Ray Martin (politician)

Ray Martin
Martin in 2013
Leader of the Official Opposition in Alberta
In office 1985–1993
Preceded by	Grant Notley
Succeeded by	Laurence Decore
Public School Trustee for Edmonton Ward D
Incumbent
Assumed office 2013
Preceded by	Dave Colburn
MLA for Edmonton Beverly-Clareview
In office 2004–2008
Preceded by	Julius Yankowsky
Succeeded by	Tony Vandermeer
MLA for Edmonton-Norwood
In office 1982–1993
Preceded by	Catherine Chichak
Succeeded by	Andrew Beniuk
Personal details
Born	Raymond James Martin (1941-08-08) August 8, 1941 (age 75) Delia, Alberta
Political party	Alberta New Democratic Party New Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Alberta
Occupation	teacher

Raymond James "Ray" Martin (born August 8, 1941) is a politician in Alberta, Canada and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Born in 1941 in Delia, Alberta, Martin attended the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He later attended the University of Calgary in order to earn his master's degree. He is currently the Edmonton Public School Board Trustee for Ward D.

Martin, a teacher by profession, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1982 provincial election as one member of a two-member Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) caucus.

He became leader of the Alberta NDP in 1984, succeeding Grant Notley who had died in a plane crash. Martin led the party to a highwater mark (at the time) winning 16 seats in the 1986 provincial election, making him leader of the opposition in the legislature. The NDP matched this performance in the 1989 election. In 1993, the party was wiped out, and Martin was defeated in his riding, Edmonton-Norwood, by Liberal Andrew Beniuk. He quit the party's leadership in 1994.

Martin was defeated when he later ran as an NDP candidate in the 1997 and 2000 federal elections in the Edmonton North and Edmonton Centre-East ridings.

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