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{{Short description|Canadian politician (1932–2021)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
[[File:Shirley Martin.png|thumb|Official 1988 portrait]]
'''Shirley Martin''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (November 20, 1932 in [[Hamilton, Ontario]] – September 16, 2021) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician.

Martin was a businesswoman and was first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the [[1984 Canadian federal election|1984 federal election]] as the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Lincoln (federal electoral district)|Lincoln]], [[Ontario]].

In 1987, she became [[Parliamentary Secretary]] to the [[Minister of Public Works (Canada)|Minister of Public Works]]. After the [[1988 Canadian federal election|1988 federal election]], she joined [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Brian Mulroney]]'s [[Canadian Cabinet|Cabinet]] as [[Minister of State (Canada)|Minister of State]] for Transport. She served briefly as Minister of State for Indian Affairs and Northern Development (1990–1991) before returning to the Transport portfolio.

She retired from Cabinet in 1993 when Mulroney was succeeded as PC leader and prime minister by [[Kim Campbell]], and was not a candidate in the [[1993 Canadian federal election|1993 federal election]].
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