Colonel Douglas George Leopold Cunnington (April 20, 1885 – May 9, 1973) was a farmer, advertising agent, insurance salesman, soldier and a politician at the federal and municipal levels in Canada.

Presuming the colonel to be dead, the items were interred under a marker inscribed with his name, and a photograph taken of the grave was forwarded to Cunnington's wife.

Cunnington was elected to Calgary City Council for the first time in 1935 he served as an Alderman until 1939 when he made the jump to federal politics.

[1] Cunnington ran for the House of Commons of Canada in the Calgary West electoral district in a by-election held on January 28, 1939.

[3] After his acclimation Cunnington moved his family to Ottawa, Ontario he took his seat in the House of Commons of Canada on January 25, 1940 the same day that parliament was dissolved.