Michael Murray Dietsch is a former politician in Ontario, Canada

Canada

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. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 as a Liberal

Ontario Liberal Party

The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

 from 1987 to 1990.

Dietsch was educated at Niagara District secondary school, and was a small farm operator and automotive worker in private life. He served as an alderman in Niagara-on-the-Lake

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Niagara-on-the-Lake is a Canadian town located in Southern Ontario where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region of the southern part of the province of Ontario. It is located across the Niagara river from Youngstown, New York, USA...

 from 1974 to 1982 and 1985 to 1987, and was a Regional Councillor from 1982 to 1987 and Deputy Lord Mayor from 1985 to 1987. He was also president of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Jaycees.

He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1987 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1987

The Ontario general election of 1987 was held on September 10, 1987, to elect members of the 34th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada.The governing Ontario Liberal Party, led by David Peterson, was returned to power with a large majority...

, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

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 Peter Partington

Peter Partington

Peter Partington is a politician in Niagara, Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1987, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. Partington is the former chair of the Niagara Regional Municipality.Partington was born in St. Catharines, Ontario...

 by 2001 votes in the constituency of St. Catharines—Brock

St. Catharines—Brock

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. For the next three years, he served as a backbench supporter of David Peterson

David Peterson

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's government.

The Liberals were unexpectedly defeated by the Ontario New Democratic Party

Ontario New Democratic Party

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 in the 1990 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1990

The Ontario general election of 1990 was held on September 6, 1990, to elect members of the 35th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada....

, and Dietsch lost his seat to Christel Haeck

Christel Haeck

Christel HaeckFirst name spelled as Christel, Cristel or Crystal in media sources. was a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995.-Background:...

 of the NDP by 1,159 votes.

Dietsch returned to municipal politics in 1991 when he was elected Lord Mayor

Lord Mayor

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 of Niagara-on-the-Lake. He was re-elected in 1994. He was elected as a Regional Councillor for Niagara-on-the-Lake in 1997. Later that year, he sought the Chairmanship of the Niagara Regional Municipality, but lost to Grimsby

Grimsby

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 Regional Councillor Debbie Zimmerman. He did not seek re-election in 2000. He ran a bed and breakfast

Bed and breakfast

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inn in the town until 2007 when he retired.