Cristina Martins
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| Cristina Martins MPP |
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| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Davenport |
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| Assumed office June 12, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Jonah Schein |
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| Born | Portugal |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
Cristina Bento Martins is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2014. She represents the riding of Davenport.
Background[edit]
She emigrated with her family from Portugal in 1970. Prior to her election, she worked almost 15 years in the pharmaceutical industry.
Politics[edit]
Martins ran in the 2011 provincial election as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Davenport. She was defeated by New Democratic Party candidate Jonah Schein by 1,414 votes.[1] She ran again in the 2014 election this time defeating Schein by 2,041 votes.[2][3]
She is a Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade.
Election results[edit]
| Ontario general election, 2014 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Cristina Martins | 16,205 | 45.52 | +4.11 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jonah Schein | 14,164 | 39.79 | -6.14 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lan Daniel | 2,619 | 7.36 | -0.57 | ||||
| Green | Daniel Stein | 1,974 | 5.55 | +2.82 | ||||
| Libertarian | Nunzio Venuto | 252 | 0.71 | |||||
| Communist | Mariam Ahmad | 174 | 0.49 | -0.03 | ||||
| Freedom | Franz Cauchi | 111 | 0.31 | 0 | ||||
| The People | Troy Young | 99 | 0.28 | |||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +5.13 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| Ontario general election, 2011 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jonah Schein | 14,367 | 45.93 | +9.44 | ||||
| Liberal | Cristina Martins | 12,953 | 41.41 | -0.41 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kirk Russell | 2,480 | 7.93 | -1.48 | ||||
| Green | Frank de Jong | 855 | 2.73 | -7.49 | ||||
| Independent | Mark Jagg | 250 | 0.80 | |||||
| Communist | Miguel Figueroa | 163 | 0.52 | -0.12 | ||||
| Freedom | Franz Cauchi | 96 | 0.31 | |||||
| Human Rights | Alix Thompson | 82 | 0.26 | |||||
| The Only Party | Kiros Ghiwot | 33 | 0.11 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 31,279 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 178 | 0.57 | ||||||
| Turnout | 31,457 | 45.59 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 68,998 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.93 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[1] | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 6, 2011. p. 3. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ a b "General Election by District: Davenport". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014.
- ^ Dale, Daniel (June 13, 2014). "Liberal Cristina Martins recaptures Davenport in Ontario election". CBC News.
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