Douglas Bruce Ford Sr. (February 27, 1933 – September 22, 2006) was a Canadian businessman and politician for the province of Ontario.
[5] Ford was a businessman who, along with Ted Herriott, co-founded Deco Labels & Tags Limited of Rexdale, Ontario in 1962.
Subsequently, Doug led the Conservatives to a majority government in the 2018 Ontario general election.
In 1996, the Harris government reduced the number of provincial ridings from 130 to 103, a change which forced some sitting MPPs from the same party to fight one another for re-nomination.
Ford challenged Chris Stockwell for the Progressive Conservative nomination in the newly created riding of Etobicoke Centre.