John Martin (born 1958 or 1959) is a

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politician and a professor of criminology, who was elected to the

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in the 2013 provincial election."Fraser Valley: End of the line for van Dongen as Liberals bolster stronghold in Fraser Valley"
. ''

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'', May 15, 2013. He represented the electoral district of

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as a member of the

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Academia

Martin is an

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at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, teaching courses at the

University of the Fraser Valley The University of the Fraser Valley (UFV), formerly known as University College of the Fraser Valley and Fraser Valley College, is a Canadian public university with campuses in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Mission and Hope, British Columbia. Founded ...

(formerly called UCFV until 2008), and a research associate at the UFV Centre for Criminal Justice Research. In addition to his work at the UFV-Chilliwack campus, Martin also taught criminal justice classes at

Douglas College Douglas College is the largest public degree-granting college institution in British Columbia, Canada. Close to 17,000 credit students, 8,500 continuing education students and 4,210 international students are enrolled here. Douglas College o ...

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, Pacific Regional Training Centre (for

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members), and the Staff College of the

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, as well as a

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class at

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. Martin received a

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and then an

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from

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, both in

criminology Criminology (from Latin , "accusation", and Ancient Greek , ''-logia'', from λόγος ''logos'' meaning: "word, reason") is the study of crime and deviant behaviour. Criminology is an interdisciplinary field in both the behavioural and so ...

, and also received a

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from UCFV.

Politics

Martin announced on December 5, 2011 that he would seek the

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Conservative party nomination in the

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by-election. He became the Tory nominee (was acclaimed as the

Conservative

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candidate) in 2012, and also was named a member of the minority party shadow cabinet as a counterpart to the then-Liberal-party-member

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. Martin was first elected, as a member of the

, during the May 2013 provincial election. From 2017-2020, Martin represented the Chilliwack district as a member of the

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. Martin has written columns for The

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, The Chilliwack Times, and The

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; he received a Certificate of Technology in Broadcast Communications from the

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Electoral record

Personal life

Raised in Canada (

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), married (wife Margaret), and a

resident (member of the local

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).https://www.leg.bc.ca/learn-about-us/members/40th-Parliament/Martin-John

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External links

Official page

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