John Martin (British Columbia politician)

John Martin
John Martin; MLA
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly; for Chilliwack
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; May 14, 2013
Preceded by	John Les
Personal details
Born	1958/1959 (age 61–62)[1]
Political party	BC Liberal
Other political; affiliations	BC Conservative (former)
Spouse(s)	Margaret
Residence	Chilliwack
Profession	criminologist and professor

John Martin (born[1] 1958 or 1959) is a Canadian politician and a professor of criminology, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election.[2] He represents the electoral district of Chilliwack as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party.

Academia

Martin is an associate professor at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, teaching courses at the University of the Fraser Valley[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] (formerly called UCFV until 2008), and a research associate at the UFV Centre for Criminal Justice Research.[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4] In addition to his work at the UFV-Chilliwack campus,[lower-alpha 2] Martin also taught criminal justice classes at Douglas College, Native Education Centre, Lethbridge College, Pacific Regional Training Centre (for RCMP members), and the Staff College of the Correctional Service of Canada, as well as a Canadian Studies class at Takushoku University in Japan.[3]

Martin received a B.A. and then an M.A. from Simon Fraser University,[lower-alpha 1] both in criminology,[3] and also received a diploma in Criminal Justice from UCFV.[lower-alpha 2]

Martin announced on December 5, 2011 that he would seek the British Columbia Conservative party nomination in the Chilliwack-Hope by-election.[lower-alpha 5] He became the Tory nominee (was acclaimed as the British Columbia Conservative Party candidate) in 2012, and also was named a member of the minority party shadow cabinet as a counterpart to the then-Liberal-party-member Attorney General of British Columbia.[4] Martin was first elected, as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party,[3] during the May 2013 provincial election.[2] As of 2017, Martin represents the Chilliwack district as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in Victoria.[3]

Martin has written columns for The Vancouver Province, The Chilliwack Times, and The Abbotsford Times;[5] he received a Certificate of Technology in Broadcast Communications from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.[3]

2017 British Columbia general election: Chilliwack
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Martin	9,280	48.42	$43,462
	New Democratic	Tracey Lorrean O'Hara	6,207	32.38	$7,077
	Green	Wayne Froese	3,277	17.10	$855
	Independent	Ryan McKinnon	402	2.10
Total valid votes			19,166	100.00
Total rejected ballots			139	0.72
Turnout			19,305	55.43
Source: Elections BC[6]

2013 British Columbia general election: Chilliwack
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Martin	9,983	47.58
	New Democratic	Patti MacAhonic	6,548	31.21
	Conservative	Chad Elton Eros	2,510	11.96
	Green	Kim Reimer	1,761	8.39
	Excalibur	Michael Raymond Halliday	181	0.86
Total valid votes			21,002	100.00
Total rejected ballots			101	0.48
Turnout			21,103	55.85
Source: Elections BC[7]

Raised in Canada (lower mainland), married (wife Margaret), and a Chilliwack resident (member of the local Royal Canadian Legion).[3]

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Current members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
New Democratic	Horgan Bains Beare Begg Brar Chandra Herbert Chen Chouhan Chow Conroy D'Eith Darcy Dean Dix Donaldson Eby Elmore Farnworth Fleming Fraser Glumac Heyman James Kahlon Kang Leonard Ma Malcolmson Mark Mungall Popham Ralston Rice Robinson Routledge Routley Simons Simpson Sims Singh Trevena
Liberal	Wilkinson Ashton Barnett Bernier Bond Cadieux Clovechok Coleman Davies de Jong Foster Gibson Hunt Isaacs Johal Kyllo Larson Lee Letnick Martin Milobar Morris Oakes Paton Polak Redies Reid Ross Rustad Shypitka Stewart Stilwell Stone Sturdy Sullivan Sultan Tegart Thomson Thornthwaite Throness Wat Yap
Green	Olsen Furstenau
Independent	Plecas Weaver