Martin Silva | |
|---|---|
| Toronto City Councillor for Ward 4 | |
| In office 1988–1997 | |
| Succeeded by | ward renamed |
| Toronto City Councillor forTrinity—Spadina | |
| In office 2006–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Olivia Chow |
| Succeeded by | Adam Vaughan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 4, 1952 Sever do Vouga,Aveiro,Portugal |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Residence(s) | Toronto,Ontario |
| Occupation | broadcaster |
Martin Silva (born September 4, 1952) is aPortuguese-bornCanadian radio personality and former politician based inToronto,Ontario.
Born inSever do Vouga,Aveiro,Portugal, he emigrated toCanada in August 1968, where he gained popularity in the Portuguese community as a radio announcer onCHIN Radio. In 1973 he hosted a Portuguese language morning show calledEcos de Portugal and continued withWake Up Portuguese Style in 1982.
He was elected to theToronto City Council in 1988 as Ward 4 councillor. A member of theNew Democratic Party's Toronto caucus, he was re-elected in 1991 and 1994. Silva was theOntario New Democratic Party's candidate inParkdale in the1995 provincial election but was defeated by incumbentLiberalMPPTony Ruprecht.
He wasn't re-elected in the 1997 municipal election, when he came third afterJoe Pantalone andMario Silva in a newly formed ward. There appeared to be some confusion amongst voters as he shared the same last name with Mario Silva.
After the election he served as a union representative for theHotel Employees, Restaurant Employees Union (HERE), Local 75 and then returned to CHIN Radio in late 2001.
On February 1, 2006, Toronto City Council appointed Silva to fill the vacancy in Ward 20[1] that was created whenOlivia Chow decided to run in the federal riding ofTrinity-Spadina. Silva served as councillor until the2006 municipal election in November 2006. A condition of the appointment was that he wasn't allowed to run as a candidate in that election.
His vocation for radio came early.[2] and he continues at CHIN Radio, now in the position of Account Executive.[3]