Martin Joseph 1852- Born In Milton Ontario Educated At The
public schools and at the Toronto Normal School. Taught school for a
time; studied law at Ottawa; removed to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba,
1882, and the same year called to the bar of Manitoba. Member of the
Manitoba Assembly, 1883-1892; attorney-general, 1888-1891; carried
through the Act abolishing separate schools in Manitoba, 1890. In 1891
contested Selkirk for the House of Commons, but defeated; elected for
Winnipeg, 1893, but defeated, 1896. Removed to British Columbia, 1897;
elected to the British Columbia Assembly for Vancouver; subsequently
attorney-general and premier of the province. Removed to England, 1909,
and in same year contested Stratford-on-Avon for the British House of
Commons, but defeated; elected to represent East St. Pancras, London,
1910. =Bib.=: Morgan, Can. Men; Canadian Who's Who; Ewart, The
Manitoba School Question.