A native of the Wandsworth area, Doland was a merchant tailor, who established a chain of shops in south-west London.
[1] In 1912, he entered local politics and was elected as a Municipal Reform Party member of Wandsworth Borough Council for Balham ward.
[9] He was subsequently a member of the Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport (Volunteers), and resigned his commission in 1921.
[10] In June 1936, Sir Alfred Butt, the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Balham and Tooting resigned following a scandal concerning the leak of details of the budget.
Doland was chosen to be Conservative candidate for the resulting by-election, and was unopposed by the other parties forming the Coalition Government.