Murray William Dorin (May 21, 1954 – April 11, 2020) was a Canadian politician and businessman, who served as a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1984 to 1993.
[1] Born in Viking, Alberta,[2] Dorin was first elected at the Alberta riding of Edmonton West in the 1984 federal election,[3] after upsetting longtime incumbent MP Marcel Lambert in a bitter nomination fight.
Following changes to electoral district boundaries, he won the Edmonton Northwest riding in the 1988 federal election, therefore serving in both the 33rd and 34th Canadian Parliaments.
[4] However, he spent election day in the hospital, after being diagnosed with nervous exhaustion due to the stress of the campaign.
[5] In the 1997 Canadian federal election, he was active as a mentor to the party's candidates in Alberta, alongside former caucus colleagues such as Don Mazankowski, Scott Thorkelson and Jim Hawkes, but did not stand for reelection.