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Doug Main
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<h2 id="broadcasting-career">Broadcasting career</h2> <p>Main was a news anchor for CITV (now Global Edmonton) from 1975 to 1988. He left broadcasting to pursue a political career. </p> <h2 id="political-career">Political career</h2> <p>Main first ran as the <a href="/facts/Reform_Party_of_Canada/GGkkAtGS">Reform Party of Canada</a>'s candidate in <a href="/facts/Edmonton_Strathcona_(federal_electoral_district)/dxc7T3PS">Edmonton—Strathcona</a> in the <a href="/facts/1988_Canadian_federal_election/VT6dhFQA">1988 federal general election</a>. He finished the race a very close third place in a field of ten candidates, losing to <a href="/facts/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada/X3BdD7qJ">Progressive Conservative</a> candidate <a href="/facts/Scott_Thorkelson/C7KF4wj1">Scott Thorkelson</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p><p>After being defeated in the federal election, Main was approached by the provincial Progressive Conservatives to run in the next Alberta election. He was elected in the constituency of <a href="/facts/Edmonton-Parkallen/uMhasLRI">Edmonton-Parkallen</a> in the <a href="/facts/1989_Alberta_general_election/g9UBJtFI">1989 Alberta general election</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>On April 14, 1989, Main was sworn in as Minister of Culture and Multiculturalism in the Cabinet of Premier <a href="/facts/Don_Getty/MkU0jPCP">Don Getty</a>. He only served a single term in office, leaving at dissolution of the Assembly at the <a href="/facts/1993_Alberta_general_election/YEIrTgYB">1993 provincial general election</a> after losing his nomination to run for the Progressive Conservatives again.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf">Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>The Canadian Who's who. 1994. ISBN 9780802046772. <a href="9780802046772" target="_blank">9780802046772</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Edmonton—Strathcona election results 1989". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-10. <a href="http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=9622" target="_blank">http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=9622</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Edmonton-Parkallen election results 1989". Alberta Heritage. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-04-05. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110612183148/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1989&Constit=Edmonton-Parkallen" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110612183148/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1989&Constit=Edmonton-Parkallen</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Larry Johnsrude (August 31, 2006). "Preston Manning Lite?". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-18. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071112210528/http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/blog/johnsrude.html?start=8%2F1%2F2006&end=8%2F31%2F2006" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20071112210528/http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/blog/johnsrude.html?start=8%2F1%2F2006&end=8%2F31%2F2006</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>