Education
Born in Brighton to hat maker Francis William Robert Doube and Honora Fitzgerald, Doube was educated at Street James" School in Gardenvale before studying at Melbourne University, receiving a Diploma of Physical Education in 1940.
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He taught physical education in primary schools from 1933 until 1941, when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force. In 1943 he transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force, where he remained until the end of the war. In 1945, the year he joined the Australian Labor Party, Doube began work at the Department of Immigration.
In 1946, he unsuccessfully contested the federal seat of Henty in a by-election.
In 1950 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Oakleigh. He was appointed Minister for Health in March 1955 but lost the position following Labor"s crushing defeat at that year"s elections.
Doube held his seat until 1961, when he was defeated, but returned to the Assembly in 1970 as the member for Albert Park.
Membership
He retired from politics in 1979, becoming an executive member of Amnesty International and a member of the Victorian State Relief Committee.
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Political Party
Australian Labor Party