Doug Reycraft

Douglas Richard Reycraft (born March 9, 1943) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada.

[3] He attempted a comeback in the 1995 election, but lost to Bruce Smith of the Progressive Conservatives.

[4] Reycraft returned to municipal politics, and was elected mayor of Southwest Middlesex, Ontario in 2000.

He lost re-election in 2014 by 17 votes to Deputy Mayor Vance Blackmore.

[5] Reycraft also served as chair of the London-Middlesex Board of Health, chair of the London Middlesex Housing Authority, president of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, chair of the Board of Directors of the Municipal Employers Pension Centre of Ontario and co-chair of the National Municipal Rail Safety Working Group of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.