- Gerard Martin
Gerard Francis Martin MP is an
Australia n politician, elected as a member of theNew South Wales Legislative Assembly .Martin has worked as an administrator in the
coal industry for 30 years and is married with two children. He was a councillor on the Lithgow City Council from 1974 to 1999 and was Mayor for 16 years. [cite web
title =University Council: Current Members
publisher =Charles Sturt University
url =http://www.csu.edu.au/division/vcoffice/uc/members.htm
accessdate = 2007-03-02]Martin has represented Bathurst since 1999 for the
Australian Labor Party . [cite web
title =Mr Gerard Francis Martin, MP
work =Members of Parliament
publisher =Parliament of New South Wales
url =http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/Parlment/Members.nsf/d890a06557517cedca256e700008765e/b70961e15899c36d4a256760000ca9ff!OpenDocument
accessdate = 2007-03-02] He is Government Whip and a member of the Standing Committee on Natural Resource Management and a member of the Standing Orders and Procedure Committee.Martin expressed his opposition to
stem cell research in 2007 by attempting to block legislation allowing the practice [ [http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/stem-cell-vote-passes/2007/06/07/1181089203964.html?s_cid=rss_smh Stem cell vote passes] "The Sydney Morning Herald", 6 June 2007] .Notes
External links
* [http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3HHBSpeaker?open&vwCat=Martin,%20Mr%20Gerard Speeches in Hansard by Gerard Martin]
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