Martin Mathew Dolin (June 15, 1939 – February 14, 2018) was an American-born Canadian

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, Canada. He was a member of the

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from 1985 to 1988, representing the north-end

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riding of Kildonan as a member of the

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. Dolin was educated at

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, the University of the Americas in

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, and

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. In the

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, he ran for the

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in Halifax, finishing third against Progressive Conservative leader

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and

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Terry McGrath. At the time, Dolin was employed as an executive director for family services. He also ran for the

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in the provincial election of 1974, finishing third against

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in the riding of

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. Dolin moved to Manitoba, where his wife

Mary Beth Dolin Mary Elisabeth Dolin ( Brugger; January 25, 1936 – April 9, 1985) was an American-born Canadian politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in 1981 as a New Democrat, and was a cabinet minister in th ...

served as a

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in the government of

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in the early 1980s. Following Mary Beth's death in 1985, Marty successfully ran to succeed her as the MLA for Kildonan, defeating

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Bev Rayburn by over 1,000 votes. He was re-elected over Rayburn by a greater margin in the 1986 provincial election, though he was not appointed to Pawley's cabinet. In the 1988 election, Dolin finished third in a close race against Progressive Conservative John Baluta and winning

Gulzar Singh Cheema. He retired from public office and never attempted a political comeback. In 1994, he published a work entitled ''Education in a Multicultural Society''. After leaving politics, Dolin was a member of the

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, the Interfaith Immigration Council (he himself was

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), and the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg. He retired in June 2011 as head of Welcome Place, Manitoba's largest refugee-settlement agency. In 2012, he was presented with the

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for his public service for refugees.

Electoral record

References

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