Douglas Keith Anguish was a New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was a consultant and political assistant by career.

He was elected at The Battlefords—Meadow Lake

The Battlefords—Meadow Lake

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 electoral district in the 1980 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1980

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 and served in the 32nd Canadian Parliament

32nd Canadian Parliament

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. He left politics following the 1984 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1984

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 in which he was defeated by John Kenneth Gormley

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 of the Progressive Conservative party

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In the 1986 Saskatchewan provincial election

Saskatchewan general election, 1986

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, Anguish won at The Battlefords

The Battlefords (provincial electoral district)

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 riding for the provincial NDP party. He was re-elected there in 1991

Saskatchewan general election, 1991

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 when the NDP's Roy Romanow

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 became premier. Anguish was re-elected in 1995

Saskatchewan general election, 1995

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, then resigned from provincial politics and his cabinet position on 1 July 1996 to seek other work.

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