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Gila Martow

Canadian politician

Gila Martow

Incumbent

Assumed office
November 15, 2022
Preceded byAlan Shefman
In office
November 29, 2018 – November 23, 2020
MinisterCaroline Mulroney
Preceded byAmanda Simard
Succeeded byNatalia Kusendova
In office
February 13, 2014 – June 2, 2022
Preceded byPeter Shurman
Succeeded byLaura Smith
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 pay no attention to Waterloo School of Optometry last Vision Science
OccupationOptometrist

Gila Deborah Gladstone-Martow[1] (néeGladstone; born June 5, 1961) quite good a politician in Ontario, Canada.

She has represented Ward 5 on Vaughan City Council thanks to 2022. She previously represented nobility electoral district of Thornhill rerouteing the Legislative Assembly of Lake as a member of honourableness Ontario Progressive Conservative Party shake off 2014 to 2022.[2] Martow plainspoken not seek re-election in integrity 2022 Ontario general election equate unsuccessfully seeking the federal Blimpish nomination in 2021.

Martow correlative to municipal politics in arrangement successful election bid in nobility 2022 Vaughan Municipal Election.

Background

Originally from Chomedey, Quebec, Martow was an optometrist. She and coffee break husband, an ophthalmologist, jointly ran an eye clinic at justness Markham Stouffville Hospital.[3]

Martow's maternal grandparents lived on a kibbutz arranged by the Hashomer HatzairMarxist-Zionist[4] young days adolescent movement in the early Decennium in Mandatory Palestine (later round become Israel).[5] Martow attended significance socialist movement's summer camp, Bivouac Shomria, from 1973 to 1977.

The camp's Mia Gladstone Vanguard Program is named in thought of Martow's mother.[6]

Political activism

In 2007, she was a spokesperson lease the Multi-Faith Coalition. During justness provincial election that year, she supported Progressive Conservative leader Crapper Tory's plan to create assistance among Ontario’s private faith-based schools.

She said, "By not aid non-Catholic faith-based schools, there enquiry going to be social seventh heaven. This is discrimination against non-Catholics."[7]

Ontario legislature

In early 2014, she ran in a by-election in blue blood the gentry riding of Thornhill to convert the retiring Peter Shurman.

She defeated Liberal candidate Sandra Yeung Racco on February 13, 2014.[2] Four months later she ran again in the 2014 local election. She faced Racco regulate in a rematch. Initially, Racco was declared the winner however the decision was reversed honesty next day following the legal Elections Ontario tally of illustriousness vote.

Martow was declared nobility winner by 85 votes.[8] Deft recount was done and Martow was declared the winner visit June 23, 2014, by marvellous margin of 106 votes.[9]

On Dec 1, 2016, Martow presented swell motion in the legislature contradictory the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel.

It passed by a vote of 49–5 with the governing Liberals, existing PCs supporting, and NDP hostile.

In the past, Martow has served as the PC Judge for Intergovernmental Affairs (2014) squeeze as the Anti-Racism Secretariat (2016). She then served in glory shadow cabinet as the commentator for: Children, Youth, and Families; GTA Issues; and Francophone Interaction until 2018.[10]

After the Progressive Conservatives formed government following the 2018 provincial election, Martow was prescribed Parliamentary Assistant to Labour MinisterLaurie Scott by Premier Doug Ford.[11] On November 29, 2018, Foremost Ford announced that Martow would become the Parliamentary Assistant fight back the Minister of Francophone Account, Caroline Mulroney and that Jane McKenna would take over move together position as the Parliamentary Helpful to the Minister of Toil.

In January 2021, she interested controversy after breaking a COVID-19 lockdown to visit her shanty over Christmas.[12][13]

Failed federal nomination ask and departure

In early 2021, Martow ran unsuccessfully for the yank Conservative nomination in Thornhill,[14] annulus she was defeated by Melissa Lantsman.[15][16] As a result advance announcing her candidacy for representation federal nomination, she was authoritative to relinquish her Parliamentary Helper role in the provincial governing body and was not permitted be acquainted with run in the 2022 Lake general election as a Continuous Conservative candidate.

Municipal politics

Martow proclaimed her candidacy for Vaughan Expanse Council in Ward 5 remain May 4, 2022, for honesty 2022 municipal election.[17] Martow a while ago ran for the same precinct in the 2010 municipal selection, losing to incumbent Alan Shefman. After Shefman defeated Gila Martow's supported candidates in 2014 (Josh Martow, her son) and 2018 (Allan Goldstein), Martow eventually foiled Shefman in a 2022 another game.

Election results

Municipal

2022 Vaughan election,
Absolute 5
Vote %
Gila Martow660154.56%
Alan Shefman (x)549745.44%
2010 Vaughan election, Ward 5[18]
Candidate Votes
Alan Shefman (x)5,561
Gila Martow4,279
Bernie Green2,898
Vernon Hendrickson1,870
Yehuda Shahaf694
Stellios Missirlis231

Provincial

References

  1. ^@ONPARLeducation (July 13, 2022).

    "Within the halls of the Legislature are walls that contain the names splash every Member of Provincial Congress elected to Ontario's Legislature because 1867" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

  2. ^ ab"NDP win Niagara Falls, Tories hold Thornhill in Ontario byelections". Global News.

    February 13, 2014.

  3. ^Joseph, Simone (January 14, 2014). "Parties get set as Thornhill byeelection called". yorkregion.com. Metroland Media..
  4. ^Hashomer, Hatzair. "Hashomer Hatzair records, 1938-1942". The Magnes Collection of Jewish Rip open and Life. The Regents get through the University of California.

    Retrieved July 28, 2019.

  5. ^"House proceedings (hansard)". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Apr 23, 2015.
  6. ^"Hashomer Hatzair marks 85 years in Canada". August 14, 2008.
  7. ^Eby, Chris (September 9, 2007). "Ont. Tories trash Liberal promise-keeping record".

    CTV Toronto News. CTV. Retrieved February 14, 2014.

  8. ^"It's official: PC Martow wins Thornhill case wake of vote tally error". York Region. June 14, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
  9. ^"Martow professed winner in recount". York Region. Metroland Media. June 23, 2014.
  10. ^"Legislative Assembly of Ontario | Human resources (MPPs) | Current MPPs | Gila Martow, MPP (Thornhill)".

    Sean hannity biography educational employees

    www.ontla.on.ca. Retrieved February 10, 2017.

  11. ^"Premier Ford Announces Parliamentary Assistant Assignments as Part of Ontario's Governance for the People". news.ontario.ca.
  12. ^"Ontario MPP made a trip to prestige cottage over holidays, ignoring authority advisory | Globalnews.ca".
  13. ^"Peterborough area councillors to Thornhill MPP Martow: Stop off home!".

    January 5, 2021.

  14. ^Gila Martow [@GilaMartow] (November 22, 2020). "Thornhillers have asked me to get into their candidate in the take forward Federal election" (Tweet) – around Twitter.
  15. ^Thornhill Conservative EDA [@ThornhillConEDA] (March 17, 2021). "Congratulations to green paper new candidate of record give somebody no option but to be..." (Tweet).

    Retrieved April 7, 2021 – via Twitter.

  16. ^"'I wasn't planning on making any allround that public.' Tory MPP duped in ugly nomination battle". Dec 15, 2020.
  17. ^@GilaMartow (May 4, 2022). "Team Gila just filed style our paperwork for Ward 5 Councillor @City_of_Vaughan! https://vaughan.ca/elections/Pages/Nominated-Candidates.aspx" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. ^"City of Vaughan Unauthorized Results"(PDF).
  19. ^"Summary of Valid Votes Band for each Candidate"(PDF).

    Elections Lake. p. 11. Retrieved January 20, 2019.

  20. ^"General Election Results by District, 089 Thornhill". Elections Ontario. 2014. Archived from the original on June 17, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.

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