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Place of Birth: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
About Sheila Martin
- Sheila Ann Martin (née Cowan; born July 31, 1943) is the wife of Paul Martin, who served as the 21st Prime Minister of Canada from December 12, 2003 to February 6, 2006.
- Her father was William "Bill" Cowan, a lawyer and philanthropist from Windsor, Ontario.
- She was named after her mother.
- Sheila was raised Protestant, and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1964.She and Paul were neighbours and her father was law partners with Paul Martin Sr in Windsor, Ontario.
- They were engaged over Christmas in 1964 and married on September 11, 1965.
- They have three sons: Paul William Martin III (born September 11, 1966), Jamie Robert Martin (born June 21, 1969), and David Patrick Martin (born September 13, 1974). A Canada Steamship Lines ship, Sheila Ann, is named in her honour.Before her husband became the Prime Minister of Canada, Sheila Martin's work in Ottawa included serving on a committee called Politics and the Pen, and on this committee she helped give prizes and money to Canadian writers.
- The job was said to fit with her "own literary tastes." In 2002, when Paul Martin left the cabinet, he credited her as a support to him and as an advisor: Third, I want to thank the many friends who called or sent messages in recent days.
- I'm enriched by their friendship and their support.
- In that respect, I want to thank above all others Sheila and my family for their patience and their advice.Throughout these years, Sheila Martin apparently had little aspirations in regards to her husband's office.
- Her husband's biographer John Gray quoted her as saying, "Oh, God, I don't want to do this at all, so I just don't think about it."
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