Biography

03/27/1970 - 08/18/2020

DIVEN, Michael B., a Representative from Allegheny County; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., 1970; graduated, Brashear High School, 1988; B.A., Duquesne University, 1993; staff assistant, Allegheny County commissioner, Tom Foerster (1993-1996); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1996); elected, council, Pittsburgh (1997-2000); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2000; reelected to the House in 2002 and 2004; switched party affiliation to Republican on January 31, 2005; unsuccessful Republican campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (2005 Special Election); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (2006); unsuccessful Democratic campaign, judge, magisterial district court, Allegheny County (2009); died, August 18, 2020 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, St. Teresa of Kolkata Parish, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.