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Canadian politician
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1948
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Biography
Introduction
Martin Shields (born April 28, 1948) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Bow River in the House of Commons of Canada in the Canadian federal election, 2015.
Prior to his election, he served as the mayor of Brooks, Alberta since 2007. He was born in 1948 in Lethbridge, Alberta. Prior to his career in politics, Shields served as a teacher and school administrator for 30 years. He was also a part time University instructor for 20 years.
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Martin Shields | 38,701 | 77.42 | –5.97 | – | |||
| Liberal | William MacDonald Alexander | 6,840 | 13.68 | +10.14 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Lynn MacWilliam | 2,622 | 5.25 | –2.91 | – | |||
| Green | Rita Ann Fromholt | 919 | 1.84 | –1.57 | – | |||
| Independent | Andrew Kucy | 543 | 1.09 | – | – | |||
| Christian Heritage | Frans VandeStroet | 280 | 0.56 | – | – | |||
| Democratic Advancement | Fahed Khalid | 83 | 0.17 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 49,988 | 100.00 | $228,413.98 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 151 | 0.30 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 50,139 | 66.72 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 75,146 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –8.06 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||