Claire Martin Morehen is a former national

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with

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in Canada. She is a niece of Barbara Edwards, who in 1974 became the

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's first female weather presenter in the UK.

Childhood

As a child, Martin appeared in the video for

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's "

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(Part II)" but did not sing.

Education and career

UK

Before emigrating to Canada, Martin worked for the UK

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as a forecaster, responsible for

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. She received a

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with distinction in Mathematics, Statistics and

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from the

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in the United Kingdom while on day release from her job. She was later transferred to the Central Forecast Office in

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, UK Indicates BSc with Meteorology specialisation.

Canada

She moved to Canada in July 1990 and worked in a support position for Environment Canada's

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(MSC) including positions as weather observer in Lethbridge, Alberta, and Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories. She attended the

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from 1993 until 1995, completing her

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with specialization in Meteorology. In March 1994, she graduated from the MSC Meteorology course. She worked on the "media bench" for Environment Canada's Northern Alberta Weather Centre. She was identified as a surplus employee during the federal government cuts in 1995. Martin took a job as a staff meteorologist and

with

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in August 1996. In 2005, she moved from Edmonton to join

's news operations in

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. CBC introduced nationally televised weather features at that time for its news programs '' The National'' and ''

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''. In 2007, she moved to CBC's

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station

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to host regional weather forecasts. Martin was heavily involved in assisting with weather forecasts for the Vancouver Olympics in February 2010. In September 2012, the CBC senior management consolidated weather services, and moved Martin to

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to work on the local supper-time and 10 PM national newscasts. In February 2014, she left the CBC to move back to Vancouver and work for

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Professional involvement

She became a member of the

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(CMOS) in 1993, of the

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(AMS) in 1994, of the International Association of Broadcast Meteorology (IABM) in 1996, of the UK

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(RMetS) in 1998, and of the

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(NWA) in 1999. She was Chairman of the International Association of Broadcast Meteorology from 2007 to 2011, and is currently Vice-Chairman.

Awards and recognition

The International Weather Festival awarded Claire Martin the honour of "Best Weather Presenter in the World" in 2000, 2001 and 2003. The festival was produced annually by meteorologists and broadcast weather presenters from various nations and has been supported by the

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. The

(CMOS) gave two citations to Claire Martin, one in 2011 for her excellence in producing Radio and Television Weather presentations especially hosting of two CBC Radio hour-long weather programming specials which were instrumental in educating the public in the science of meteorology and forecasting. In 2004 she received a CMOS citation for showing outstanding skills in bringing day-to-day weather and its impacts to people in a clear, simple and entertaining manner on Global TV in Edmonton AB.

Entering into politics

Martin ran for election as the

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candidate for the riding of

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for the

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which occurred on 19 October 2015. Martin challenged the seat held by Conservative MP Andrew Saxton. Martin came in third place, losing to Liberal candidate

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, who won with over 50% of the vote.

References

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