Tammy Martin

Tammy Martin is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2017 provincial election. A member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party, she represented the electoral district of Cape Breton Centre.[1]

Tammy Martin
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
for Cape Breton Centre
In office
May 30, 2017 – February 6, 2020
Preceded byDavid Wilton
Succeeded byKendra Coombes
Personal details
BornOntario, Canada
Political partyNew Democratic Party
ResidenceNew Waterford, Nova Scotia

Before her election, Martin was employed by the Nova Scotia Health Authority and the Canadian Union of Public Employees.[2] She resides in New Waterford, Nova Scotia.[3]

Martin first attempted to enter provincial politics in a 2015 byelection,[4] but was defeated by Liberal David Wilton.[5] She ran again in the 2017 election, this time defeating Wilton.[6]

In January 2020, Martin announced her resignation as MLA, effective February 6, 2020.[7][8]

Electoral record
gollark: My own phone has WiFi drivers which apparently allow randomizing MAC address on every connection, thus good.
gollark: Although MAC randomization countermeasures are present in most mobile OSes now.
gollark: This is already happening so it may as well be used for good.
gollark: You have to admit that this would be very cool if implemented literally everywhere.
gollark: It was a secret GTech™ project to make an automatic theme music system by tracking people entering/leaving a room using PIR sensors and passive WiFi monitoring.

References
  1. "Nova Scotia election: NDP Tammy Martin unseats Liberal David Wilton in Cape Breton Centre". Global News. May 30, 2017. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  2. "MLA biography". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  3. "NDP biography". Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  4. "NDP choose candidate for Cape Breton Centre". Cape Breton Post. May 25, 2015. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  5. "Wilton wins in Cape Breton Centre". Cape Breton Post. July 14, 2015. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  6. "Election brings change to CBRM". Cape Breton Post. May 30, 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  7. "Tammy Martin to resign as MLA for Cape Breton Centre". Cape Breton Post. January 6, 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  8. "New Democrat MLA Tammy Martin resigns from Cape Breton Centre seat". CBC News. January 6, 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-07.


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