Douglas Ford is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999. A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal it began, loyal it remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party of Ontario) is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. ... The Ontario Legislature Building at Queens Park The Legislative Assembly of Ontario, is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Before entering politics, Ford was the owner of Deco Adhesive Products Ltd. and an active rotarian. He was elected to the provincial legislature in the 1995 provincial election, defeating incumbent Liberal Jim Henderson by about 4,500 votes in Etobicoke—Humber. For the next four years, he sat as a backbench supporter of Mike Harris's government. In 1998, Ontario New Democratic Party Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Tony Silipo accused him of making racially insensitive comments to constituents. Bob Raes Ontario New Democratic Party government was defeated by voters, who are angry at the mistakes made by the inexperienced NDP, and frustrated by rising taxes and unemployment. ... The Ontario Liberal Party is a centrist provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. ... D. James Henderson (born August 7, 1940 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. ... Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945, in Toronto, Ontario) was the twenty-second Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Ontario New Democratic Party (formerly known as the Ontario Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. ... A Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) is an elected member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ... Tony Silipo is a former Canadian politiican. ...

In 1996, the Harris government reduced the number of provincial ridings from 130 to 103, a change which forced some sitting MPPs from the same party to fight one another for re-nomination. Ford challenged Chris Stockwell for the Progressive Conservative nomination in the newly created riding of Etobicoke Centre. Despite support from Jim Flaherty and others in cabinet, he was defeated. By all accounts, Ford's nomination speech was both extremely brief and poorly delivered. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Chris Stockwell (born March 9, 1957 in London, Ontario) was a for many years a politician in Ontario, Canada. ... Etobicoke Centre is a federal and provincial electoral district now part of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... James (Jim) Michael Flaherty (born December 30, 1949) is a politician in Ontario, Canada, and the current Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby—Ajax, representing the Progressive Conservative Party. ...

Political columnist Jeff Harder once described Doug Ford in this manner: "Ford is an unsophisticated one-termer with little or no public speaking skills. He rode a Blue Wave into office and probably couldn't spell Conservative."

His son, Rob Ford, is a Toronto city councillor. Rob Ford (born 1969) is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada, representing one of the two Etobicoke North wards. ... Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ...