Gila Martow
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Gila Martow MPP |
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| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Thornhill |
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Assumed office February 13, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Shurman |
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June 5, 1961 Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Thornhill, Ontario |
| Occupation | Optometrist |
| Portfolio | Critic for Francophone Affairs (2014 - Present); Critic for GTA Issues (2014–Present); Critic for Children, Youth and Families (2017-Present) |
Gila Deborah Martow (née Gladstone; born June 5, 1961) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She represents the electoral district of Thornhill as a member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party.
Originally from Chomedey, Quebec, Martow was a practising optometrist prior to her election to the legislature. She and her husband, an ophthalmologist, jointly ran an eye clinic at the Markham Stouffville Hospital.
Martow's maternal grandparents lived on a kibbutz organized by the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement in the early 1930s in Israel.
In 2007, she was a spokesperson for the Multi-Faith Coalition. During the provincial election that year, she supported Progressive Conservative leader John Tory's plan to create funding among Ontario’s private faith-based schools. She said, "By not funding non-Catholic faith-based schools, there is going to be social unrest. This is discrimination against non-Catholics."
In early 2014 she ran in a by-election in the riding of Thornhill to replace the retiring Peter Shurman. She defeated Liberal candidate Sandra Yeung Racco on February 13, 2014. Four months later she ran again in the 2014 provincial election. She faced Racco again in a rematch. Initially Racco was declared the winner but the decision was reversed the next day following the official Elections Ontario tally of the vote. Martow was declared the winner by 85 votes. A recount was done and Martow was declared the winner on June 23, 2014 by a margin of 106 votes.
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