{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{about|the Canadian politician|the American businessman who was with Kevin Cosgrove during 9/11|Kevin Cosgrove#Phone call and death}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Doug Cherry | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date |mf=y|1932|9|22|}} | birth_place = Ladner, British Columbia | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|6|16|1932|9|22}} | death_place = Calgary, Alberta | political_party = Progressive Conservative | occupation = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | years_active = 1965–1993 | education = Lakeland College }} '''Douglas Clifford Cherry''' (September 22, 1932 – June 16, 2016) was a Canadian politician from Alberta. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1993.
==Political career== Born in Ladner, British Columbia in 1932,<ref>{{cite book |title=A Guide to Alberta's 19th Legislature |author=Alberta Teachers' Association|date=January 1980}}</ref> Cherry ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1986 Alberta general election he won a two-way race over NDP candidate Gary McCorquodale to win the electoral district of Lloydminster.<ref name="elec1">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1986&Constit=Lloydminster|title=Lloydminster election results 1986|publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation|access-date=2008-05-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612185721/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1986&Constit=Lloydminster|archive-date=2011-06-12}}</ref> In the 1989 Alberta general election, Cherry easily defeating two other candidates to win his second term in office.<ref name="elec2">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1989&Constit=Lloydminster|title=Lloydminster election results 1989|publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation|access-date=2008-05-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612185853/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1989&Constit=Lloydminster|archive-date=2011-06-12}}</ref> During his time in office Cherry helped to establish Lakeland College.<ref name="college">{{cite book|title=Bordering on Greatness: A History of Lloydminster's First Century, 1903-2003|publisher=Foster Learning Inc.|pages=71|isbn=0-9689193-0-8|last=Foster|first=Franklin Lloyd|author2=Alan Grant|year=2001}}</ref> Cherry retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the legislature in 1993.
Aside from politics, Doug Cherry was a member of the Canadian Armed Forces and served in the Korean War. In between the war and the Alberta Legislature, Doug became a farmer and a councillor for the town of Lloydminster. He died on June 16, 2016, at the age of 83.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/calgaryherald/obituary.aspx?n=douglas-cherry&pid=180373391| title = Douglas CHERRY Obituary (2016) - Calgary, AB - Calgary Herald}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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