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.