Donald Charles Martin

MARTIN, DONALD CHARLES, teacher and lawyer; b. 1 February 1849 in Belfast, son of Peter and Sarah Martin; Presbyterian; d. 10 January 1888 in Charlottetown. Martin, a Liberal, was first elected to the House of Assembly in the general election of 1882 for 4th Queens. He was re-elected in the general election of 1886. He died, quite suddenly, while in office. Martin received his early education at the local school in Belfast. He attended Prince ofWales College in Charlottetown on a scholarship, and graduated as a grammar school teacher. Martin then went to Dalhousie University in Halifax. Throughout his education, he worked as a tutor to pay for his studies. Martin was a teacher in Alberton High School for five years before he began studying law with Hodgson and McLeod of Charlottetown in 1875. Martin was called to the Bar in 1879. In that year he became a partner in the firm McLean and Martin, which became McLean, Martin and McDonald when Hector Charles McDonald joined the firm. Donald Martin died 10 January 1888.