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 byLuc Harvey
Succeeded byAdrien D. Pouliot
MNA for Huntingdon
In office
April 25, 2007 – November 5, 2008
Preceded byAndré Chenail
Succeeded byStéphane Billette
Personal details
Born (1951-02-20) February 20, 1951
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political partyConservative Party of Quebec[1]
Other political
affiliations		Conservative (federal)
ADQ (2007-2011)
SpouseDiane 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.
  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.
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