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| occupation =[[Pensacola City Council]]Real estate broker, Dist. 4<br/>Owner, [[Donovan Realty]]politician
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| spouse =Helene Donovan
| children =Ryan, Anna
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'''Marty Donovan''' (b. [[1950]]) is a former member of the [[Pensacola City Council]], representing [[City of Pensacola District 4. He was elected in May |District 4]] from [[2001]] to [[2008]].
Donovan, broker and owner of [[Donovan Realty]], is a graduate of [[Sacred Heart School]], [[Pensacola Catholic High School]] and Auburn University. A Pensacola resident since 1956, he is Co-Chairman of the [[Bayou Texar Foundation]] and a director of the [[Escambia Bay Marine Institute]], a school program for troubled teens. Involved with Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Marty was the 1996 Big Brother of the Year.
Elected to the City Council in [[2001]], Donovan has also served on the City of Pensacola Citizens’ Committee for Bayou Texar/Carpenters Creek Storm Water Assessment, the Escambia County Citizens’ Task Force on Urban Storm Water Runoff, the City’s Code Enforcement Board and the [[Escambia County Zoning Board of Adjustment]].
Donovan was the sole dissenting Council member to vote against the [[Community Maritime Park]] project and became active in the group [[Save Our City]], which attempted to overturn the Council's decision by referendum.
He was defeated by [[Larry B. Johnson]] in a [[2008 runoff election]].
Married 30 years to, and recently separated from, Helene, they have a son, Ryan, and a daughter and son-in-law, Anna and Rick Johnson.
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{{incumbent succession box | before = [[John Panyko]] | title = [[Pensacola City Council]]<br/>[[City of Pensacola District 4|District 4]] | start years = [[2001]]-[[2008]] | after = [[Larry B. Johnson]]}}
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[[Category:Pensacola City Council members|Donovan, Marty]] [[Category:Community Maritime Park|Donovan, Marty]]
