Martha Hall Findlay
| Martha Hall Findlay | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Willowdale |
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In office March 17, 2008 – 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Peterson |
| Succeeded by | Chungsen Leung |
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Martha Hall August 17, 1959 Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
| Profession | Businesswoman, Entrepreneur, Lawyer |
| Website | marthahallfindlay.ca |
Martha Hall Findlay (born August 17, 1959) is a Canadian businesswoman, entrepreneur, lawyer and politician from Toronto, Ontario, currently serving as president and CEO of the Canada West Foundation. Previously, she was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal Party of Canada's candidate in the Toronto riding of Willowdale in a federal by-election held on March 17, 2008, to fill a vacancy created by former Liberal MP Jim Peterson's resignation. She was re-elected in the 2008 general election but lost her seat in the 2011 election.
She had previously been the party's candidate for Newmarket—Aurora in the 2004 federal election, losing narrowly to Conservative candidate Belinda Stronach, and the first declared candidate for the Liberal Party leadership election to succeed Paul Martin in 2006. She was also an unsuccessful candidate in the 2013 leadership race.
Born in Toronto, Hall Findlay lived in York Mills, attending the Toronto French School until Grade 8 when she was 13 and her parents separated. She moved with her mother to Thornbury, at the base of the Blue Mountains, east of Owen Sound. She skipped three grades (9, 10 and 11) to enter Grade 12 at Georgian Bay Secondary School in Meaford, and graduated from high school at 15.
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