Douglas Roy "Doug" Livingston (born April 15, 1954) is an educator and former political figure in the Yukon

Yukon

Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....

, Canada. He represented Lake Laberge

Lake Laberge (electoral district)

Lake Laberge is an electoral district which returns a member to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada.The current MLA is Brad Cathers, who was elected on November 4, 2002, and served as Minister of Health and Social Services and Minister responsible for Yukon Workers'...

 in the Yukon Legislative Assembly

Yukon Legislative Assembly

-History:From 1900 to 1978, the elected legislative body in the Yukon was the Yukon Territorial Council, a ten-member body which did not act as the primary government, but was a non-partisan advisory body to the Commissioner of the Yukon...

 from 1996 to 1999 as a NDP

Yukon New Democratic Party

The Yukon New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Yukon territory of Canada.The Yukon NDP first formed the government of the territory under the leadership of Tony Penikett from 1985 to 1992, and under the leadership of Piers McDonald from 1996 to 2000. The party's...

 member.

He was born in Loon Lake, Saskatchewan

Loon Lake, Saskatchewan

Loon Lake is a farming and resort community in northwest Saskatchewan, Canada. The population is about 400 people in the village with about an additional 400 in the farming community nearby. The Makwa Sahgaiehcan Indian Reserve is right next door and has a population of about 800...

, the son of Roy Livingston and Elsie Anderson, and was educated at the University of Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan

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 and the University of Oregon

University of Oregon

-Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...

. Livingston was a teacher and principal. He defeated the incumbent Mickey Fisher in 1996 by only three votes. Livingston served as Speaker for the assembly briefly in 1997. He was named speaker after the election of Robert Bruce was overturned in February 1997; Bruce became speaker again after he won a by-election in April 1997. Livingston resigned his seat in the assembly in 1999.