riding predecessor successor religion birth_place party profession birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name
scarborough west john paul harney william wightman anglican quebec city , quebec liberal chartered accountant 12 december 1930 1974 barbara louise learmonth 26 june 1954 alan gray martin
 1979 alan gray martin
alan gray martin

alan gray martin -lrb- born 12 december 1930 -rrb- was a liberal party member of the canadian house of commons .
he was a major in the royal canadian artillery -lrb- militia -rrb- from 1947 to 1965 and was later a chartered accountant by career .
martin was born in quebec city and attended secondary school there .
he then studied at the university of toronto and carleton university .
he served with the royal canadian artillery militia from 1947 to 1965 , reaching the rank of major .
he was elected at the scarborough west riding in the 1974 general election and served one term , the 30th parliament .
martin was narrowly defeated at scarborough west by william wightman of the progressive conservative party in the 1979 federal election .
he made further close , but unsuccessful attempts to win the simcoe north riding -lrb- a primarily conservative riding -rrb- in the 1980 , 1984 , and 1988 elections .
alan served as parliamentary secretary to the minister of finance -lrb- october 1978 to march 1979 -rrb- as well as parliamentary secretary to the minister of consumer and corporate affairs -lrb- october 1977 to september 1978 -rrb- .
