Gerard Martin

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=October 2014}}

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|office = Member of the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bathurst

|term_start = 27 March 1999

|term_end = 26 March 2011

|predecessor = Mick Clough

|successor = Paul Toole

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|birthname = Gerard Francis Martin

|nationality = Australian

|party = Labor Party

|spouse = Kathy Martin

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|children = 2 sons

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Gerard Francis Martin (born 28 May 1946), a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Bathurst between 1999 and 2011 for the Labor Party.{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=2145 |name=Mr Gerard Francis Martin (1946- ) |former=Yes |access-date=25 September 2019}}

Martin has worked as an administrator in the coal industry for 30 years and is married with two children. He was a councillor on the Lithgow City Council from 1974 to 1999 and was the longest-serving mayor of Lithgow, for sixteen years.{{cite web|title=University Council: Current Members |publisher=Charles Sturt University |url=http://www.csu.edu.au/division/vcoffice/uc/members.htm |accessdate=2007-03-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060831165512/http://www.csu.edu.au/division/vcoffice/uc/members.htm |archivedate=31 August 2006 }} Prior to entering New South Wales politics, he was previously deputy chair, Central West Regional Development Board, and is a former chairman of Blayney Abattior County Council.

In Parliament, he was Government Whip and was a member of both the Standing Committee on Natural Resource Management and the Standing Orders and Procedure Committee.

Martin, a Catholic,{{cite web

|title=Adoption Amendment (Same Sex Couples) Bill 2010 (No. 2)

|work=Hansard

|publisher=Parliament of New South Wales

|date=2010-09-02

|url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA20100902003

|accessdate=2010-10-21

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110331112113/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA20100902003

|archivedate=31 March 2011

}} expressed his opposition to stem cell research in 2007 by voting against legislation allowing the practice. The bill subsequently passed.{{cite news

| title =Stem cell vote passes

| work = The Sydney Morning Herald

| publisher =Fairfax Media

| url =http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/stem-cell-vote-passes/2007/06/07/1181089203964.html?s_cid=rss_smh

| date = 2007-06-06

| accessdate = 2007-06-07}}

On 19 October 2010, Martin announced his decision to not seek re-election for the seat of Bathurst at the 2011 state election.{{cite news

|author=Ashworth, Len

|title=Gerard Martin retires: Bathurst vote wide open

|work=Lithgow Mercury

|publisher=Fairfax Media

|url=http://www.lithgowmercury.com.au/news/local/news/general/gerard-martin-retires-bathurst-vote-wide-open/1971634.aspx?storypage=0

|date=2010-10-19

|accessdate=2010-10-21

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706105858/http://www.lithgowmercury.com.au/news/local/news/general/gerard-martin-retires-bathurst-vote-wide-open/1971634.aspx?storypage=0

|archivedate=6 July 2011

}}{{cite news

| agency = AAP

| title =Another NSW MP to quit politics

| work = The Sydney Morning Herald

| publisher =Fairfax Media

| url =http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/another-nsw-mp-to-quit-politics-20101019-16r6r.html

| date = 2010-10-19

| accessdate = 2010-10-21}}