Career
A native of the Wandsworth area, Doland was a merchant tailor, who established a chain of shops in south-west London. He served on Wandsworth council for more than a quarter of a century, and was mayor of the borough in 1928-1929 and 1933-1934. In 1934 he was elected to the London County Council as a Municipal Reform councillor for Balham and Tooting, and retained the seat in 1937.
He was appointed a deputy lieutenant for the County of London in 1938.
He was granted a commission as a temporary major in the County of London Motor Volunteer Corps in 1917, and was promoted to temporary lieutenant-colonel. He was permitted to retain the honorary rank of "lieutenant-colonel".
In a straight fight with West G Miller of the Labour Party, he retained the seat with a majority of 2,070 votes. Elections were cancelled on the outbreak of World World War II in 1939, and the next general election was not called until 1945.
As he was over seventy years of age, Doland chose to retire from parliament.
He died in November 1946, aged 74, from complications following a medical operation. He was cremated at Putney Vale Cemetery.
