Douglas Anguish Explained

Douglas Anguish
Birth Date:8 July 1950
Birth Place:Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada
Spouse:Mona Jane Karpenko (m. 6 November 1971)
Assembly:Saskatchewan Legislative
Constituency Am:North Battleford
Term Start:20 October 1986
Term End:1 July 1996
Predecessor:Myles Morin
Successor:Jack Hillson[1]
Riding1:The Battlefords—Meadow Lake
Parliament1:Canadian
Term Start1:18 February 1980
Term End1:4 September 1984
Predecessor1:Terry Nylander
Successor1:John Kenneth Gormley
Profession:consultant, political assistant
Party:New Democratic Party
Footnotes:[2]

Douglas Keith Anguish (born 8 July 1950) was a Canadian politician, consultant and political assistant. He served as a New Democratic Party member of the House of Commons of Canada.

He was elected at The Battlefords—Meadow Lake electoral district in the 1980 federal election and served in the 32nd Canadian Parliament. He left politics following the 1984 federal election in which he was defeated by John Kenneth Gormley of the Progressive Conservative party.

In the 1986 Saskatchewan provincial election, Anguish won the North Battleford riding for the provincial NDP.[3] He was re-elected there in 1991 when the NDP's Roy Romanow became premier. Anguish was re-elected in 1995, then resigned from provincial politics and his cabinet position on 1 July 1996 to seek other work.[4]

Notes and References

  1. [North Battleford]
  2. Book: Normandin, Pierre G. . Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1982–1983 .
  3. News: Tories hang on to power in Saskatchewan . . 21 October 1986 . A1 . Mark . Lisac . 20 February 2011.
  4. News: Anguish announces his resignation as Cabinet Minister and MLA . 12 June 1996 . Government of Saskatchewan . 20 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101218093025/http://gov.sk.ca/news?newsId=7a196522-393e-4ce9-8ade-48f0ac6cf622 . 18 December 2010 . dmy-all .