George Henry Doucett was a Canadian

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 politician. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 and a Member of the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was the last Canadian federal Member of Parliament

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 to be acclaimed into office.

Born in Ramsay Township located in Lanark County, Ontario

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, the son of Joseph Doucett Martha Irwin, he was a farmer and insurance broker before entering politics. At the age of 21 he was elected as a township councillor of the Ramsay Council. In 1928, he was elected reeve and was elected Warden of Lanark County in 1935.

In 1937

Ontario general election, 1937

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, he was elected to the Ontario Legislature representing the riding of Lanark

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. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

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, he was re-elected in 1943

Ontario general election, 1943

The Ontario general election of 1943 was held on August 4, 1943, to elect the 90 Members of the 21st Legislative Assembly of Ontario of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

, 1945

Ontario general election, 1945

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, 1948

Ontario general election, 1948

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, 1951

Ontario general election, 1951

The Ontario general election of 1951 was held on November 22, 1951, to elect the 90 members of the 24th Legislative Assembly of Ontario of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

, and 1955

Ontario general election, 1955

The Ontario general election of 1955 was held on June 9, 1955, to elect the 98 members of the 25th Legislative Assembly of Ontario of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

. From 1943 to 1951, he was the Minister of Public Works and the Minister of Highways.

Upon the death of the federal Member of Parliament for Lanark, William Gourlay Blair

William Gourlay Blair

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, in 1957, Doucett resigned from the Ontario Legislature and was acclaimed as a Member of Parliament in a 1957 by-election. He was re-elected in 1958

Canadian federal election, 1958

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, 1962

Canadian federal election, 1962

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, and 1963

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. He did not run in 1965

Canadian federal election, 1965

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He married Mona Middleton. He had no children.

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