Douglas Miller (November 3, 1904 – July 22, 1982) was a provincial politician from

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, Canada. He served as a member of the

Legislative Assembly of Alberta The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly currently has 87 members, elected first past the post from singl ...

from 1967 to 1975 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in both government and opposition.

Political career

Miller ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the

1967 Alberta general election The 1967 Alberta general election was held on May 23, 1967, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to the 16th Alberta Legislature. The election was called after the 15th Alberta Legislature was prorogued on April 11, 1967, and ...

. He was the Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of

Taber-Warner Taber-Warner is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The district has existed twice: the first iteration was represented in the A ...

and won the seat easily defeating three other candidates. Miller ran for a second term in office in the

1971 Alberta general election The 1971 Alberta general election was the seventeenth general election held in the Province of Alberta, Canada on August 30, 1971, to elect seventy-five members of the Alberta Legislature to form the 17th Alberta Legislative Assembly. The Progr ...

. He faced Progressive Conservative candidate

Robert Bogle Robert John "Bob" Bogle (born August 29, 1943) is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1993. Political career Bogle first ran for office in the ele ...

in a straight fight. The race was close with Miller winning by just under 700 votes. Miller retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the legislature in 1975.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
1904 births 1982 deaths Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs People from Raymond, Alberta {{Alberta-politician-stub