Douglas Cameron Main (born July 18, 1946) is a
Canadian
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broadcaster, communications consultant, political commentator and former 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. Since 2012 the Legislative Assembly has had 87 members, elected first past the post f ...
. He served as Cabinet Minister. He served as the news anchor for CITV (now Global Edmonton) from 1975 to 1988.
Broadcasting career
Main was a news anchor for CITV (now Global Edmonton) from 1975 to 1988. He left broadcasting to pursue a political career.
Political career
Main first ran as the
Reform Party of Canada
The Reform Party of Canada () was a right-wing populism, right-wing populist and conservative List of federal political parties in Canada, federal political party in Canada that existed from 1987 to 2000. Reform was founded as a Western Canada- ...
's candidate in
Edmonton—Strathcona in the
1988 federal general election. He finished the race a very close third place in a field of ten candidates, losing to
Progressive Conservative candidate
Scott Thorkelson.
After being defeated in the federal election, Main was approached by the provincial Progressive Conservatives to run in the next Alberta election. He was elected in the constituency of
Edmonton-Parkallen in the
1989 Alberta general election.
On April 14, 1989, Main was sworn in as Minister of Culture and Multiculturalism in the Cabinet of Premier
Don Getty. He only served a single term in office, leaving at dissolution of the Assembly at the
1993 provincial general election after losing his nomination to run for the Progressive Conservatives again.
References
External links
Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
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Living people
Politicians from Edmonton
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs
Alberta candidates for Member of Parliament
Reform Party of Canada candidates in the 1988 Canadian federal election
Members of the Executive Council of Alberta
1946 births
20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta