Martha Hall Findlay

Quick Facts

Full Name	Martha Hall Findlay
Occupation	Lawyer
Date Of Birth	Aug 17, 1959(1959-08-17)
Age	65
Birthplace	Toronto
Country	Canada
Birth City	Ontario
Horoscope	Leo

Martha Hall Findlay Biography

Martha Hall Findlay is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on August 17, 1959 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Martha Hall Findlay (born August 17th 1959) is a Canadian businesswoman lawyer, entrepreneur, lawyer as well as a politician hailing from Toronto, Ontario, currently serving as the president and chief executive officer of Canada West Foundation. In the past she served in the House of Commons of Canada as the Liberal Party of Canada’s candidate for the Toronto district of Willowdale in the federal by-election on March 17, 2008 to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of former Liberal Jim Peterson’s resignation. She was reelected in the general election of 2008 however she lost seats in the elections of 2011.

In the federal election of 2004 the presumed Liberal Party candidate in the Newmarket-Aurora riding was sacked, refusing to be a part of the scandal- plagued Liberal Party. Hall Findlay, still residing in Collingwood and was snuck into the riding to face Conservative incumbent Belinda Stronach, a wealthy local executive who is famous nationally for her run for the Conservative leadership race earlier that year. When Stronach was believed to have an advantage on Election night, Hall Findlay came within 687 votes of winning the seat. Hall Findlay was dedicated to winning the seat at the next election. She relocated to the district and was widely praised for her role as an official Liberal Candidate for the upcoming election. But on May 17 in the year 2005 Stronach made the move to become a member of her fellow members of the Liberal Party caucus. Hall Findlay stepped down as the candidate in order to allow Stronach to be a candidate as a candidate under her Liberal banner. As nominations had been closed in other Toronto localities, she did not run in the election of 2006.

The Liberal Party was defeated in the 2006 election and Paul Martin announced his intentions to step down as leader of the Liberal Party. On February 8, 2006, Hall Findlay became the first declared candidate for the Liberal Party leadership election to succeed Paul Martin. As the lowest profile of the candidates she jokingly referred to herself as “Martha Who Who”. Hall Findlay made up for her lack of profile with an ambitious grassroots campaign that also included driving across the country in a motor home, which became known as the “big red bus”. She described herself as fiscally conservative, socially progressive and the candidate who could bridge the gap between the Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin factions of the party. Political commentator Chantal Hébert wrote that out of the three women vying for the leadership, former cabinet ministers Carolyn Bennett and Hedy Fry dropped out mid-campaign, Hall Findlay “is the only one who has the necessary language credentials and the presence that front-line politicians are made of.” Her two key issues in the race were the environment and health care. She believed that the Kyoto climate change protocol was worth pursuing and favoured private health care, but from a universal, single-tier and publicly funded system. Towards the end of the campaign Hall Findlay was endorsed by York West Member of Parliament Judy Sgro, she was the only member of the Liberal caucus to endorse Hall Findlay’s candidacy. Along with Stéphane Dion she also received a newspaper endorsement from the Toronto Sun. Hall Findlay finished last on the first ballot with 2.7% of the vote and threw her support behind eventual winner Dion.

Dion resigned as Liberal leader in October 2008, following the party’s poor showing the general election weeks prior. Hall Findlay was mentioned as a potential candidate for the leadership of the party, but announced in November that she would not be seeking the leadership. Outstanding debt from her leadership bid, as well as from the by-election and general election factored into her reason for not seeking the leadership. In December 2008 leadership candidates Dominic LeBlanc and Bob Rae dropped out of the race and Michael Ignatieff was acclaimed as party leader. Under Dion and Ignatieff she held several important Critic positions in the Official Opposition: Associate Finance; Transport, Infrastructure and Communities; Public Works and Government Services, and International Trade. With the Liberal Party finishing behind the Conservatives and NDP for the first time in the 2011 federal election Hall Findlay was narrowly defeated in her own riding by Conservative Chungsen Leung.

Hall Findlay’s professional experience she spent six years in the field of commercial and corporate law in the Toronto offices of the global legal firm Baker McKenzie (then known as Baker & Mckenzie), was general counsel and executive counsel for Bell Mobility and Mobility Canada and was later general counsel and vice-president of The Rider Group. After the move from Collingwood, Ontario in 1996 She established The General Counsel Group, an advisory and legal company that concentrates on areas of high-tech and telecommunications in Canada as well as Europe. In 2007 She joined the firm of Gowlings Lafleur Henderson LLP as counsel. Following her loss in the election of 2011, Hall Findlay became the chief legal officer for EnStream LP and an Executive Fellow at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy.

Martha Hall Findlay Net Worth

Martha Hall Findlay is one of the richest Lawyer from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Martha Hall Findlay 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Hall Findlay was overall silver medallist at the 1976 Canadian Ski Championship, and was selected to the national squad for training prior to her retirement from competition in order to focus on her education. She earned her diploma in international relations at Toronto’s University of Toronto, and in law from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University. While at university she was waitress, carpenter, and ski race instructor; as she completed law school, she was co-owner and operator of two retail stores and lived in the vicinity of Yonge St. Yonge St. store.

In the International Relations Program she married Doug Findlay and, in her second year of 1981, she gave birth to her first daughter, Katie. In Osgoode Hall Law School she had two more children: Everett in the year 1983 and Patrick in 1985, and received her LL.B. in 1987. In the same year, her mother was preparing to earn her degree at the age of 60.

On December 18, 2006, Dion appointed Hall Findlay as the party’s platform outreach chair. In her role she traveled across the country engaging Canadians on ideas for the party’s election platform.

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Ignatieff resigned as leader following the party’s showing in the 2011 election. Despite her defeat in that election, Hall Findlay made no secret of her interest in seeking the leadership of the party in the 2013 leadership race. However, with outstanding debt from her 2006 leadership bid, Hall Findlay stated that she would not run for leader until that debt was paid off. In October 2012, she announced that she had paid off the remainder of the debt and on November 14, 2012, she announced her candidacy for the leadership of the Liberal Party. While Justin Trudeau was widely viewed as the frontrunner in the race, Hall Findlay was considered among the top-tier of candidates. On April 14, 2013, she lost the leadership election to Montreal MP Justin Trudeau.

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Martha Ranked on the list of most popular Lawyer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Martha Hall Findlay celebrates birthday on August 17 of every year.