Douglas J. Martin

Douglas James Martin (20 April 1927 – 23 January 2010) was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1987 to 1992.

He was the first New Zealand resident to become a church general authority.

He was introduced to the LDS Church by Amelia Wati Crawford (who was Maori), and he was baptised in 1951 at age 24.

He worked for a company that made moulds of plastic, rising to the level of manager.

Martin was serving as a regional representative when he was called as a general authority and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1987.