Doug Ferguson (politician)

Doug Ferguson is the current president of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Born and raised on a farm near Watford, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Ottawa and a law degree from the University of Western Ontario.

He was a practicing lawyer for 20 years in London before he joined the Faculty of Law at the University of Western Ontario as an adjunct professor and as Director of a student legal clinic. In the community, Doug served as President of Covent Garden Market, and led this city-owned public market through the planning and constructing a new $17 million building. Since 2004 he has been a board member of Mission Services of London, a social agency providing assistance to the homeless. In 2006, he became President of the Canadian Club of London, an organization dedicated to promoting patriotism and Canadian unity.

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