Douglas Miller
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Douglas Miller was a provincial politician from Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Queen, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton...

 from 1967 to 1975 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in both government and opposition.

Political career

Miller ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1967 Alberta general election
Alberta general election, 1967
The Alberta general election of 1967 was the sixteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on May 23, 1967 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

. He was the Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Taber-Warner and won the seat easily defeating three other candidates.

Miller ran for a second term in office in the 1971 Alberta general election
Alberta general election, 1971
The Alberta general election of 1971 was the seventeenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on August 30, 1971 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

. He faced Progressive Conservative candidate Robert Bogle
Robert Bogle
Robert John "Bob" Bogle is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1993.-Political career:...

in a straight fight. The race was close with Miller winning by just under 700 votes.

Miller retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the legislature in 1975.

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