Marty Dolin

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1939–2018)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|6|15}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|2|14|1939|6|15}}

| death_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

| spouse = {{marriage|Mary Beth Dolin||1985|end=d.}}

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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Kildonan

| term_start = October 1, 1985

| term_end = April 26, 1988

| predecessor = Mary Beth Dolin

| successor = Gulzar Singh Cheema

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| party = New Democratic

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| alma_mater = City College of New York
University of the Americas
Dalhousie University

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Martin Mathew Dolin (June 15, 1939 – February 14, 2018) was an American-born Canadian politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1985 to 1988, representing the north-end Winnipeg riding of Kildonan as a member of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_living.html#d |title=MLA Biographies - Living |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Manitoba |accessdate=2014-03-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330171632/http://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_living.html |archivedate=2014-03-30 }}

Dolin was educated at City College of New York, the University of the Americas in Mexico, and Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. In the 1972 Canadian federal election, he ran for the New Democratic Party in Halifax, finishing third against Progressive Conservative leader Robert Stanfield and Liberal Terry McGrath.{{cite web |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Include=Y&Language=E&rid=263&Search=Det |title=Halifax, Nova Scotia (1867 - ) |work=History of Federal Ridings since 1867 |publisher=Parliament of Canada |accessdate=2014-03-09}} 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, finishing third against Liberal Premier Gerald Regan in the riding of Halifax Needham.{{cite web |url=http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/halifax%20needham.pdf |title=Electoral History for Halifax Needham |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia |accessdate=2014-03-09}}

Dolin moved to Manitoba, where his wife Mary Beth Dolin served as a cabinet minister in the government of Howard Pawley in the early 1980s. Following Mary Beth's death in 1985, Marty successfully ran to succeed her as the MLA for Kildonan, defeating Tory Bev Rayburn by over 1,000 votes.{{cite news |title=Marty Dolin wins late wife's seat in Manitoba |author=Canadian Press |author-link=Canadian Press |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bohWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NUENAAAAIBAJ&pg=1283,486845 |newspaper=Leader-Post |date=2 October 1985 |accessdate=9 April 2011}} 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 Liberal 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 Canadian Council for Refugees, the Interfaith Immigration Council{{cite news |title=Funding cuts threaten immigrant agencies |author=Jennifer Pagliaro and Jill Mahoney |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/funding-cuts-threaten-immigrant-agencies/article1848219/ |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=23 December 2010 |accessdate=9 April 2011}} (he himself was Jewish), and the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg. He retired in June 2011 as head of Welcome Place, Manitoba's largest refugee-settlement agency.{{cite news |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/refugee-advocate-retires-keeps-cause-close-122380978.html |title=Refugee advocate retires, keeps cause close |newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|date=May 21, 2011 |accessdate=2014-03-09}} In 2012, he was presented with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his public service for refugees.{{cite news |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Thirty-Winnipeggers-to-receive-Queens-medal-183508481.html |title=Thirty Winnipeggers to receive Queen's medal |work=Winnipeg Free Press |date=December 14, 2012 |accessdate=July 17, 2016 }}