Doug Routley

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Doug Routley

| honorific-suffix =

| image = Doug Routley.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|05|09}}

| birth_place = New Westminster, British Columbia

| residence =

| office = Parliamentary Secretary for Forests of British Columbia

| term_start = December 7, 2022

| term_end = November 18, 2024

| premier = David Eby

| predecessor = Position established

| successor = Position abolished

| assembly1 = British Columbia Legislative

| constituency_AM1 = Nanaimo-North Cowichan
Cowichan-Ladysmith (2005-2009)

| term_start1 = May 17, 2005

| term_end1 = September 21, 2024

| predecessor1 = Graham Bruce

| successor1 = Riding dissolved

| party = New Democrat

| religion =

| profession =

| spouse = Leanne Finlayson

| children = Sasha, Madeline

}}

Doug Routley (born May 9, 1961) is a former MLA for Nanaimo-North Cowichan in the Canadian province of British Columbia."[http://www.leg.bc.ca/mla/39thparl/routleyD.htm 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."[http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=2722c3dd-8c95-450c-a61e-eaf4a2dd9831&k=83128 MLA helps homeless man who suffered heart attack] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507073125/http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=2722c3dd-8c95-450c-a61e-eaf4a2dd9831&k=83128 |date=May 7, 2008 }}", canada.com, March 27, 2007. Retrieved November 19, 2013

He is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.

In 2018, during legislative debate on new policies around sexual orientation and gender identity in the provincial education system, Routley came out as bisexual.[https://www.leg.bc.ca/documents-data/debate-transcripts/41st-parliament/3rd-session/20181126am-Hansard-n191 "Motion 33 — Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Policies for Inclusive Education System"]. Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, 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.