Martin Lyon Dobkin (born May 8, 1942) is a physician and former politician in Ontario, Canada.
In 1978, he purchased a property at the corner of Hurontario Street and Central Parkway West and, in conjunction with Dr. K. Malicki, founded the City Centre Family Physician Clinic.
Dobkin worked in the emergency department of the Mississauga Hospital on a part-time basis for 20 years.
On October 1, 1973, as a political novice, he was elected as the first mayor of the newly created City of Mississauga.
[3] At 31 years of age, Dobkin became the youngest person in Canada to be elected mayor of a large city.
Dobkin was swept into office as the head of a "reform council" in Mississauga, which included other newcomers such as Mary-Helen Spence, David Culham, Hubert Wolf, Kaye Killaby, and Hazel McCallion.
These included the acquisitions of the Rattray Marsh, Adamson House, Cawthra Elliott Estate, Jack Darling Park, Morning Dew Park, Cooksville Creek Lands, and the CVCA parkland at the mouth of the Credit River.
In the 1976 municipal election, Dobkin faced city councillor Ron Searle.