Martin Shields

Martin Shields
MP
Member of Parliament
for Bow River
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 19, 2015
Preceded byRiding Created
Mayor of Brooks
In office
October 22, 2007 – October 27, 2015
Preceded byDon Weisbeck
Succeeded byFred Rattai (acting)
Brooks City Councillor
In office
October 26, 2004 – October 22, 2007
Personal details
Born (1948-04-28) April 28, 1948 (age 76)
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Political partyConservative
Children3
ResidenceBrooks, Alberta

Martin Shields MP (born April 28, 1948) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Bow River in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election.[1]

Prior to his election, he served as the mayor of Brooks, Alberta since 2007.[2] He was born in 1948 in Lethbridge, Alberta. Prior to his career in politics, Shields served as a teacher and school administrator for 30 years. He was also a part-time university instructor for 20 years.[3]

  1. ^ Martin Shields – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ^ "Brooks mayor Martin Shields selected over Rob Anders in Bow River Tory nomination". 20 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Meet your federal candidates". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)