Shelley Martel
| Shelley Martel | |
|---|---|
| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1999–2007 |
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| Preceded by | Blain Morin |
| Succeeded by | France Gélinas |
| Constituency | Nickel Belt |
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In office 1987–1999 |
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| Preceded by | Elie Martel |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Sudbury East |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Shelley Dawn Marie Martel April 8, 1963 Sudbury, Ontario |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Howard Hampton |
| Relations | Elie Martel, father Norman Fawcett, grandfather |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | Insurance adjudicator |
Shelley Dawn Marie Martel (born April 8, 1963) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 2007. She represented the ridings of Sudbury East and Nickel Belt. She was a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.
Martel was born in Sudbury, Ontario, the second of four children. Her father is Elie Martel, who was a long time NDP member of the Ontario legislature. Her mother is the daughter of another area politician, Norman Fawcett, who served as mayor of Capreol, and as Nickel Belt's federal MP from 1965 to 1968. She studied International Politics at the University of Toronto and French at the Sorbonne. She then worked as a claims adjudicator with the Ontario Workers' Compensation Board.
Martel and former Ontario NDP leader Howard Hampton were married in 1994, and have two children, Sarah and Jonathan. Both were members of cabinet in the Bob Rae government at that time. Her daughter, Sarah served as a legislative page in 2007. Martel herself was a page when her father was serving in the Legislature.
In 2003, both Martel and Hampton supported Bill Blaikie's campaign to become leader of the federal New Democratic Party.
She lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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