Médéric Martin

Mayor Médéric Martin
32nd Mayor of Montreal
In office 1914–1924
Preceded by	Louis-Arsène Lavallée
Succeeded by	Charles Duquette
Constituency	Papineau
In office 1926–1928
Preceded by	Charles Duquette
Succeeded by	Camillien Houde
Member of the Canada Parliament for St. Mary (electoral district)
In office 1906–1917
Personal details
Born	22 January 1869 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	June 12, 1946(1946-06-12) (aged 77) Laval, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Liberal Party of Canada
Profession	industrialist

Médéric Martin (22 January 1869 – 12 June 1946) was a Canadian politician.

Background

Born to Salomon Martin, a carpenter and Virginie Lafleur, Martin studied at St. Eustache College and went on to open a cigar store in Montreal's East End and soon became a populist politician, best known for stirring up suspicion against English Montreal residents.

Member of the house of Commons

He served as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Sainte-Marie in the city's east side from 1906 to 1917.

City Councillor

But he was best known as a city politician. He was elected to the City Council in 1906 and represented the Papineau Ward. He was re-elected in 1908, but was defeated in 1910. He was re-elected again in 1912.

Mayor of Montreal

In 1914 Martin was elected Mayor of Montreal. He was re-elected in 1916, 1918 and 1921, but lost against Charles Duquette in 1924. He was re-elected again in 1926, but was defeated by bitter rival Camillien Houde in 1928. His 12 years as mayor of Montreal made him, at the time, the city's longest-serving mayor.

Martin oversaw the city during a period when several other adjacent municipalities were merged, including Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and much of the predominantly French speaking east side. He considered Montreal's new French-demographic dominance to be justification for discontinuing the longstanding tradition of alternating mayors between English and French speakers, a practice that has never returned.

Legislative Councillor

Martin was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec in 1919 and represented the district of Alma.

External links

• Bilan du Siècle - Médéric Martin (1869-1946) Homme politique at bilan.usherbrooke.ca (French)
• Médéric MARTIN at www.assnat.qc.ca (French)
• Médéric Martin - Parliament of Canada biography

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Camille Piché	Member of Parliament for St. Mary 1906–1917	Succeeded by Hermas Deslauriers
Political offices
Preceded by Édouard Chausée	City Councillor, District of Papineau # 1 1906–1910	Succeeded by Émile Gauvin
Preceded by Émile Gauvin	City Councillor, District of Papineau # 1 1912–1914	Succeeded by Julien Therrien

Persondata
Name	Martin, Mederic
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	22 January 1869
Place of birth	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date of death	12 June 1946
Place of death	Laval, Quebec, Canada