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Patrick "Pat" Martin (born December 13, 1955 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian politician. He has been a member of the Canadian House of Commons since 1997, representing the riding of Winnipeg Centre for the New Democratic Party. He is currently Opposition critic for the Canadian Wheat Board.
Martin graduated from Argyle High School in 1974. He worked as a journeyman carpenter for several years, and was employed in forest service, mines and construction. Martin also served as business manager of the Manitoba Carpenters Union from 1989 to 1997, and was vice-president of the Manitoba Federation of Labour for a time. He has been a member of the executive of the Manitoba Building Trades Council, and was part of the Winnipeg 2000 Economic Development Committee.[citation needed]
Martin was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1997 federal election, defeating Liberal incumbent David Walker by a margin of 10,979 votes to 9,895. His riding of Winnipeg Centre, formerly known as Winnipeg North Centre, was successively represented from 1921 to 1984 by J.S. Woodsworth and Stanley Knowles, two of the most prominent social democratic politicians in Canadian history. Martin's victory over Walker returned the riding to the NDP for the first time since 1988.[citation needed] Martin was re-elected in the 2000 federal election, defeating Liberal Kevin Lamoureux by 11,263 votes to 9,310. He increased his margin of victory in the 2004 election, defeating Liberal candidate David Northcott by about 3,000 votes.
Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb on 8 March 1958) is an English singer, composer, and musician, most widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" (as Tubeway Army) and "Cars". His signature sound consisted of heavy synthesiser hooks fed through guitar effects pedals.
Numan is considered a pioneer of commercial electronic music. His use of themes from science fiction, and his combination of aggressive punk energy with electronics, have been widely imitated.
Born in Hammersmith, Gary Anthony James Webb was the son of a British Airways bus driver based at Heathrow Airport. Webb was educated at Town Farm Junior School Stanwell, Ashford County Grammar School, Middlesex, Slough Grammar School and Brooklands Technical College. He joined the Air Training Corps as a teenager. He then briefly did various jobs including fork lift truck driver, air conditioning ventilator fitter and clerk in an accounts department. A guitar was purchased for him at an early age and he began writing songs when he was about 15 years old. He played in various bands, including Mean Street and The Lasers, before forming Tubeway Army with his uncle, Jess Lidyard, and Paul Gardiner. His initial pseudonym was "Valerian", probably in reference to the hero in French science fiction comic series Valérian and Laureline. Later he picked the name "Numan" from an advert in the "Yellow Pages" for a plumber "A. Neumann".
Actors: Rita Squitiere (costume designer), Eric J. Scheiner (actor), Steve Saturn (actor), Adam Scheiner (director), Adam Scheiner (actor), Adam Scheiner (writer), Adam Scheiner (producer), Diane Bakos (actress), Lary Moten (actor), Steve Mohimani (actor), Frederick Andersen (actor), Chris Devlin (producer), Andrea Mack (producer), Ryan A. Verbel (editor), Joe Mendoza (actor),
Plot: 'Hockey Mom,' a comedic short about a French Canadian sports journalist who takes his show to Buffalo, New York to do an investigative story on a new hockey mother. The film pokes fun at US/Canadian relations, journalists, and the running of youth sports organizations.
Genres: Comedy, Family, Short, Sport,Actors: Joss Ambler (actor), Joan Bridge (miscellaneous crew), Beatrice Varley (actress), George Baker (actor), Michael Balcon (producer), Clifton Parker (composer), Mark Daly (actor), John Warren (actor), Charles Lamb (actor), Anthony Mendleson (costume designer), Richard Leech (actor), Dandy Nichols (actress), Adrienne Corri (actress), Pat Jackson (director), Dorothy Alison (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Hardie Albright (actor), Alan Baxter (actor), Murray Alper (actor), Oliver Blake (actor), Al Bridge (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Paul E. Burns (actor), Clem Bevans (actor), James Carlisle (actor), Jack Cheatham (actor), Hans Conried (actor), Pedro de Cordoba (actor), Kernan Cripps (actor), Robert Cummings (actor), Billy Curtis (actor),
Plot: Los Angeles aircraft worker Barry Kane evades arrest after he is unjustly accused of sabotage. Following leads, he travels across the country to New York trying to clear his name by exposing a gang of fascist-supporting saboteurs led by apparently respectable Charles Tobin. Along the way, he involves Pat Martin, eventually preventing another major act of sabotage. They finally catch up with Frank Frye, the man who actually committed the act of sabotage at the aircraft factory.
Keywords: aircraft-factory, arrest, arson, auction, audience, bearded-woman, billboard, blind-person, blindness, brandyActors: Eddy Chandler (actor), Joe Gray (actor), Creighton Hale (actor), Cliff Edwards (actor), Sol Gorss (actor), Nat Carr (actor), Herbert Anderson (actor), Noble 'Kid' Chissel (actor), David Clarke (actor), Sidney Bracey (actor), Frank Faylen (actor), Cliff Edwards (actor), Tom Dugan (actor), William Edmunds (actor), Stuart Holmes (actor),
Genres: Drama, Romance, Sport,