Shelley Wark-Martyn

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Shelley Wark-Martyn
Ontario MPP
In office
1990–1995
Preceded by Taras Kozyra
Succeeded by Michael Gravelle
Constituency Port Arthur
Personal details
Born (1963-01-11) January 11, 1963 (age 61)
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Political party Ontario NDP
Alberta Liberal Party
Spouse(s) Kelly Martyn
Children 2
Residence Calgary, Alberta
Occupation Nurse, social worker

Shelley Wark-Martyn (born January 11, 1963) is a former politician from Ontario, Canada. She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995. She represented the riding of Port Arthur. She served as a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae. As of 2014 she is the president of the Alberta Liberal Party. She stepped down in order to run in Calgary-Currie as a Liberal candidate in the 2015 provincial election.[1]

Background

Wark-Martyn was a social worker and registered nurse before entering political life. In 1987 she received an injury in the workplace that ended her nursing career. She received a small disability pension from the Worker's Compensation Board.[2] She is married to Kelly with whom she has two children, Kurtis and Erika.[3][4]

Provincial politics

She was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1990 provincial election, defeating incumbent Liberal Taras Kozyra by 1,034 votes in the Northern Ontario riding of Port Arthur.[5]

The NDP won a majority government and Wark-Martyn was appointed as Rae's first Minister of Revenue on October 1, 1990.[3] In November, Wark-Martyn introduced a bill to ensure that GST would not be stacked on top of provincial tax.[6] In December, she was featured as part of "Women of the Year" on the cover of Chatelaine magazine along with ten other women cabinet ministers.[7]

During her tenure as Revenue minister she dealt with such issues as a proposed market value assessment property tax system for Toronto,[8] giving tax breaks to border communities to stem the flow of cross border shoppers[9] and collecting tax on goods that shoppers bring back across the border.[10] She also studied a possible harmonization of the GST with provincial sales tax. In the latter case, this wasn't adopted until 2010.[11]

In February 1993, Bob Rae drastically reduced the size of his cabinet. The Revenue Minister position was abolished and Wark-Martyn was transferred to Minister without portfolio responsible for Education and Training, assisting Education Minister Dave Cooke.[12] On June 17, 1993, she was reassigned as a minister without portfolio responsible for health, assisting Health Minister Ruth Grier.[13]

In early 1995, Wark-Martyn announced that Lakehead University and Confederation College would be receiving almost one million dollars in grants to develop programs and services to aboriginal people.

The NDP were defeated in the provincial election of 1995, and Wark-Martyn lost her seat to Liberal Michael Gravelle by almost 7,000 votes.[14]

Cabinet positions

Provincial Government of Bob Rae
Cabinet Posts (3)
Predecessor Office Successor
Remo Mancini Minister of Revenue
1990–1993		 position abolished[nb 1]
Sub-Cabinet Posts (2)
Predecessor Title Successor
Minister Without Portfolio
(1993–1995)
Responsible for Health
New position Minister Without Portfolio
(1993 February–June)
Responsible for Education and Training		 Mike Farnan

Later life

In 1997 she was elected to the Thunder Bay municipal council in 1997. In 1999, she was appointed to the Capital Regional Health Board.

In 2004, Wark-Martyn began working in Calgary, Alberta for Bayshore Home Health, a home-delivery health-care service. Before this, she had worked in sales marketing for The Pampered Chef. She became involved in the Alberta Liberal Party, eventually running for the presidency of the party and winning that position in May 2014. She is the party's candidate for the electoral district of Calgary-Currie in the 2015 provincial election.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ This ministry position remained vacant until it was re-established in 2007 by Dalton McGuinty. The new minister was Michael Chan.

Citations

  1. ↑ http://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/alberta-liberal-president-steps-down-to-run-for-party-in-coming-election
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