DeathApril 292018

Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn

Michael Martin, British politician (born 1945)

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When
Sunday, April 29 20188 years ago
Category
DeathA notable person who died on this day.
Era
21st century · 2010s
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Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn

At a glance

Born 1945-07-03; died 2018-04-29.

Who they were

Michael John Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, was a Scottish politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 2000 and 2009. A member of the Labour Party prior to becoming speaker, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Springburn from 1979 to 2005 and for Glasgow North East until 2009. He was elected as Speaker of the House of Commons in 2000, remaining in the office for nine years until his involuntary resignation in 2009.

Early life

Early life Martin was born on 3 July 1945 in William Street in Glasgow , the son of a merchant seaman and a school cleaner. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was one of five children, [ 3 ] and was brought up in a tenement community in Anderston . The family later moved to Springburn when Michael was fourteen years old. [ 4 ] He attended St Patrick's Boys' School, leaving a few days before his fifteenth birthday to become an apprentice sheet metal worker at a factory called Heatovent. [ 1 ]

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Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn appears on our April 29 calendar for 2018 as a death entry.

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