Clifford Lawrence Doan (April 27, 1905 – November 25, 1990) was a provincial level politician from

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, Canada. He served as a member of the

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from 1971 to 1979 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.

Political career

Doan ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the

1971 Alberta general election The 1971 Alberta general election was the seventeenth general election held in the Province of Alberta, Canada on August 30, 1971, to elect seventy-five members of the Alberta Legislature The Alberta Legislature is the unicameral legislatur ...

. He ran against Social Credit incumbent William Ure in the new electoral district of Innisfail. Doan won the straight fight defeating Ure by less than 300 votes. Doan ran for re-election in the

1975 Alberta general election The 1975 Alberta general election was held on March 26, 1975, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to the 18th Alberta Legislature. The election was called on February 14, 1975 prorogued and dissolved of the 17th Alberta Leg ...

. He faced three other opposing candidates and increased his popular support. The opposition vote collapsed and he won the district with a near landslide. Doan retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the assembly in 1979.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs 1905 births 1990 deaths 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta {{Alberta-MLA-stub