[citation needed] Martin got his start in politics after a chance meeting with then candidate for the Federal Division of Robertson, Lucy Wicks, becoming a member of the Liberal Party soon after.

[4] Martin has previous worked at the firm Mercer Financial Services, his family's kitchen fabrication business, and as an advisor to Federal MP Lucy Wicks.

Martin was preselected by the Liberal Party in 2017 to fill a casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Mike Gallacher, and subsequently became the youngest member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.

[5] In 2017, when campaigning for the nomination to replace retiring Liberal MLC Mike Gallacher, factional opponents of Martin claimed he labelled a colleague a "Nazi".

Martin denied McQueen’s allegation and subsequently won the preselections contest,[5] before going on to win re-election at the 2019 New South Wales state election.