Douglas Gordon Griffiths (born 26 October 1972) is the president and chief executive officer of 13 Ways, Inc., a company he founded to provide consultation to struggling North American communities. He is a public speaker and co-author of the book ''13 Ways to Kill Your Community'', now in its second edition, and is an instructor with the Executive Education program at the

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. Griffiths is a former

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politician and Member of the

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representing the constituency of

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as a Progressive Conservative (PC). He was a candidate for the leadership of the PC Party in the 2011 leadership election. He has since taken a step back from provincial politics, in favour of his role with 13 Ways and his teaching duties.

13 Ways, Inc.

13 Ways began as a book, and has since developed into a consulting company and a speaking tour series delivered across North America. The book is written in a satirical style, with a "straight-shooting, no-punches-pulled approach" detailing the various ways in which one might kill a community; i.e. through failure to provide clean water, reliable Internet services, and a place where youth will return to raise families and retire. The concept has since branched out and now incorporates a speaking series, syndicated columns, blog, and newsletter, in addition to offering consultation to struggling communities.

Education

Griffiths attended the

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, where he earned an honours degree in philosophy and an education degree. After university, he taught for three years at Byemoor School], in the

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. He was nominated for a teaching award each year, including two nominations for the PanCanadian Students' Choice Award.

Political career

Griffiths received 79 per cent of the vote in

during the 2008 provincial election, sending him to the Legislature for his third term. In addition to his duties as an MLA, he has served as Parliamentary Assistant for the Department of Finance and Enterprise and is currently a member of the Public Accounts Committee and Health Committee. Griffiths was first elected in a by-election for the Wainwright constituency on 8 April 2002, after former incumbent Robert Fischer resigned amidst a conflict-of-interest investigation by the Ethics Commissioner. Then 29, Griffiths was the youngest MLA in office at the time. The Wainwright boundaries changed for the 2004 provincial election, creating the current

constituency, which Griffiths won with support from 65 per cent of the voters. During his tenure as MLA, Griffiths was the parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and has been involved in numerous committees and has chaired the Standing Committee on Energy and Sustainable Development, Rural Development Strategies Task Force, MLA Steering Committee for Rural Development, and was vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. On 12 October 2011 Griffiths was appointed Minister of

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by Premier

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. Griffiths was reelected in the 23 April 2012 provincial election as an incumbent PC candidate. On 13 December 2013, Griffiths was sworn in as Minister of Service Alberta. On 26 January 2015, he resigned from his position as a MLA.

Election results

2004

2008

2012

References

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