Doug Frith

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Douglas Cockburn Frith, PC (born March 5, 1945 in Brampton, Ontario) is a former Canadian politician.

He represented the riding of Sudbury in the Canadian House of Commons from 1980 to 1988. He was a member of the Liberal Party.

Before entering politics, Frith was a pharmacist in Sudbury.

He served as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Health from 1980 to 1982, in the final government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. When John Turner succeeded Trudeau as Liberal leader and Prime Minister in 1984, he brought Frith into Cabinet as Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. The Liberals lost the 1984 election, however, and Frith was one of just 40 Liberal MPs to be re-elected.

Frith served in the opposition shadow cabinet as Defence critic and caucus chair. He did not run in the 1988 election in order to accept an appointment with Hill & Knowlton as Vice President. He became chairman of the Canadian subsidiary in 1995.

Since 1996, Frith has been president of the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association, which is affiliated with the Motion Picture Association of America, and represents the interests of the American film industry in Canada.

Preceded by Jim Jerome

Member of Parliament for Sudbury 1980-1988

Succeeded by Diane Marleau