predecessor successor party office birth_date term_start residence article_title name occupation
first member incumbent new democrat mla for stikine 20 january 1957 2009 hazelton doug donaldson
 doug donaldson politician , journalist
doug donaldson

doug donaldson -lrb- born january 20 , 1957 -rrb- is a canadian politician .
he is a member of the legislative assembly of british columbia and a member of the british columbia new democratic party .
he was elected to the legislative assembly from the riding of stikine in the 2009 provincial election and re-elected in the 2013 election .
during the 39th parliament of british columbia he served as deputy chair of the select standing committee on finance and government services which did public consultation regarding government budget and spending priorities .
with his party forming the official opposition in the 39th parliament , donaldson has served as the critic of mines since july 2012 , deputy critic on energy since april 2011 , as well as deputy critic on finance between june 2009 and july 2012 .
during the 40th parliament , beginning in 2013 he was reassigned to be the critic for aboriginal relations and reconciliation .
prior to becoming an mla , donaldson had lived in numerous towns in british columbia , including field , british columbia where he worked in yoho national park , prince george , telkwa , houston , and smithers .
he eventually settled in hazelton where he worked with the gitxsan nation and ran a non-profit organization , the storytellers foundation , which focused on community-level economic development .
he spent ten years as a municipal councilors , having been elected or acclaimed in the 1999 , 2002 , 2005 and 2009 local government elections .
