservative |
Residence: | Brooks, Alberta |
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.
Prior to his election, he served as the mayor of Brooks, Alberta since 2007.[1] He was born in 1948[2] 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.
Electoral record
2013 Brooks mayoral election |
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Candidate[3] | Vote | % |
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Martin Shields | 1,879 | 72.38 |
Priscilla Petersen | 483 | 18.61 |
Loran Casimere Fells | 234 | 9.01 | |
2010 Brooks mayoral election |
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Candidate | Vote | % |
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Martin Shields | 2,141 | 86.1 |
Patrick Ketchmark | 346 | 13.9 | |
2007 Brooks mayoral election |
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Candidate | Vote | % |
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Martin Shields | 1,527 | 57.3 |
Carol Secondiak | 1,137 | 42.7 | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Brooks mayor Martin Shields selected over Rob Anders in Bow River Tory nomination. 20 September 2014.
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- Web site: City Brooks - Alberta's Centennial City . 2013-10-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131021205738/http://www.brooks.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=457 . 2013-10-21 . dead .