Doug Steele is a
Canadian
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politician, who was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
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in the
2016 provincial election.
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, ''Southwest Booster'', April 5, 2016. He represents the electoral constituency of
Cypress Hills as a member of the
Saskatchewan Party
The Saskatchewan Party (SP or Sask Party) is a conservative political party in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was founded in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative ...
.
Prior to entering provincial politics, Steele served on the council for the
Rural Municipality of Gull Lake for approximately two decades, most recently as
reeve. He has been a director of Division 3 of the
Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities
The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, often abbreviated as SARM, is an independent association that is responsible for representing the governments of the many List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan, rural municipalities in ...
, and was the vice-president of the Association at the time he was nominated by the Saskatchewan Party. He resigned his position with SARM when he was nominated. He has been active in raising farming issues both locally and internationally.
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''Maple Creek News and Advance Times'', May 15, 2015. He also served on several local boards, such as the school board and the ambulance board.
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''Shaunavon Standard'', July 29, 2015.
The nomination to represent the Saskatchewan Party was closely contested, with Steele and Elaine Anderson both seeking the nomination. Steele won the nomination by 16 votes over Anderson.
In the general election, Steele faced candidates from four other parties. He won the riding by almost 80% of the vote. His closest competitor was Barb Genert for the
New Democratic Party
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, who came in second with just over 12% of the vote.
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Steele lives in the Gull Lake area and operates a mixing cattle and grain farm with his wife Phyllis.
Election results
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References
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Farmers from Saskatchewan
Living people
Saskatchewan Party MLAs
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan