Elie Walter Martel (born November 26, 1934 in Capreol, Ontario) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1987, as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP).
Martel was educated at North Bay Teacher's College and Laurentian University. He worked as a teacher and high school principal in private life before entering politics.
He is married to the daughter of Norman Fawcett, who was Ni...
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Elie Walter Martel (born November 26, 1934 in Capreol, Ontario) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1987, as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP).
Martel was educated at North Bay Teacher's College and Laurentian University. He worked as a teacher and high school principal in private life before entering politics.
He is married to the daughter of Norman Fawcett, who was Nickel Belt's federal Member of Parliament from 1965 to 1968.
He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1967 election, defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Cecil Fielding by 1,200 votes in the Northern Ontario constituency of Sudbury East. Early in his career, Martel navigated a motion through an NDP provincial convention supporting full funding for Catholic high schools. He was re-elected by comfortable margins in the elections of 1971, 1975, 1977, 1981 and 1985, and served as an opposition member for his entire legislative...
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