Martin, Joseph

MARTIN, Joseph, lawyer, politician, premier 28 Feb 1900–14 June 1900 (b 24 Sept 1852, Milton, ON; d 2 Mar 1923, Vancouver). He first earned his political reputation in Manitoba where he served as attorney general in the government of Thomas Greenway (1888–1900) and played a key role in the infamous Manitoba Schools Question, a political crisis involving the withdrawal of public funding for Catholic schools. After sitting as an MP for Winnipeg in 1893–96 he moved to VANCOUVER and was...

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