Doug Ford (politician)

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Douglas Ford (c. 1933 - September 22, 2006) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999.

Before entering politics, Ford was the owner of Deco Adhesive Products Ltd. and an active Rotarian. He was elected to the provincial legislature in the 1995 provincial election, defeating incumbent Liberal Jim Henderson by about 4,500 votes in Etobicoke—Humber. For the next four years, he sat as a backbench supporter of Mike Harris's government.

In 1996, the Harris government reduced the number of provincial ridings from 130 to 103, a change which forced some sitting MPPs from the same party to fight one another for re-nomination. Ford challenged Chris Stockwell for the Progressive Conservative nomination in the newly created riding of Etobicoke Centre. Despite support from Jim Flaherty and others in cabinet, he was defeated. By most accounts, Ford's nomination speech was both extremely brief and poorly delivered.

His son, Rob Ford, is a Toronto city councillor.