Editing Doug Frith

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image = 
| name = Doug Frith
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1945|3|5}}
| birth_place = [[Brampton, Ontario|Brampton]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| birth_name = Douglas Cockburn Frith
| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|3|21|1945|3|5}}
| death_place = [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| residence = [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], [[Ontario]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|MP]] for [[Sudbury (federal electoral district)|Sudbury]]
| term_start = April 14, 1980
| term_end = October 1, 1988
| predecessor = [[James Jerome]]  
| successor = [[Diane Marleau]]
| party = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]  
| occupation = [[Pharmacist]]
}}

'''Douglas Cockburn Frith''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (March 5, 1945 &ndash; March 21, 2009) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician. He represented the [[electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[Sudbury (federal electoral district)|Sudbury]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] from 1980 to 1988 as a member of the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]]. From July 1996 to January 2008, Frith served as president of the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association, which is affiliated with the [[Motion Picture Association of America]]. He was honoured for his public service with the Queen's Jubilee Medals in 1977, 1992 and 2002 and was the recipient of the Public Service Award in 1988 for his work in the area of pension reform.

==Early life==
Frith was born in [[Brampton]], [[Ontario]], graduated from [[Sudbury Secondary School|Sudbury High School]] and attended the [[University of Toronto]]. Before entering politics, he was a [[pharmacy|pharmacist]] in Sudbury. He was first elected as an alderman for [[Greater Sudbury City Council|Sudbury City Council]] in 1971 at the age of 26, and later served as chairman of the [[Regional Municipality of Sudbury]] between 1977 and 1980. As chair of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury, he established a new relationship between municipal government and [[Inco Ltd.|Inco]], and was instrumental in the launch of [[Science North]].

==Political career==
He served as [[parliamentary secretary]] to the [[Minister of Health (Canada)|Minister of Health]] from 1980 to 1982, in the final government of [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Pierre Trudeau]]. Between 1980 and 1984, Frith chaired the Special Committee on Pension Reform. When [[John Turner]] succeeded Trudeau as [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] leader and [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] in 1984, he brought Frith into [[Canadian Cabinet|cabinet]] as [[Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Canada)|Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development]]. The Liberals lost the [[1984 Canadian federal election|1984 election]], however, and Frith was one of just 40 Liberal MPs to be re-elected. Frith served as chairman of the National Liberal Caucus between 1984 and 1987. Between 1984 and 1988, Frith held the portfolio of Opposition Critic for National Defence and National Health and Welfare.

==After politics==
He did not run in the [[1988 Canadian federal election|1988 election]] in order to accept an appointment with [[Hill & Knowlton]] as senior vice-president. He became chairman of the Canadian subsidiary in 1995. From July 1996 to January 2008, Frith served as president of the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association, which is affiliated with the [[Motion Picture Association of America]], and represents the interests of the [[Cinema of the United States|American film industry]] in Canada. In April 2008, he joined Global Public Affairs as vice-chair. Frith served as chair of the Education Foundation of the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians (CAFP) and as the chair of the CAFP. Frith was a member on numerous Boards, including the Toronto East General Hospital, the Canadian Council on Aboriginal Business and the [[Canadian Film Centre]].

Frith died following a massive [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in [[Ottawa]] on March 21, 2009.<ref>[http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1489979  Doug Frith, former Sudbury MP, cabinet minister, dies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326041116/http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1489979 |date=2009-03-26 }}, ''[[Sudbury Star]], 22 March 2009</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario]]
[[Category:Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada]]
[[Category:Politicians from Brampton]]
[[Category:Sudbury, Ontario city councillors]]
[[Category:University of Toronto alumni]]
[[Category:Canadian Anglicans]]
[[Category:Canadian pharmacists]]
[[Category:Members of the 23rd Canadian Ministry]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian municipal councillors]]