Editing Paul Martin (section)

==Early life==
Martin was born at [[Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare|Hôtel-Dieu of St. Joseph Hospital]] in [[Windsor, Ontario]],<ref name=About.com>{{cite web |first=Susan |last=Munroe |url=http://canadaonline.about.com/cs/primeminister/p/pmmartin.htm |title=Prime Minister Paul Martin |access-date=November 29, 2006 |work=About: Canada Online |archive-date=December 14, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031214135323/http://canadaonline.about.com/cs/primeminister/p/pmmartin.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> and grew up in Windsor and Ottawa. His father, [[Paul Martin Sr.]], a [[Franco-Ontarian]] of [[Irish Canadian|Irish]] and [[French Canadian|French]] descent, served 33 years as a member of the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and was a Cabinet minister in the Liberal governments of Prime Ministers [[William Lyon Mackenzie King|W.&nbsp;L. Mackenzie King]], [[Louis St. Laurent]], [[Lester B. Pearson]], and [[Pierre Trudeau|Pierre E. Trudeau]]. His mother, Eleanor "Nell" Alice (née Adams), was of [[Scottish Canadian|Scottish]] and  [[Irish Canadian|Irish]] descent.<ref name="cbc broadcast">{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/paul-martin-like-father-like-son |title=Like father, like son? |date=December 14, 1988 |access-date=June 5, 2015 |publisher=CBC Archives}}</ref> He had one sister, Mary-Anne Bellamy, who was diagnosed with [[Crohn's disease]] at a young age.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=cf10cb1e-290f-411c-90b5-38aa8945063b |title=Former PM's sister always helped those in need |work=The Windsor Star |date=July 22, 2011 |access-date=October 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721201239/http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=cf10cb1e-290f-411c-90b5-38aa8945063b |archive-date=July 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> She died on July 20, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/windsorstar/obituary.aspx?pid=152677502 |title=Mary-Anne Bellamy |publisher=legacy.com |date=July 22, 2011 |access-date=October 19, 2014 }}</ref> Martin contracted polio in 1946 at the age of eight (like his father, who contracted the disease in 1907).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/we-are-on-the-cusp-of-ending-polio/article558805|title=We are on the cusp of ending polio|work=Globe & Mail|access-date=July 28, 2016}}</ref> To give him the opportunity to improve his French, his parents enrolled him in a private French-language [[middle school]], École Garneau, in Ottawa.

Martin then briefly attended the [[University of Ottawa]] before transferring and graduating from [[University of St. Michael's College|St. Michael's College]] at the [[University of Toronto]] with a B.A. in history and philosophy in 1961.<ref name="archives.concordia.ca">{{cite web|url=http://archives.concordia.ca/martin|title=Honorary Degree Citation – Paul Martin – Concordia University Archives|access-date=July 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://themedium.ca/news/u-of-t-alumnus-paul-martin-receives-order-of-canada|title=U of T alumnus Paul Martin receives Order of Canada|work=The Medium|first=Lori-Lee|last=Emshey|date=January 16, 2012|access-date=July 28, 2016|archive-date=May 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527021724/http://themedium.ca/news/u-of-t-alumnus-paul-martin-receives-order-of-canada/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was a member of the U of T Young Liberals<ref name="themontrealer2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.themontrealeronline.com/2009/08/paul-martin-life-after-politics/ |title=Paul Martin – life after politics |work=The Montrealer |date=August 21, 2009 |first=Peter |last=Kerr |access-date=October 21, 2014 }}</ref> during his time at the University of Toronto. He then attended the [[University of Toronto Faculty of Law]], where he received an LL.B. in 1964. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1966.<ref name=About.com/>

On September 11, 1965, Martin married [[Sheila Martin|Sheila Ann Cowan]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Hell or High Water: My Life in and out of Politics |first=Paul |last=Martin |page=33 |isbn=978-0771056932 |publisher=Emblem Editions |date=2009 }}</ref> with whom he has three sons: Paul, Jamie and David.