Doug Routley (born May 9, 1961) is a former MLA for Nanaimo-North Cowichan in the

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.Doug Routley
, leg.bc.ca. Retrieved November 19, 2013 He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the riding of Cowichan-Ladysmith in the 2005 general election and then to the riding of Nanaimo-North Cowichan after new electoral districts were established for the 2009 general election. He is a member of the

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. In 2018, during legislative debate on new policies around

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and

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in the provincial education system, Routley came out as

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."Motion 33 — Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Policies for Inclusive Education System"

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, November 26, 2018. On December 7, 2022, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Forests. On September 26, 2023, he announced he would not be seeking a sixth term in the Legislature in the 2024 provincial election.

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