Doug Routley is the current MLA

Member of the Legislative Assembly

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 for Nanaimo-North Cowichan in the Canadian

Canada

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 province of British Columbia

British Columbia

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. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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 in the riding of Cowichan-Ladysmith

Cowichan-Ladysmith

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 in the 2005 general election

British Columbia general election, 2005

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 and then to the riding of Nanaimo-North Cowichan after new electoral districts were established for the 2009 general election.

His web site may be found at http://www.dougroutley.ca.

He is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.