Before being the representative of the the electoral district of Thornhill in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, Gila Martow ran for the 2010 Vaughan election in Ward 5, but was defeated by Bernie Green with 5,561 votes to her's 4,279 votes.
Martow's first run for elected office was in 2010, when she ran for city council in Vaughan Ward 5, placing second. 
