Dianne Mirosh is a former provincial level politician from Calgary,

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, Canada. She served as a member of the

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from 1986 to 1997. During her time in office, she served a number of cabinet portfolios in the

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and

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governments. Dianne currently commits her time to a blind/deaf youth summer camp program, located in British Columbia. If she's not helping the youth, she's usually in Iowa with her husband Arnold.

Political career

Mirosh was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the

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. She won the electoral district of

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, defeating three other candidates to hold it for the Progressive Conservative Party. The race saw a strong challenge by Independent candidate Lois Cummings, who finished a strong second. Mirosh was re-elected in the

1989 Alberta general election The 1989 Alberta general election was held on March 20, 1989, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Many political observers were surprised by the early election call as less than three years had passed since the previous ele ...

. She was nearly defeated by Liberal candidate Brendan Dunphy, who finished approximately 600 votes behind Mirosh. Dunphy and Mirosh faced each other again in the

1993 Alberta general election The 1993 Alberta general election was held on June 15, 1993, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The Conservative government was re-elected, taking 51 seats out of 83 (61 percent of the seats) but only having support of 45 per ...

. Mirosh won the hotly contested race with 7972 votes to Dunphy's 7064. There were four other candidates on the ballot, but they all trailed far behind in popularity. On September 15, 1994, Premier

appointed Mirosh as the Minister of Science and Research, with responsibility to oversee the provincial government's newly created Science and Research authority. Mirosh did not run for a fourth term in office, and retired at dissolution of the Legislature in 1997.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mirosh, Dianne Politicians from Calgary Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs Living people Women MLAs in Alberta Members of the Executive Council of Alberta Women government ministers of Canada Year of birth missing (living people)