Gerry Martiniuk

Gerry Martiniuk
Ontario MPP
In office 1995–2011
Preceded by	Mike Farnan
Succeeded by	Rob Leone
Constituency	Cambridge
Personal details
Born	1938 (age 78–79) Toronto, Ontario
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Children	4
Residence	Cambridge, Ontario
Occupation	Lawyer

Gerry Martiniuk, QC (born c. 1938) is former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, who represented the riding of Cambridge for the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) from 1995 to 2011.

Martiniuk was born in Toronto, and was educated at Lawrence Park Collegiate, University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto (Political Science and Economics) and Osgoode Hall Law School receiving an LL.B. in 1962. He was a director of the St. John Ambulance, Cambridge United Way, Preston-Hespeler Rotary Club, Trinity Community Table, Preston YMCA, Chair, Conestoga College Advisory Committee on Criminology before entering provincial politics, and served as president of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce. He has been awarded Queen's Counsel designation. Martiniuk is a widower with four children.

Martiniuk began his career at the municipal level, serving as a school trustee on the Waterloo County Board of Education, an alderman in Preston, chair of the Waterloo Regional Police Commission.

In the 1995 provincial election, he was elected in the riding of Cambridge over incumbent New Democrat Mike Farnan. He was easily re-elected in the 1999 election, defeating Liberal Jerry Boyle by over 14,000 votes. In 1998 he was appointed as Parliamentary Assistant to the Attorney General.

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