Doug Routley | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MLA |
Birth Date: | 9 May 1961 |
Birth Place: | New Westminster, British Columbia |
Assembly: | British Columbia Legislative |
Constituency Am: | Nanaimo-North Cowichan Cowichan-Ladysmith (2005-2009) |
Term Start: | May 17, 2005 |
Predecessor: | Graham Bruce |
Party: | New Democrat |
Spouse: | Leanne Finlayson |
Children: | Sasha, Madeline |
Doug Routley (born May 9, 1961) is the current MLA for Nanaimo-North Cowichan in the Canadian province of British Columbia.[1] He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the riding of Cowichan-Ladysmith in the 2005 general election and then to the riding of Nanaimo-North Cowichan after new electoral districts were established for the 2009 general election.[2]
He is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
In 2018, during legislative debate on new policies around sexual orientation and gender identity in the provincial education system, Routley came out as bisexual.[3]
On December 7, 2022, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Forests.
On September 26, 2023, he announced he would not be seeking a sixth term in the Legislature in the 2024 provincial election.