Doug Galt was born on 1937 or 1938 and is a former politician in Ontario, Canada.
17 Facts About Doug Galt
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Doug Galt was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and an unsuccessful contender for the House of Commons of Canada in 2004.
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Doug Galt was an overseas veterinary pathologist and project coordinator for CIDA in 1988 and 1992, and retired as head of the Brighton Veterinary Services Lab in 1994.
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Doug Galt began his political career at the municipal level, serving as a warden in Northumberland County, and as reeve of Cramahe Township.
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Doug Galt was a school trustee, and chaired the Colborne-Cramahe Community Economic Development Commission in 1994.
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Doug Galt was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1995 provincial election, defeating incumbent Liberal Joan Fawcett by over 6,000 votes in the Northumberland riding.
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The Progressive Conservatives won the election under the leadership of Mike Harris, and Doug Galt sat as a backbench supporter.
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Doug Galt was re-elected in the 1999 provincial election, though by only 903 votes over Liberal Carolyn Campbell.
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Doug Galt introduced a resolution in the Legislature to bring forward greater protection against cruelty to animals and tried to ban riding in the back of pick-up trucks.
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Doug Galt introduced a Private Member's Bill to create a Robert Baldwin Day in Ontario which was later endorsed by Andrew Redden in an article published in the Canadian Parliamentary Review.
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In 2000, Doug Galt precipitated a minor crisis in the legislature by accidentally reading out the names of certain young offenders, whose identities were protected by law.
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Doug Galt was actually praising the young offenders for graduating from a young offenders program while forgetting that they were still young offenders.
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Doug Galt served as chair of the Premier's Task Force on Rural Economic Renewal, which toured the province and consulted with other jurisdictions.
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Doug Galt supported Ernie Eves to replace Harris as party leader in 2002, and was named by Eves as a minister without portfolio and chief government Whip on August 22 of that year.
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The Progressive Conservatives were defeated in the 2003 provincial election, and Doug Galt lost his seat to Liberal candidate Lou Rinaldi by approximately 2,500 votes.
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In early 2004, Doug Galt supported Tony Clement's unsuccessful campaign to become leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
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Doug Galt himself ran as a Conservative in the 2004 federal election, challenging Liberal incumbent Paul Macklin in the federal riding of Northumberland.