Doug Routley Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. "Doug Routley", leg.bc.ca. Retrieved November 19, 2013
  2. "MLA helps homeless man who suffered heart attack ", canada.com, March 27, 2007. Retrieved November 19, 2013
  3. https://www.leg.bc.ca/documents-data/debate-transcripts/41st-parliament/3rd-session/20181126am-Hansard-n191 "Motion 33 — Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Policies for Inclusive Education System"