Cristina Martins

Cristina Bento Martins is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2014 to 2018 who represented the downtown Toronto riding of Davenport.

Background

She emigrated with her family from Portugal in 1970. Prior to her election, she worked almost 15 years in the pharmaceutical industry.

Martins ran in the 2011 provincial election as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Davenport. She was defeated by New Democratic Party candidate Jonah Schein by 1,414 votes.[1] She ran again in the 2014 election this time defeating Schein by 2,041 votes.[2][3]

She was Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade.

2018 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Marit Stiles	27,613	60.27	+20.12
	Liberal	Cristina Martins	8,558	18.68	-26.93
	Progressive Conservative	Federico Sanchez	7,370	16.09	+8.62
	Green	Kirsten Snider	1,624	3.54	-1.46
	Libertarian	Nunzino Venuto	210	0.46	-0.24
	Communist	Dave McKee	152	0.33	-0.15
	Freedom	Franz Cauchi	127	0.28	-0.03
	The People	Troy Young	96	0.21	-0.10
	Independent	Chai Kalevar	69	0.15	N/A
Turnout			45,819	58.43	+8.83
Eligible voters			78,414
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+23.53
Source: Elections Ontario[4]

2014 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cristina Martins	16,205	45.52	+4.11
	New Democratic	Jonah Schein	14,164	39.79	-6.14
	Progressive Conservative	Lan Daniel	2,619	7.36	-0.57
	Green	Daniel Stein	1,974	5.55	+2.82
	Libertarian	Nunzio Venuto	252	0.71
	Communist	Mariam Ahmad	174	0.49	-0.03
	Freedom	Franz Cauchi	111	0.31	0
	The People	Troy Young	99	0.28
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+5.13
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

2011 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jonah Schein	14,367	45.93	+9.44
	Liberal	Cristina Martins	12,953	41.41	-0.41
	Progressive Conservative	Kirk Russell	2,480	7.93	-1.48
	Green	Frank de Jong	855	2.73	-7.49
	Independent	Mark Jagg	250	0.80
	Communist	Miguel Figueroa	163	0.52	-0.12
	Freedom	Franz Cauchi	96	0.31
	Human Rights	Alix Thompson	82	0.26
	The Only Party	Kiros Ghiwot	33	0.11
Total valid votes			31,279	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			178	0.57
Turnout			31,457	45.59
Eligible voters			68,998
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+4.93
Source: Elections Ontario[1]

"Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 6, 2011. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
"General Election by District: Davenport". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-09-23.
Dale, Daniel (June 13, 2014). "Liberal Cristina Martins recaptures Davenport in Ontario election". Toronto Star.
"Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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