Gerard Martin | |
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| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bathurst | |
| In office 27 March 1999 – 26 March 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Mick Clough |
| Succeeded by | Paul Toole |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gerard Francis Martin 28 May 1946 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Party | Labor Party |
| Spouse | Kathy Martin |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Occupation | Administration manager,politician |
Gerard Francis Martin (born 28 May 1946),a former Australian politician,was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Bathurst between 1999 and 2011 for the Labor Party. [1] He and is married with two children.
Martin worked as an administrator in the coal industry for 30 years. He was a councillor on the Lithgow City Council from 1974 to 1999 and was the longest-serving mayor of Lithgow,for sixteen years. [2] [3] Prior to entering New South Wales politics,he was previously deputy chair,Central West Regional Development Board,and is a former chairman of the Blayney (Abattoir) County Council.
In Parliament,he was Government Whip and was a member of both the Standing Committee on Natural Resource Management and the Standing Orders and Procedure Committee.
Martin,a Catholic, [4] expressed his opposition to stem cell research in 2007 by voting against legislation allowing the practice. The bill subsequently passed. [5]
On 19 October 2010,Martin announced his decision to not seek re-election for the seat of Bathurst at the 2011 state election. [3] [6]