Murray Dorin was a Progressive Conservative party

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was a chartered accountant

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 and controller by career.

He was first elected at the Alberta riding of Edmonton West

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 in the 1984 federal election

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. Following changes to electoral district boundaries, he won the Edmonton Northwest

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 riding in the 1988 federal election

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, therefore serving in both the 33rd

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 and 34th Canadian Parliament

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Dorin left federal politics after being defeated in the 1993 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1993

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 by Anne McLellan

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 of the Liberal party

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