Gila Martow

Gila Martow
Vaughan City Councillor
for Ward 5 Thornhill
Assumed office
November 15, 2022
Preceded byAlan Shefman
Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Francophone Affairs
In office
November 29, 2018 – November 23, 2020
MinisterCaroline Mulroney
Preceded byAmanda Simard
Succeeded byNatalia Kusendova
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Thornhill
In office
February 13, 2014 – June 2, 2022
Preceded byPeter Shurman
Succeeded byLaura Smith
Personal details
Born
Gila Deborah Gladstone

(1961-06-05) June 5, 1961 (age 63)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political partyIndependent (2022-)
Other political
affiliations
Progressive Conservative (2014-2022)
ResidenceThornhill, Ontario
Alma materUniversity of Waterloo School of Optometry and Vision Science
OccupationOptometrist

Gila Deborah Gladstone-Martow[1] (née Gladstone; born June 5, 1961) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She has represented Ward 5 on Vaughan City Council since 2022. She previously represented the electoral district of Thornhill in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party from 2014 to 2022.[2] Martow did not seek re-election in the 2022 Ontario general election after unsuccessfully seeking the federal Conservative nomination in 2021. Martow returned to municipal politics in her successful election bid in the 2022 Vaughan Municipal Election.

  1. ^ @ONPARLeducation (July 13, 2022). "Within the halls of the Legislature are walls that contain the names of every Member of Provincial Parliament elected to Ontario's Legislature since 1867" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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