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In 2006, Martha Hall Findlay was a candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.

In 2007, Martha Hall Findlay started a new role as the Platform Outreach Chair for the Liberal Party of Canada and has started a cross-country tour listening to Canadians.

She is the Liberal candidate for the Toronto riding of Willowdale.

Community

Martha has extensive non-profit and volunteer experience, having served as a Director and Executive with various community organizations and ratepayer associations, including CKUA Radio in Alberta;  The Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs and the Georgian Bay Association.

She has recently served as Vice President, Policy of the Ontario Women’s Liberal Commission, and is an active participant in Equal Voice, a multi-partisan organization dedicated to promoting more women in politics.

In her youth, Martha was a competitive skier, overall silver medallist in the Canadian Championships in 1976. She was named to the Canadian National Training Squad before retiring and pursuing her formal education. Martha then supported herself through university working as a waitress, in construction (primarily as a carpenter) and coaching young ski racers.

Martha’s other policy work has included governance of non-profit organizations; water issues and The Great Lakes; and supporting efforts toward research, development and commercialization of new, alternative energy production and conservation technologies (having been a solar power user for many years).

Hall Findlay was overall silver medalist in the 1976 Canadian Ski Championship, and was named to the national training squad before retiring from competition to concentrate on her education.

Career

Martha is a successful and well-respected lawyer, businesswoman and entrepreneur. She founded The General Counsel Group, management and legal consultants since 1997, and has worked primarily in the high-tech and telecommunications fields, in both Canada and Europe.

Prior to forming The General Counsel Group, Martha was:

Vice President, Corporate Development and General Counsel of The Rider Group;

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Mobility Canada and corporate counsel for the BellMobility group of companies;
Lawyer with the international law firm of Baker & McKenzie (in Toronto), practising international corporate and commercial law;

Martha graduated in international relations from the University of Toronto, and in law from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University. Hall Findlay also co-owned and operated two retail stores while completing law school.