# Douglas Horne

Douglas Horne is a former Canadian politician who served as a BC Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the riding of Coquitlam-Burke Mountain from 2009 to 2015.
Horne was first elected in the 2009 provincial election. He served as the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia between 2013 and 2015. He also served as the Premier's Parliamentary Secretary, as well as Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole (Chair of the Committee of Supply). In addition, he served as the Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services (2012–13), Deputy Chair of the Select Standing Committee for Public Accounts (2009–13) and a Member of the Select Standing Committee for Children and Youth (2009–13) for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He also served on the Provincial Treasury Board, the Legislative Review Committee, and the Local Government Elections Task Force during his first term of office.
Prior to being elected, Horne was a corporate executive specializing in corporate finance and business development.
Horne resigned from the legislature on August 14, 2015, to run as the Conservative Party of Canada candidate for Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam in the 2015 election. He lost to Ron McKinnon of the Liberal Party.
Following his time in office, Horne returned to the private sector and founded Golden Leaf Capital Group, a boutique investment and project management firm based in Vancouver. Projects under development include Evanesce Packaging Solutions Inc., a company bringing to market a proprietary compostable packaging material.

## Electoral record
### Federal

vte2015 Canadian federal election: Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Ron McKinnon | 19,938 | 35.28 | +27.02 | $22,747.95 |
| | Conservative | Douglas Horne | 18,083 | 32.00 | -23.53 | $193,315.18 |
| | New Democratic | Sara Norman | 15,400 | 27.25 | -3.72 | $25,811.51 |
| | Green | Brad Nickason | 2,076 | 3.67 | -0.66 | $5,259.89 |
| | Libertarian | Lewis Clarke Dahlby | 1,014 | 1.79 | – | – |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 56,511 | 99.49 | | $221,031.20 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 287 | 0.51 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,798 | 66.73 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 85,122 |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | Swing | +25.27 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||

### Provincial

vte2013 British Columbia general election: Coquitlam-Burke Mountain :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Douglas Horne | 9,766 | 49.90 | -6.93 | $97,947 |
| | New Democratic | Chris Wilson | 7,315 | 37.37 | +1.91 | $55,655 |
| | Green | Ron Peters | 1,144 | 5.84 | -0.12 | $0 |
| | Conservative | Shane Kennedy | 1,071 | 5.47 | – | $1,491 |
| | Libertarian | Paul Geddes | 277 | 1.42 | -0.33 | $4,753 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,573 | 100.00 | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 152 | 0.77 | -0.10 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,725 | 53.23 | +4.37 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 37,056 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +4.42 |
2009 British Columbia general election: Coquitlam-Burke Mountain :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Douglas Horne | 8,644 | 56.83 | +2.3 | $87,288 |
| | New Democratic | Heather McRitchie | 5,393 | 35.46 | -1.9 | $23,778 |
| | Green | Jared Evans | 907 | 5.96 | – | $300 |
| | Libertarian | Paul Geddes | 266 | 1.75 | – | $250 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 15,210 | 100.00 | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 133 | 0.87 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,343 | 48.86 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 31,397 |
| | Liberal notional hold | Liberal notional hold | Swing | Swing | +2.10 |