Albert Boyd Douglas, known as Boyd Douglas (born 13 July 1950) is a Unionist

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who was a

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(MLA) for East Londonderry from 1998 to 2003. The son of

William Douglas (Northern Ireland politician) William Albert Boyd Douglas (10 January 1923 – 17 May 2013) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Douglas worked as a farmer and served as a flight lieutenant in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He rose to prominence as ...

, he attended Strabane Agriculture College before working as a

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. He was elected as an

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representative on

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in 1997, but soon resigned in opposition to the

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. Douglas was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in

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as an

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representing East Londonderry. With two other anti-agreement Unionists, he formed the

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. He retained his seat on the council in 2001, but lost his Assembly seat, along with all the other Coalition MLAs, in 2003. In 2005, he was able to top the poll in his seat in Limavady. Douglas subsequently joined

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, and contested East Londonderry seat for the party at the 2011 Assembly election, in which he came 10th out of the 12 candidates and was not elected to a seat. In reference to his decision to run, Douglas said: "Though public service has been part of my life and upbringing, returning to Stormont has not been a burning ambition. But while I’ve watched the past 4 years of failure and deadlock, with virtually nothing done for East Londonderry, I’ve concluded it requires us all, myself included, to try and make things better."

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Northern Ireland Elections: Limavady Borough Council Elections 1993-2005
{{DEFAULTSORT:Douglas, Boyd 1950 births Living people Members of Limavady Borough Council Northern Ireland MLAs 1998–2003 Independent members of the Northern Ireland Assembly Ulster Unionist Party councillors Farmers from Northern Ireland Traditional Unionist Voice politicians