Stephen Martin (Australian politician)

Stephen Paul MartinAO (born 24 June 1948) is an Australian former politician, senior academic and rugby league referee. He is best known for having served as the 21st Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996 during the second Keating government.

Born and raised in Wollongong, Martin served as an Australian Labor Party (ALP) Member of Parliament for the seat of Macarthur, in south west of Sydney and northern Wollongong, from 1984 to 1993; and, following redistribution, represented the Wollongong seat of Cunningham from 1993 until his resignation in 2002. Martin was the Chief Executive of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) from 2011 until his retirement in 2017.