William Lee Martin was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party, born 7 February 1870 in Oamaru and died 21 December 1950 in Hamilton, who won the Raglan seat in a 1927 by-election upset before serving as Minister of Agriculture from 6 December 1935 to 21 January 1941 under Prime Ministers Michael Joseph Savage and Peter Fraser in the First Labour Government. A former painter, farmer and Salvation Army member, he retired from the ministry due to ill health in 1941 but remained in Parliament until 1943, later sitting on the Legislative Council from 1946 until his death.
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