Dr Stephen Paul Martin (born in Wollongong, New South Wales on June 24, 1948) is a politician. Wollongong is an industrial city located on the eastern coast of Australia in the state of New South Wales. ... Emblems: Floral - Waratah (Telopea speciosissima); Bird - Kookaburra (Dacelo gigas); Animal - Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus); Fish - Blue Groper (Achoerodus viridis) Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Const. ... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

He served as an Australian Labor Party (ALP) member of parliament for the Commonwealth electoral Division of Macarthur, south west of Sydney, from 1984-1990; and he represented Cunningham, following redistribution from 1993, until his resignation in 2002. The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is Australias oldest political party. ... The English noun Commonwealth dates originally from the fifteenth century. ... Australian Commonwealth electoral division covering outer south-west Sydney. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... The Division of Cunningham is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Prior to entering parliament, Dr Martin served as a high school teacher with the NSW Department of Education, a lecturer at the University of Wollongong, and a Town Planner with the NSW Department of Environment and Planning serving as Regional Manager for the Macarthur Region. He also served as an Alderman on Wollongong City Council from 1983-1985. High school - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A teachers room in a Japanese middle school, 2005. ... The University of Wollongong is a large University accommodating approximately 21,000 students in the city of Wollongong, Australia. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade from 27 December 1991 to 24 March 1993 and was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives on 4 May 1993, a position that he held until the election of the Howard government in 1996. December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (362nd in leap years). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in leap years). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

The resignation of Dr Martin before the expiration of his term, on 16 August 2002, caused a by-election which was subsequently won by the Australian Greens. The party's preselected replacement, Sharon Bird, had not been selected by the rank and file members of the party, but rather by using a provision in the party rules, and the presence of a Green trade union candidate with the support of the South Coast Labor Council, local trade union members and disaffected ALP members helped to make Martin's former the seat the first ever House of Representatives seat to be won by a minor party. August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is the dominant Green political party in Australia. ... Sharon Bird (born 15 November 1962), Australian politician, was elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Cunningham, New South Wales, at the October 2004 election. ...