Albert De Martin

Albert De Martin (born February 20, 1951) is a politician from Quebec, Canada. He was an Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Huntingdon from 2007 to 2008.

Albert De Martin
Leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec
Interim
In office September 21, 2012 – February 23, 2013
Preceded by	Luc Harvey
Succeeded by	Adrien D. Pouliot
MNA for Huntingdon
In office April 25, 2007 – November 5, 2008
Preceded by	André Chenail
Succeeded by	Stéphane Billette
Personal details
Born	(1951-02-20) February 20, 1951 (age 73) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Conservative Party of Quebec[1]
Other political affiliations	Conservative (federal) ADQ (2007-2011)
Spouse	Diane Bertrand

Early career

De Martin was heavily involved in the farming and agriculture industries; he was co-owner of the local farm Fermes AJIRO 1989 Inc. for 27 years. He was also an administrator for several associations and organizations including the union of the Union des Producteurs Agricoles (Saint-Anicet branch), the local development for the Upper Saint-Lawrence region, and the Saint-Jean de Valleyfield commercial culture union.

Politics

From 1987 to 2000, De Martin served as a municipal councillor in Godmanchester. De Martin was first elected to the National Assembly in the 2007 election with 43% of the vote, defeating Liberal incumbent André Chenail, who received 31%. During the election campaign, De Martin received the endorsement of controversial but influential Huntingdon Mayor Stéphane Gendron, who reportedly had stormy relations with Chenail.^[2] De Martin was defeated in the 2008 election.

De Martin later served as the interim leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec following the 2012 election after the resignation of Luc Harvey and ran for the party in Huntingdon in the 2014 election, where he placed 6th out of 7 candidates.^[3] He later ran for the Conservative Party of Canada in Salaberry—Suroît in the 2015 federal election.

References

1. "Ils choisissent le Parti conservateur du Québec" (in French). Conservative Party of Quebec. 2012-03-16. Retrieved 19 March 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "Le maire Gendron accueille Dumont à bras ouverts" (in Canadian French). March 16, 2007. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved March 31, 2007.
3. "Élections générales - Huntingdon, 2014" (in Canadian French). April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2021.

External links

• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.