Douglas Breton
Douglas Corney Breton was a military soldier and a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 to 1930 sitting with United Farmers caucus in government.Early life
Breton moved to Canada at the age of 20. He served in World War I as a member of the British Expeditionary Force in Afghanistan and India.Breton ran for a seat in the 1926 Alberta general election as a United Farmers candidate in the electoral district of Leduc. He won a hotly contested three way race in the second vote count to pick up the open seat for his party.
A year after being elected to office the town of Keystone, Alberta was changed to Breton, Alberta in 1927 in his honor.
Breton ran for a second term in office in the 1930 Alberta general election. He was defeated in a close two way race losing by just 60 votes to Liberal candidate Arthur Mitchell.
