Martin Shields

Martin Shields
Martin Shields
Member of Parliament; for Bow River
	In office; October 19, 2015 – March 23, 2025
Preceded by	Riding Created
Succeeded by	David Bexte
Mayor of Brooks
	In office; October 22, 2007 – October 27, 2015
Preceded by	Don Weisbeck
Succeeded by	Fred Rattai (acting)
Brooks City Councillor
	In office; October 26, 2004 – October 22, 2007
Personal details
Born	April 28, 1948 (age 77); Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Party	Conservative
Children	3

Martin Shields (born April 28, 1948) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Bow River in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election.^[1]

Preceded byRiding Created

Succeeded byDavid Bexte

Preceded byDon Weisbeck

Succeeded byFred Rattai (acting)

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Prior to his election, he served as the mayor of Brooks, Alberta since 2007.^[2] He was born in 1948 in Lethbridge, Alberta. Prior to his career in politics, Shields served as a teacher and school administrator for 30 years. He was also a part-time university instructor for 20 years.^[3]

On February 7, 2025, he announced he would stand down at the 2025 Canadian federal election.^[4]

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v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Bow River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Martin Shields	35,676	69.76	-14.17	$58,577.57
	People's	Jonathan Bridges	5,108	9.99	+7.59	$1,097.41
	New Democratic	Michael MacLean	4,726	9.24	+3.64	$0.00
	Liberal	Getu Shawile	3,869	7.57	+1.81	$7,802.63
	Maverick	Orrin Bliss	1,368	2.68	–	$8,111.55
	Christian Heritage	Tom Lipp	391	0.77	-0.05	$9,741.82
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,138	99.42	–	$122,402.30
Total rejected ballots			300	0.58
Turnout			51,438	63.47
Eligible voters			81,042
	Conservative hold		Swing		-10.85
Source: Elections Canada^[5]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Bow River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Martin Shields	46,279	83.93	+6.48	$65,788.69
	Liberal	Margaret Rhemtulla	3,173	5.76	-7.88	none listed
	New Democratic	Lynn Macwilliam	3,086	5.60	+0.35	none listed
	People's	Tom Ikert	1,321	2.40	-	none listed
	Green	Hendrika Maria Tuithof de Jonge	826	1.50	-0.34	$0.00
	Christian Heritage	Tom Lipp	453	0.82	+0.24	$9,450.78
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,138	99.58
Total rejected ballots			234	0.42
Turnout			55,372	70.14
Eligible voters			78,944
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.31
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]^[8]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: Bow River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Martin Shields	38,701	77.42	–5.97	$79,588.40
	Liberal	William MacDonald Alexander	6,840	13.68	+10.14	$2,815.97
	New Democratic	Lynn MacWilliam	2,622	5.25	–2.91	$1,102.35
	Green	Rita Ann Fromholt	919	1.84	–1.57	–
	Independent	Andrew Kucy	543	1.09	–	$7,287.85
	Christian Heritage	Frans VandeStroet	280	0.56	–	$883.46
	Democratic Advancement	Fahed Khalid	83	0.17	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,988	100.00		$229,883.88
Total rejected ballots			151	0.30	–
Turnout			50,139	66.72	–
Eligible voters			75,146
	Conservative hold		Swing		–8.06
Source: Elections Canada^[9]^[10]

2013 Brooks mayoral election
Candidate^[11]	Vote^[11]	%
Martin Shields	1,879	72.38
Priscilla Petersen	483	18.61
Loran Casimere Fells	234	9.01

2010 Brooks mayoral election
Candidate	Vote	%
Martin Shields	2,141	86.1
Patrick Ketchmark	346	13.9

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Martin Shields

Member of Parliament for Bow River
In office October 19, 2015 – March 23, 2025
Preceded by	Riding Created
Succeeded by	David Bexte
Mayor of Brooks
In office October 22, 2007 – October 27, 2015
Preceded by	Don Weisbeck
Succeeded by	Fred Rattai (acting)
Brooks City Councillor
In office October 26, 2004 – October 22, 2007

Personal details
Born	(1948-04-28) April 28, 1948 (age 77) Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Party	Conservative
Children	3