Career
He represented Rosetown from 1944 to 1960 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Company-operative Commonwealth Federation (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) member. He was born in Cumberland, Ontario, the son of John Douglas and Anne Welch, was educated there and came west with his family in 1906, settling in the Laura district of Saskatchewan. Douglas studied agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan and went on to farm near Laura.
He was campaign manager for Major James Coldwell in 1935, when Coldwell was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. In 1941, Douglas became provincial organizer for the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Highways and Transportation and as Minister of Public Works.
Douglas retired from politics in 1960.
