Doug Routley
Canadian politician
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Doug Routley (born May 9, 1961) is a former 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.[1][2]
Doug Routley | |
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| Parliamentary Secretary for Forests of British Columbia | |
| In office December 7, 2022 – November 18, 2024 | |
| Premier | David Eby |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Nanaimo-North Cowichan Cowichan-Ladysmith (2005-2009) | |
| In office May 17, 2005 – September 21, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Graham Bruce |
| Succeeded by | Riding dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 9, 1961 |
| Party | New Democrat |
| Spouse | Leanne Finlayson |
| Children | Sasha, Madeline |
He is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.[1]
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.
Electoral results
| 2020 British Columbia general election: Nanaimo-North Cowichan | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Doug Routley | 12,787 | 49.48 | +2.59 | $20,730.17 | |||
| Green | Chris Istace | 7,700 | 29.80 | +5.92 | $16,549.41 | |||
| Liberal | Duck Paterson | 5,354 | 20.72 | −3.16 | $25,059.60 | |||
| Total valid votes | 25,841 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Nanaimo-North Cowichan | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Doug Routley | 12,276 | 46.89 | +0.68 | $34,949 | |||
| Liberal | Alana DeLong | 7,379 | 28.18 | −2.59 | $36,526 | |||
| Green | Lia Marie Constance Versaevel | 6,252 | 23.88 | +10.15 | $7,981 | |||
| Independent | P. Anna Paddon | 274 | 1.05 | +0.77 | $1,010 | |||
| Total valid votes | 26,181 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 198 | 0.75 | +0.36 | |||||
| Turnout | 26,379 | 63.73 | +2.62 | |||||
| Registered voters | 41,393 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election: Nanaimo-North Cowichan | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Doug Routley | 11,542 | 46.21 | −8.13 | $55,479 | |||
| Liberal | Amanda Lee Jacobson | 7,685 | 30.77 | −4.75 | $32,579 | |||
| Green | Mayo McDonough | 3,430 | 13.73 | +4.73 | $5,363 | |||
| Conservative | John James Donald Sherry | 1,603 | 6.42 | – | $12,676 | |||
| Independent | Murray McNab | 647 | 2.59 | – | $1,575 | |||
| Independent | P. Anna Paddon | 71 | 0.28 | – | $1,916 | |||
| Total valid votes | 24,978 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 98 | 0.39 | −0.21 | |||||
| Turnout | 25,076 | 61.11 | −0.34 | |||||
| Registered voters | 41,036 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[8] | ||||||||
| 2009 British Columbia general election: Nanaimo-North Cowichan | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| New Democratic | Doug Routley | 12,888 | 54.34 | $74,487 | ||||
| Liberal | Rob Hutchins | 8,426 | 35.52 | $146,407 | ||||
| Green | Ian Gartshore | 2,135 | 9.00 | $3,497 | ||||
| Refederation | Ron James Fuson | 271 | 1.14 | $770 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 23,720 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 142 | 0.60 | ||||||
| Turnout | 23,862 | 61.45 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 38,832 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[9] | ||||||||
| 2005 British Columbia general election: Cowichan-Ladysmith | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Doug Routley | 13,402 | 50.20% | |||||
| Liberal | Graham Bruce | 10,879 | 40.75% | |||||
| Green | Cindy-Lee Robinson | 1,823 | 6.83% | |||||
| Independent | Jim Bell | 290 | 1.09% | |||||
| Democratic Reform | Brian Fraser Johnson | 223 | 0.84% | |||||
| Freedom | Jeremy Harold Sandwith Smyth | 79 | 0.30% | |||||
| Total | 26,696 | 100.00% | ||||||
