Marty Dolin is a politician

Politician

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 in Manitoba

Manitoba

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, Canada

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. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

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 from 1985 to 1988, representing the north-end Winnipeg riding of Kildonan for the New Democratic Party of Manitoba

New Democratic Party of Manitoba

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.

Dolin was educated at the City College of New York

City College of New York

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, the University of the Americas in Mexico

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, and Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University

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 in Nova Scotia

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. In the Canadian federal election of 1972, he ran as a New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

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 candidate in Halifax

Halifax (electoral district)

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, finishing third against Progressive Conservative Party

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

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 leader Robert Stanfield

Robert Stanfield

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 and Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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

He also ran for the New Democratic Party of Nova Scotia in the provincial election of 1974

Nova Scotia general election, 1974

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, finishing third against Liberal

Liberal Party of Nova Scotia

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 Premier

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 Gerald Regan

Gerald Regan

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 in the riding of Halifax-Needham.

Dolin moved to Manitoba, where his wife Mary Beth Dolin

Mary Beth Dolin

Mary Elisabeth Dolin was a 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 the government of Howard Pawley prior to her death.Dolin was educated at Webster College, St...

 served as a cabinet minister in the government of Howard Pawley

Howard Pawley

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

Member of the Legislative Assembly

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 for Kildonan, defeating Tory

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

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 Bev Rayburn by over 1,000 votes. He was re-elected over Rayburn by a greater margin in the provincial election of 1986

Manitoba general election, 1986

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, though he was not appointed to Pawley's cabinet.

In the 1988 election

Manitoba general election, 1988

The Manitoba general election of April 26, 1988 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a minority government...

, Dolin suffered a surprise third-place finish in a close three-way race against Tory John Baluta and Liberal

Manitoba Liberal Party

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 Gulzar Singh Cheema

Gulzar Singh Cheema

Gulzar Singh Cheema is an Indian-born doctor and a Canadian politician. Dr. Cheema was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1993, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2004, making him one of only a few Canadian politicians to sit in two...

, the winner. He has not sought a return to political life since then.

Dolin is currently a member of the Canadian Council for Refugees, the Interfaith Immigration Council (he himself is Jewish), and the Social Planning Council for the City of Winnipeg. In 1994, he published a work entitled Education in a Multicultural Society.