Dr. Martin is the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca, where he has represented his constituents on picturesque Vancouver Island since 1993.

He currently serves as the Critic for Amateur Sport, Health Promotion, and the Vancouver Olympics.

During the last session of Parliament, Dr. Martin served as the Critic for the Canadian International Development Agency.

Born in London, England, he grew up in Toronto and graduated from the University of Toronto. An Emergency Room Physician/General Practitioner by training, he has had a varied career. He has worked as a physician in northern B.C., provided care to remote Aboriginal villages, and did two tours of duty at a rural bush hospital on the Mozambique border during that country’s civil war.

He has also worked as a correctional officer and a science researcher. He has visited Africa more than 20 times and has been on diplomatic missions to some of the most difficult areas of the world – Sierra Leone, Sudan, and Zimbabwe.

His primary political interests are foreign policy, defence, international development, health care, and democratic reform. He has had more than 100 articles published in Canadian newspapers and journals. He hosted his own nationally syndicated television show, “Beyond Politics,” for five years and was selected by Maclean’s as one of Canada’s Top 100 Leaders of Tomorrow.