Peter Francis Martin

Peter Francis Martin (January 13, 1856 – May 2, 1935) was a contractor and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Halifax in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1921 as a Unionist Party member. Martin sat for Halifax division in the Senate of Canada from 1921 to 1935 as a Conservative.^[1]

He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of Francis Martin, and was educated there. Martin married Elizabeth C. Sullivan. He served 18 years on Halifax city council^[2] and was mayor from 1915 to 1918. The Halifax Explosion occurred during this term as mayor.^[3] Martin died in office in Halifax at the age of 79.^[2]

References

↑ Peter Francis Martin – Parliament of Canada biography
1 2 Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
↑ "Former Mayors". City of Halifax. Retrieved 2009-09-02.

List of mayors of Halifax, Nova Scotia

City of Halifax (1841-1996)	Binney E. Kenny Williamson Keith Bell MacKinlay Jennings Stairs Hemmeon Pryor Caldwell MacKinlay Keith Pryor Scott Pryor Caldwell Hill Richey Tobin Henry Dunbar Duggan Sinclair Richey Tobin Fraser Mackintosh O'Mullin McPherson Keefe McPherson Stephen Hamilton Crosby MacIlreith Crosby Chisholm Bligh Martin Hawkins Parker Murphy J. B. Kenny Castonguay Ritchie Thompson Cragg Mitchell Donovan Lloyd Butler Ahern Kinley Donahoe Kitz Vaughan Lloyd Vaughan O'Brien Fitzgerald Morris Hanson Wallace Leiper Ducharme Fitzgerald

Halifax Regional Municipality (1996-present)	Fitzgerald Kelly Savage

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