Doreen Hamilton

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1951–2022)}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Doreen Ellen Hamilton

|honorific-prefix=The Honourable

|honorific-suffix=ECS

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1951|5|17}}

| birth_place = Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|12|02|1951|05|17}}

| death_place =

| residence = Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

| office = MLA for Regina Wascana Plains

| term_start = October 21, 1991

| term_end = November 7, 2007

| predecessor =

| successor = Christine Tell

| office2 = Mayor of Regina, Saskatchewan

| term_start2 = 1988

| term_end2 = 1988

| predecessor2 = Larry Schneider

| successor2 = Doug Archer

| party = New Democratic Party

| occupation = teacher, city councillor

}}

Doreen Ellen Hamilton ({{née}} Munholland; May 17, 1951 – December 2, 2022) was a Canadian politician. She received her Education Standard A Certificate at the University of Regina.[http://www.regina.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=1917 Douglas R. Archer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929195504/http://www.regina.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=1917|date=September 29, 2011}} - City of Regina. Retrieved October 29, 2010.

In 1985, she was elected to Regina City Council and re-elected in 1988. She served as interim Mayor of Regina for six weeks in 1988, following the resignation of Larry Schneider. She was the first woman to have held this position.

Hamilton was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in 1991, and re-elected in 1995, 1999 and 2003. She was a member of the New Democratic Party. In 1998, she was appointed Minister of Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming, and Minister responsible for the Saskatchewan Property Management Corporation, the Public Service Commission and the Wascana Center Authority. She held those ministerial positions until October 2001. In April 2003, she was appointed legislative Secretary to Premier Lorne Calvert.

Hamilton also became the first woman presiding officer in Saskatchewan after the Legislative Assembly elected her Deputy Speaker.

Hamilton did not stand as a candidate in the 2007 provincial election.

Hamilton died on December 2, 2022, at the age of 71.{{cite web |title=Doreen Hamilton – Obituary |url=https://leaderpost.remembering.ca/obituary/doreen-hamilton-1086787954 |website=Regina Leader-Post |access-date=16 December 2022 |date=9 December 2022}}