Douglas (surname) - Politics

Politics

• Sir Adye Douglas (1815–1906), Australian lawyer and politician, and first class cricket player
• Albert B. Douglas (1912–1971), Canadian MP
• Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995), British baron, politician, and prime minister

• Alexander Douglas (Orkney and Shetland), MP for Orkney and Shetland, Scotland
• Archibald Douglas (d. 1741) (Archibald Douglas 13th of Cavers), Receiver-general for Scotland and MP for Dumfries Burghs
• Archibald Douglas (1707-1778) (Lt Gen Archibald Douglas of Kirkton), MP for Dumfriesshire, Scotland
• Benjamin Douglas (1816–1894), Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
• Bob Douglas (politician) (born 1932)
• Boyd Douglas (born 1950), politician in Northern Ireland.
• Charles Douglas, 3rd Baron Douglas (1775–1848), MP for Lanarkshire, and a cricketer
• Charles Douglas (mayor) (1852–1917), Mayor of Vancouver
• Charles Douglas III (born 1942), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire and New Hampshire Supreme Court Associate Justice
• Charles Mackinnon Douglas (1865–1924), Liberal MP for North West Lanarkshire
• Denzil Douglas (born 1953), Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis
• Dick Douglas (born 1932), Scottish politician
• Emily Taft Douglas (1899 — January 28, 1994), American politician, wife of Paul Douglas (below)
• Emmitt Douglas (1926–1981), president of the Louisiana NAACP from 1966–1981
• Fred J. Douglas (1869–1949), United States Representative
• Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman, and reformer
• Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900–1980), American actress and politician
• Hima Douglas, Niuean politician
• Ian Douglas (politician), attorney and politician from Dominica
• James Douglas (governor) (1803–1877), Scottish-Canadian governor of the colony of Vancouver Island
• James G. Douglas (1887–1984),Irish senator
• Jim Douglas (1952–), American politician
• John Douglas, MP (abt1774-1838), MP for Orford and Minehead, England
• John Douglas (Parliament) (abt 1708-1778), MP for Dumfries burghs
• John Douglas (Queensland politician) (1828–1904), Premier of Queensland, Australia
• John Douglas of Broughton (died 1832), Scottish politician
• John St Leger Douglas (died 17830, MP for Hindon and Weobly.
• Lewis Williams Douglas (1894–1974), American politician, diplomat, businessman and academic
• Lincoln Douglas, MP, Trinidad and Tobago Parliament politician
• Count Ludvig Douglas, riksmarskalk and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, peer of the Grand Duchy of Baden
• Michael Douglas (politician), d1992, Dominican politician
• Paul Douglas (1892–1976), American economist and United States Senator from Illinois
• Robert Douglas (New Zealand politician), 19th century New Zealand MP
• Roger Douglas (born 1937), former New Zealand politician
• Rosie Douglas (1941–2000), Dominican politician
• Stephen A. Douglas (1813–1861), American politician
• Tommy Douglas (1904–1986), Canadian politician, Premier of Saskatchewan, and father of Shirley Douglas
• Walburga Habsburg Douglas (born 1958), Austrian-Swedish politician, member of the Swedish parliament since 2006
• Walter Douglas (governor) (1670–1739), Leeward Islands
• William Bloomfield Douglas (1822–1906), Australian public servant and naval officer
• Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet of Kelhead, MP for Dumfries Burghs
• William Douglas (d. 1821) of Almorness, British MP
• William Lewis Douglas (1845–1924), American politician
• Lord William Douglas (William Robert Keith Douglas, 1783–1859), British MP