Mark Doumit

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|state_senate = Washington

|district = 19th

|term_start = November 26, 2002

|term_end = November 1, 2006

|predecessor = Sid Snyder

|successor = Brian Hatfield

|state_house1 = Washington

|district1 = 19th

|term_start1 = January 13, 1997

|term_end1 = November 26, 2002

|predecessor1 = Bob Basich

|successor1 = Brian Blake

|party = Democratic

|birth_name = Mark Lawton Doumit

|birth_date = {{birth date |1961|11|26}}

|birth_place = Longview, Washington, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|6|21|1961|11|26}}

| death_place = Tenino, Washington, U.S.

|alma_mater = Lower Columbia College (AA)
Washington State University (BA)

|profession = Commercial fisherman

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Mark Lawton Doumit (November 26, 1961 – June 21, 2021){{cite news |title=Mark Lawton Doumit |work=The Daily News |date=June 27, 2021 |accessdate=2021-06-27 |url=https://tdn.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/mark-lawton-doumit/article_4a6ab0ab-4d3e-5c65-862f-fd4d2f40b4c6.amp.html}}{{cite news |last1=Kauffman |first1=Brennen |title=Former state legislator Mark Doumit dies at 59 |url=https://tdn.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/former-state-legislator-mark-doumit-dies-at-59/article_54fb18fd-08d2-5cad-aacb-2b2211934c3f.html |access-date=25 June 2021 |publisher=The Daily News |date=23 June 2021}} was an American commercial fisherman and politician who represented the 19th District in the Washington State Senate and the State House from 1997-2006.

Political career

Doumit was elected as a Wahkiakum County Commissioner in 1988.{{cite news |last1=AP |title=A Senate leader quits to take industry post |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/A-Senate-leader-quits-to-take-industry-post-1216668.php |access-date=25 June 2021 |publisher=Seattle PI |date=6 October 2006}} He served two terms as a Commissioner before running for the Washington House of Representatives in 1996.

In the House, Doumit chaired the House Natural Resources Committee.

Doumit was appointed to the Senate in 2002 to fill the term of Sid Snyder. He vacated his seat to take a job in the private sector in late 2006.{{Cite web|url= https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/13968/mark-doumit |title= Mark Doumit's Biography |publisher= Vote Smart |accessdate= October 25, 2015}}{{Cite web|url= http://www.wfpa.org/workspace/resource/document/markdoumit.pdf |title= Forestry Association Names Sen. Mark Doumit as New Executive Director |publisher= Washington Forest Protection Association |date= October 6, 2006 |accessdate= October 25, 2015}}

References

Category:1961 births

Category:2021 deaths

Category:Place of birth missing

Category:Democratic Party Washington (state) state senators

Category:Democratic Party members of the Washington House of Representatives

Category:Washington State University alumni

Category:People from Cathlamet, Washington

Category:20th-century members of the Washington State Legislature

Category:21st-century members of the Washington State Legislature