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
Candidate[3] Vote%
Martin Shields 1,879 72.38
Priscilla Petersen 483 18.61
Loran Casimere Fells 234 9.01
2010 Brooks mayoral election
CandidateVote%
Martin Shields 2,141 86.1
Patrick Ketchmark34613.9
2007 Brooks mayoral election
CandidateVote%
Martin Shields 1,527 57.3
Carol Secondiak 1,137 42.7

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brooks mayor Martin Shields selected over Rob Anders in Bow River Tory nomination. 20 September 2014.
  2. Web site: LethbridgeLiving.com is for sale | HugeDomains.
  3. 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 .