Douglas Keith Anguish (born 8 July 1950) was a

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politician, consultant and political assistant. He served as a

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member of the

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. He was elected at

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electoral district in the 1980 federal election and served in the

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. He left politics following the 1984 federal election in which he was defeated by John Kenneth Gormley of the Progressive Conservative party. In the 1986 Saskatchewan provincial election, Anguish won the

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

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when the NDP's

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became premier. Anguish was re-elected in

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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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* 1950 births Living people Members of the Executive Council of Saskatchewan Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MPs People from Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub