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Paul Martin Sr. (Joseph James Guillaume Paul Martin) was born on 23 June, 1903 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian lawyer, politician and diplomat. Discover Paul Martin Sr.'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 89 years old?

Popular As Joseph James Guillaume Paul Martin
Occupation Diplomat · Lecturer · Barrister · Lawyer
Age 89 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 23 June, 1903
Birthday 23 June
Birthplace Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Date of death 14 September, 1992
Died Place Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canada

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Who Is Paul Martin Sr.'s Wife?

His wife is Eleanor Alice "Nelly" Adams (m. September 8, 1937)

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Paul Martin Sr. Net Worth

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1903

Joseph James Guillaume Paul Martin (June 23, 1903 – September 14, 1992), often referred to as Paul Martin Sr., was a noted Canadian politician and diplomat.

1907

Martin contracted polio in 1907, which left him permanently blind in one eye and with a severely weakened left arm.

Martin was raised in Pembroke, Ontario, in the Ottawa River Valley, although he attended high school at Collège Saint-Alexandre in Gatineau, Quebec.

He completed his university education at the University of Toronto, and earned his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School.

Later, Martin studied at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, on a scholarship.

Martin later opened a law practice in Windsor, Ontario.

1935

A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, he was first elected to the House of Commons in 1935 and entered the cabinet in 1945.

He went on to serve as a noted member of the cabinets of four Prime Ministers: William Lyon Mackenzie King, Louis St. Laurent, Lester B. Pearson and Pierre Trudeau.

1939

In 1939-1940, Martin defended the gangster Rocco Perri at his trial for the corruption of public officials.

1940

The trial ended on 1 February 1940 with Perri being acquitted.

1946

Martin was viewed as one of the most left-wing members of the Liberal cabinet, and as Minister of National Health and Welfare from 1946 to 1957 he played an important role in the fight against polio and overseeing the creation of hospital insurance in Canada, and is sometimes recognized as a father of medicare.

Martin served as Secretary of State for External Affairs in the Pearson government, and was instrumental in the acquisition of U.S. nuclear weapons for Canadian Forces.

1948

He ran for the Liberal leadership three times, in 1948, in 1958 and 1968, but was defeated at all three Liberal leadership conventions, first by Louis St. Laurent, then by Lester B. Pearson, then by Pierre Trudeau.

1968

Trudeau appointed him to the Senate in 1968.

1972

He also served as chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University from 1972 to 1977, as a result of which the university named the Paul Martin Centre in his honour.

Until his death Paul Martin was an adjunct professor of political science at the University of Windsor.

1974

He served as Leader of the Government in the Senate until 1974 when he was appointed High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

1976

In 1976 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

1983

His two volume memoirs, A Very Public Life, was published in 1983 (ISBN 0888790929) and 1986.

1992

In recognition of his accomplishments, Martin was granted the right to use the honorific Right Honourable in 1992, a rare honour for one who has never been Prime Minister, Governor-General or Chief Justice of Canada.

He died on September 14, at the age of eighty-nine.

The University of Windsor has a Paul Martin Chair in law and political science, recently held by former Manitoba Premier Howard Pawley (until his retirement from the university), and the Paul Martin Law Library.

1994

The City of Windsor had also renamed their "Post Office Building" the Paul Martin Sr. Building in his honour on November 18, 1994.

There is a Paul Joseph Martin fonds at Library and Archives Canada.

2003

He was the father of Paul Martin, who served as 21st prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006.

Martin was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Lumina (née Chouinard) and Joseph Philippe Ernest Martin.

His Irish Catholic paternal grandfather's family immigrated from County Mayo, and his mother and paternal grandmother were French Canadian with deep roots in the country.