Michael Solomon Martin (born 1938) is a former Canadian politician. He represented the

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of Labrador South in the

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from 1972 to 1975. He was a member of the New Labrador Party. He was born at Cartwright. Martin served in the Canadian Armed Forces where he served four missions as a United Nations peacekeeper. Martin is known for designing the unofficial

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in 1974. He also designed the Labrador Tartan.

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