district predecessor successor party state_house term_start residence article_title term_end name alma_mater
22nd frank gigliotti chelsa wagner democratic republican -lrb- 2005-2009 -rrb- -lrb- until 2005 , january 2009-may 2009 -rrb- pennsylvania january 02 , 2001 brookline , pittsburgh michael diven
 november 30 , 2006 michael b. diven duquesne university
michael diven

michael b. diven is a former member of the pennsylvania house of representatives for the 22nd district .
he was defeated in 2006 .
diven is the son of joey diven , who sports illustrated once called `` the world 's toughest street fighter . ''
diven graduated from duquesne university in 1993 .
he then served as a staff assistant to allegheny county commissioner tom foerster from 1993 through 1996 .
in 1997 , he was elected to represent 4th district of the pittsburgh city council at the age of 27 , which made him the youngest person elected to that body at that time .
at various times , he served as a member of the brookline area community council , as chairman of the pittsburgh public safety services committee , and on the board of the penn state allegheny county cooperative extension .
he co-founded the police and communities together -lrb- pact -rrb- organization and served as president of the south pittsburgh housing task force .
he served on the board of the allegheny county sanitary authority -lrb- alcosan -rrb- until he was removed from the board in 2008 by pittsburgh mayor luke ravenstahl .
diven won election to the pennsylvania house of representatives in november 2000 , following the resignation of frank gigliotti , who was convicted of soliciting bribes .
during his tenure , diven clashed with jack wagner , bill deweese and the leadership of the house democratic caucus , who later backed richard a. nerone 's unsuccessful primary challenge in 2004 .
citing the primary challenge and frustrated by the leadership 's reluctance to pursue some of his agenda , including making health care benefits less expensive for school districts , diven became a republican in january 2005 .
after he switched parties , the democratic caucus fired his staff and cut the office phone lines .
that april , he unsuccessfully ran for the pennsylvania senate seat left vacant by jack wagner 's 2004 election as pennsylvania auditor general , losing to wagner-ally wayne fontana .
in 2006 , diven was defeated by jack wagner 's niece , chelsa wagner .
diven returned to the democratic party just in time to run for district justice in pittsburgh in 2009 , where he faced and lost to his former employee and successor in pittsburgh city council , jim motznik .
on two separate occasions , diven was accused and staff members were indicted for forging signatures on nominating petitions .
