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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Cristina Martins
| image         = Cristina Martins at Bellwoods Brewery - 2015 (17255579472) (cropped).jpg
| caption       = Martins in 2015
| office        = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Ontario MPP]]
| term_start    = 2014
| term_end      = 2018
| predecessor   = [[Jonah Schein]]
| successor     = [[Marit Stiles]]
| constituency  = [[Davenport (provincial electoral district)|Davenport]]
| party         = [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| birth_date    =
| birth_place   = [[Portugal]]
| residence     = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
| profession    = Pharmacist
| spouse        =
| children      =
}}
'''Isabel Cristina P. L. Bento Martins'''<ref>{{cite tweet |user=ONPARLeducation|number=1547261235305058304|date=13 July 2022 |title=Within the halls of the Legislature are walls that contain the names of every Member of Provincial Parliament elected to Ontario's Legislature since 1867. The names for the 42nd Parliament were recently added. For the first time a Member's name was inscribed in Oji-Cree syllabics }}</ref>  is a former politician in [[Ontario]], Canada. She was a [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] from 2014 to 2018 who represented the downtown [[Toronto]] riding of [[Davenport (provincial electoral district)|Davenport]].
==Background==
She emigrated with her family from [[Portugal]] in 1970. Prior to her election, she worked almost 15 years in the pharmaceutical industry.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}
==Politics==
Martins ran in the [[2011 Ontario general election|2011 provincial election]] as the [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] candidate in the riding of [[Davenport (provincial electoral district)|Davenport]]. She was defeated by [[Ontario New Democratic Party|New Democratic Party]] candidate [[Jonah Schein]] by 1,414 votes.<ref name="2011 results">{{cite web|url=http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/7849B894-4C4F-490E-9E8C-271BCF0C0D4D/5712/SummaryofvalidvotescastforeacndGE2011.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330163815/http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/7849B894-4C4F-490E-9E8C-271BCF0C0D4D/5712/SummaryofvalidvotescastforeacndGE2011.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 30, 2013 |format=PDF |title=Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 6, 2011 |accessdate=2014-03-02 |page=3 }}</ref> She ran again in the [[2014 Ontario general election|2014 election]] this time defeating Schein by 1,950 votes.<ref name="2014 results">{{cite web|title=General Election by District: Davenport |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 12, 2014 |url=http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/en/general-election-district-results.aspx?d=015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140923153825/http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/en/general-election-district-results.aspx?d=015 |archivedate=2014-09-23 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dale |first=Daniel |title=Liberal Cristina Martins recaptures Davenport in Ontario election |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario_election/riding_profiles/2014/06/12/liberal_cristina_martins_wins_davenport_in_ontario_election.html |work=Toronto Star |date=June 13, 2014}}</ref>
She was [[Parliamentary Assistant]] to the [[Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration|Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade]].{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
==Election results==
{{Ontario Provincial election, 2018/Davenport}}
{{CANelec/top|ON|2014|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|'''Cristina Martins'''|16,205|45.52|+4.11}}
{{CANelec|ON|NDP|[[Jonah Schein]]|14,164|39.79|-6.14}}
{{CANelec|ON|PC|Lan Daniel|2,619|7.36|-0.57}}
{{CANelec|ON|Green|Daniel Stein |1,974|5.55|+2.82}}
{{CANelec|ON|Libertarian|Nunzio Venuto |252|0.71|}}
{{CANelec|ON|Communist|Mariam Ahmad|174|0.49|-0.03}}
{{CANelec|ON|Freedom|Franz Cauchi|111|0.31|0}}
{{CANelec|ON|The People|Troy Young|99|0.28|}}
{{CANelec/gain|ON|Liberal|NDP|+5.13}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Ontario<ref name="2014 results"/>}}
{{end}}
{{CANelec/top|ON|2011|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|ON|NDP|[[Jonah Schein]]|14,367 |45.93 | +9.44}}
{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|'''Cristina Martins'''|12,953 |41.41 | -0.41}}
{{CANelec|ON|PC|Kirk Russell|2,480 |7.93 | -1.48}}
{{CANelec|ON|Green|[[Frank de Jong]]|855 |2.73 | -7.49}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Mark Jagg |250 |0.80 |}}
{{CANelec|ON|Communist|[[Miguel Figueroa]]|163 |0.52 |-0.12}}
{{CANelec|ON|Freedom|Franz Cauchi |96|0.31 |}}
{{CANelec|ON|Human Rights|Alix Thompson|82|0.26|}}
{{CANelec|ON|The Only Party|Kiros Ghiwot|33|0.11|}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|31,279 |100.00 }}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots|178|0.57}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|31,457|45.59}}
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|68,998}}
{{CANelec/gain|ON|NDP|Liberal|+4.93}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Ontario<ref name="2011 results"/>}}
{{end}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/cristina-martins Profile at the Ontario Legislature]
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[[Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians]]
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[[Category:Ontario Liberal Party MPPs]]
[[Category:Politicians from Toronto]]
[[Category:Portuguese emigrants to Canada]]
[[Category:Women MPPs in Ontario]]
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[[Category:Canadian people of Portuguese descent]]