George Doucet

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1939–2024)}}

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| name = George Doucet

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|3|28}}

| birth_place = Quebec City, Quebec

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|1|23|1939|3|28}}

| death_place = Falmouth, Nova Scotia

| residence =

| office1 = MLA for Halifax Cobequid

| term_start1 = 1974

| term_end1 = 1978

| predecessor1 = George Riley

| successor1 = riding dissolved

| office2 = Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia

| term_start2 = 1977

| term_end2 = 1978

| predecessor2 = Vince MacLean

| successor2 = Ron Russell

| party = Liberal

| religion =

| occupation = Principal

}}

George Raymond Doucet (March 28, 1939 – January 23, 2024) was a Canadian educator and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax Cobequid in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1974 to 1978 as a Liberal. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of Herbert Louis Doucet and Agnes Boudreau. He was educated there, at St. Francis Xavier University and at the École Normale in Laval, Quebec. In 1961, he married Virginia Ann McMaster. Doucet entered provincial politics in the 1974 election, winning the Halifax Cobequid riding.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201974.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1974|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1974|page=71|accessdate=2014-11-18}} He served as Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1977 to 1978.{{cite book|last1=Elliott|first1=Shirley B.|title=The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory|url=https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/157|accessdate=2018-05-15|year=1984|publisher=Public Archives of Nova Scotia|isbn=0-88871-050-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/157 157]}} In the 1978 election, Doucet ran in the new riding of Sackville, and was defeated by Progressive Conservative Malcolm A. MacKay.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201978.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1978|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1978|page=113|accessdate=2014-11-18}} Doucet died on January 23, 2024, at the age of 84.{{cite web |title=George Raymond Doucet |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/halifax-ns/george-doucet-11637650 |website=Dignity Memorial |access-date=22 March 2024}}