Doug Routley, born May 9, 1961 in New Westminster, BC, grew up in Duncan, BC. Doug is an Island boy who understands the unique challenges and opportunities of life in the region.

Doug's diverse experience gives him a very close and practical grasp of what his constituents care about and how their needs can best be met.

Doug comes from a family of educators and attended the public schools of the Cowichan Valley. He also attended Camosun College before traveling to Japan, where he lived and worked for one year.

Doug's close friendships and connections to the Cowichan First Nation people began as a boy playing road hockey and attending school with his friends from Cowichan. He has continued building on that connection in politics, first as a school trustee and now as MLA.

Doug's work experience is diverse and gives him a very broad understanding of so many of his constituents' lives and challenges.

Work Experience
Logging
Sawmill worker
Tree planter
Construction
ESL teacher – Japan
Business owner and operator
School custodian
Union rep
School Trustee
MLA Cowichan Ladysmith

While in Japan, Doug taught English and studied Sumea, traditional Japanese ink painting. He was a bicycle racer and while training in Japan, met a renowned Japanese bicycle manufacturer. Doug became English teacher to the family of this bicycle manufacturer and was given North American rights to his products.

After his return to Canada, Doug established a company with a retail bicycle store in Vancouver and a wholesale/distribution chain which had dealers throughout Canada and the USA with warehouses in Vancouver, Ontario and California.

Doug's diverse background in industry, business, unions and politics gives him the understanding that "both oars need to be in the water together or the boat won't go anywhere". He knows that working together cooperatively is the key to success.

Doug has two daughters, Sasha, 21 and Madeline, 13.