Lawrence Martin (musician)

Lawrence Martin (born January 1956 in Moose Factory, Ontario)[1] is a Canadian musician and politician.

In the 1980s, Martin was executive director of the Wawatay Native Communications Society, a First Nations broadcaster in Northern Ontario.

[1] He became mayor of Sioux Lookout, Ontario, in 1991,[3] becoming the first aboriginal person in the province ever elected to the mayoralty of a municipality that was not a First Nations reserve.

[6] He later moved to Cochrane, Ontario, becoming executive director of the local Native Friendship Centre.

[2] His song "I Got My Music" is featured on the 2014 compilation album Native North America, Vol.