Eld James "Eddie" Martin (July 5, 1886 – September 16, 1968) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1940 to 1944 as an independent.

Political career

Martin ran as an independent candidate in the

1940 Alberta general election The 1940 Alberta general election was held on March 21, 1940, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Despite its failure to implement its key policy, providing prosperity certificates to all Albertans, the Social Credit Party ...

in a straight fight against incumbent Social Credit MLA William Bailey. He defeated Bailey by 139 votes. In the 1944 general election he was defeated in a four-way race by Social Credit candidate William Gilliland.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Eld 1886 births 1968 deaths Independent Alberta MLAs British emigrants to Canada