Career
He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995. Before running for office, Duignan was an executive assistant to federal New Democratic Party MPs Derek Blackburn and Lyle Kristiansen. He is a recipient of the Canada Meda
Duignan was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1990 provincial election, defeating incumbent Liberal Walt Elliot by 548 votes in the riding of Halton North.
In 1994, Duignan sponsored a private member"s bill that banned landfills on the Niagara Escarpment. He said, ""The Niagara Escarpment is simply the wrong place to put a landfill."
In the 1995 provincial election Duignan was defeated finishing third against Progressive Conservative candidate Ted Chudleigh.
He ran for re-election in the 1999 provincial election in the riding of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, but finished third against Progressive Conservative incumbent David Tilson. He was also a candidate of the federal NDP in the 2004 Canadian election, but finished third against Conservative Michael Chong in the riding of Wellington—Halton Hills.
He works as a housing consultant and is a director of Brant Alcove Rehabilitation Services, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre based in Brantford, Ontario.
He lives in Georgetown, Ontario.
