Martha Hall Findlay

Martha Hall Findlay
Findlay in 2011
Member of Parliament for Willowdale
In office March 17, 2008 – May 2, 2011
Preceded by	Jim Peterson (2007)
Succeeded by	Chungsen Leung
Personal details
Born	Martha Hall (1959-08-17) August 17, 1959 (age 64) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Residence(s)	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Profession	Businesswoman entrepreneur lawyer politician

Martha Hall Findlay (born August 17, 1959) is a Canadian businesswoman, entrepreneur, lawyer and politician who is now the Director and James S. and Barbara A. Palmer Chair at the School of Public Policy (University of Calgary).^[1] She previously served as the president and CEO of the Canada West Foundation,^[2] a Calgary-based think tank, and as senior vice-president and chief sustainability officer with Suncor Energy. Previously, she was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Liberal Party of Canada's candidate in the Toronto riding of Willowdale in a federal by-election held on March 17, 2008, to fill a vacancy created by former Liberal MP Jim Peterson's resignation. She was re-elected in the 2008 general election but lost her seat in the 2011 election.

She had previously been the party's candidate for Newmarket—Aurora in the 2004 federal election, losing narrowly to Conservative candidate Belinda Stronach, and the first declared candidate for the Liberal Party leadership election to succeed Paul Martin in 2006. She was also an unsuccessful candidate in the 2013 leadership race.^[3]