• I was raised and live in St. Clair Township near Becher where I currently operate a field crop farm on Charlemont Line.
• I have a Bachelor of Science (Agr) in Agricultural Economics from the University of Guelph, and upgraded from there to get my membership as a Certified General Accountant / Certified Public Accountant (eighteen years public experience).

• I have been the Past President for the Lambton Federation of Agriculture since January 2023, President and Chair for three years prior, a director since November 2015, and have been on the Ontario Federation of Agriculture Policy Advisory Council since January 2017.
• During the 2022 Winter term I wrote (and have taught since) Introduction to Canadian Agricultural Law at Lambton College and I learned a great deal about land use planning and the intersection of Municipal Politics with Provincial and Federal Politics.

• Director for the Sydenham District Hospital Corporation, with the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance July 2009 to June 2015, & Vice-Chair of the CKHA Finance Committee in 2015.
• Appeals Board member for the Farm Debt Mediation Service with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada since December 2016.
• Public Representative on the Thames-Sydenham and Region Source Protection (Drinking Water) Committee since May 2018.
• Ex-Officio Director on the Sarnia-Lambton Chamber of Commerce since November 2019.
• Sarnia-Lambton Workforce Development Board Post-Pandemic Scenario Workforce Planning Committee member June 2020-March 2021.
• City of Sarnia Airport Action Working Group member February 2021-December 2022.

I am an avid photographer (and drone enthusiast) and some of my work is shown below:

• youtube.com/GaryMartin
• kuula.co/profile/MartinCrest
• instagram.com/Martin_Crest

Also:

• Past member of the Sydenham Field Naturalists
• In my spare time I enjoy canoeing, kayaking, hiking, and camping.