Sunday, December 18, 2011

MLA: Doug Routley - Nanaimo-North Cowichan

 
We lift up MLA: Doug Routley to You today Lord and thank You for appointing him to this position.  We pray that Your hand would guide his life and bless his work.  Make him aware of Your presence and love.  Help him to make decisions with understanding, wisdom and compassion.  May he nurture positive changes within his sphere of influence. Amen.

We lift up MLA: Doug Routley to You today Lord and thank You for appointing him to this position.  We pray that Your hand would guide his life and bless his work.  Make him aware of Your presence and love.  Help him to make decisions with understanding, wisdom and compassion.  May he nurture positive changes within his sphere of influence. Amen.

Doug Routley was elected as the MLA for Nanaimo-North Cowichan on May 12, 2009. He served as MLA for Cowichan-Ladysmith from May 17, 2005 until the riding boundaries were re-drawn.

Doug serves as opposition critic for Citizens’ Services and open government.

Doug was born May 9, 1961 in New Westminster, BC and grew up in Duncan.

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

Doug has experience in logging, as a sawmill worker, treeplanter and in construction. He also has been a business owner and operator, school custodian and School Trustee.

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 bicycle manufacturer. After his return to Canada, Doug established a bicycle retail and wholesale company which had dealers throughout Canada and the USA.

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

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