Virgil A. Martin (October 15, 1874 – January 9, 1941) was a business executive and member of the Los Angeles City Council between 1927 and 1931.

He was in charge of government relations for the company during World War I, including overseeing its balloon schools and shipyards.

[2] Martin ran for the 5th District City Council seat in 1927 as an anti-Cryer candidate[3] and trounced the incumbent, Robert Stewart Sparks, by a vote of 7,843 to 2,889.

By November 1930, Martin was "generally recognized as spokesman for Mayor [John C.] Porter in the Council chambers.

[2] In January 1930, Martin and seven other council members who had voted in favor of granting a rock-crushing permit in the Santa Monica Mountains were unsuccessfully targeted for recall on the grounds that the eight have conspired with .