Paul Martin, Sr.
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The Right Honorable Paul Joseph James Martin PC, CC, QC |
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| 12th Secretary of State for External Affairs | |
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In office 22 April 1963 – 20 April 1968 |
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| Prime Minister | Lester Pearson |
| Preceded by | Howard Charles Green |
| Succeeded by | Mitchell Sharp |
| Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom | |
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In office 1974–1979 |
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| Prime Minister |
Pierre Trudeau, Joe Clark |
| Preceded by | Jake Warren |
| Succeeded by | Jean Casselman Wadds |
| Senator for Windsor-Walkerville, Ontario | |
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In office April 20, 1968 – October 30, 1974 |
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| Appointed by | Pierre Trudeau |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Essex East |
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In office 1935–1968 |
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| Preceded by | Raymond Morand |
| Succeeded by | Riding was abolished in 1966 |
| Personal details | |
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Joseph James Guillaume Paul Martin June 23, 1903 Ottawa, Ontario |
| Died | September 14, 1992 (aged 89) Windsor, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Eleanor Alice "Nelly" Adams |
| Children | Paul Martin |
| Cabinet | Secretary of State of Canada (1945–1946) Minister of National Health and Welfare (1946–1957) Minister of Labour (Acting) (1950) Secretary of State for External Affairs (1963–1968) Minister Without Portfolio (1968–1969) |
| Committees | Chairman, Special Committee on Prices (1947–1948) |
| Portfolio | Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Labour (1943–1945) Leader of the Government in the Senate (1969–1974) |
Joseph James Guillaume Paul Martin,PC CC QC (June 23, 1903 – September 14, 1992), often referred to as Paul Martin, Sr, was a noted Canadian politician. He was the father of Paul Martin (Jr.), who served as Prime Minister of Canada from 2003–2006.
Martin was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Lumina (née Chouinard) and Joseph Philippe Ernest Martin. His Irish Catholic paternal grandfather's family immigrated from County Mayo, while his mother and paternal grandmother were French Canadian.
Martin contracted polio in 1907 (his son, Paul Martin (Jr.), contracted the disease in 1946). Martin was raised in Pembroke, Ontario, in the Ottawa River Valley, although he attended high school at Collège Saint-Alexandre in Gatineau, Quebec. He completed his university education at the University of Toronto, and earned his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School. Later, Martin studied at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, on a scholarship.
Martin later opened a law practice in Windsor, Ontario.
A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, he was first elected to the House of Commons in 1935 and entered the cabinet in 1945. He went on to serve as a noted member of the cabinets of four Prime Ministers: William Lyon Mackenzie King, Louis St. Laurent, Lester B. Pearson and Pierre Trudeau.
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