Shelley Wark-Martyn
| Shelley Wark-Martyn | |
|---|---|
| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1990–1995 |
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| Preceded by | Taras Kozyra |
| Succeeded by | Michael Gravelle |
| Constituency | Port Arthur |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 11, 1963 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. Almost two decades later, she served as president of the Alberta Liberal Party stepping down in order to run in Calgary-Currie as a Liberal candidate in the 2015 provincial election.
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. She is married to Kelly with whom she has two children, Kurtis and Erika.
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.
The NDP won a majority government and Wark-Martyn was appointed as Rae's first Minister of Revenue on October 1, 1990. In November, Wark-Martyn introduced a bill to ensure that GST would not be stacked on top of provincial tax. 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.
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