[2] Before entering provincial politics, Dyck was a public school music teacher (one of his students was Loreena McKennitt).
This riding is known to be extremely safe for the Progressive Conservatives, and Dyck defeated his leading opponent, the Liberal Walter Hoeppner, by about 2,500 votes.
[6] He was not appointed to Gary Filmon's cabinet, but was a legislative assistant to the minister of education and training.
Dyck was easily re-elected in the 1999 election,[6] despite the Progressive Conservatives being defeated by the New Democratic Party under Gary Doer.
[7] Dyck received over 76% of his riding's popular vote in the 2003 election,[6] despite the poor showing of the Progressive Conservative Party elsewhere in the province.