Editing Douglas (surname) (section)

==Politics==
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* Sir [[Adye Douglas]] (1815–1906), Australian lawyer and politician, and first class cricketer
*[[Albert B. Douglas]] (1912–1971), Canadian MP
*[[Alec Douglas-Home]] (1903–1995), British baron, politician, and prime minister
*[[Alexander Douglas (Orkney and Shetland)]], MP for Orkney and Shetland, Scotland
*[[Archibald Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas]] (1748–1827), Member of Parliament for Forfarshire
*[[Archibald Douglas, 13th of Cavers]] (died 1741), Receiver-general for Scotland and MP for Dumfries Burghs
*[[Archibald Douglas (1707–1778)]] (Lt Gen Archibald Douglas of Kirkton), MP for Dumfriesshire, Scotland
*[[Benjamin Douglas]] (1816–1894), Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
*[[Beverly B. Douglas]] (1822–1878), Virginian politician
*[[Boyd Douglas]] (born 1950), politician in Northern Ireland
*[[Carl Douglas (1908–1961)|Carl Douglas]] (1908–1961), Swedish diplomat
*[[Charles Douglas, 3rd Baron Douglas]] (1775–1848), MP for Lanarkshire, and a cricketer
*[[Charles Douglas (mayor)]] (1852–1917), Mayor of Vancouver
*[[Charles Douglas III]] (born 1942), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire and New Hampshire Supreme Court Associate Justice
*[[Charles Eurwicke Douglas]] 1806–1887, English MP
*[[Charles Mackinnon Douglas]] (1865–1924), Liberal MP for North West Lanarkshire
*[[Christian Douglas]] (born 1978), German politician
*[[Choylin Yim Douglas]] (elected 2024), Solomons Islands politician
*[[Curtis N. Douglas]] (1856–1919), New York politician
*[[Denzil Douglas]] (born 1953), Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis
*[[Dick Douglas]] (1932–2014), Scottish politician
*[[Emily Taft Douglas]] (1899–1994), American politician, wife of Paul Douglas (below)
*[[Francis Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig]] (1867–1894), a Scottish nobleman and Liberal politician
*[[Fred J. Douglas]] (1869–1949), United States Representative
*[[Frederick Douglass]] (1818–1895), American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman, and reformer
*[[Helen Gahagan Douglas]] (1900–1980), American actress and politician
*[[Hezekiah Ford Douglas]] (1831–1865), American abolitionist, traveling speaker, political organizer, and newspaper proprietor
*[[Hima Douglas]], Niuean politician
*[[Ian Douglas (politician)]], attorney and politician from Dominica
*[[James Douglas (governor)]] (1803–1877), Scottish-Canadian governor of the colony of Vancouver Island
*[[James Douglas (1878–1956)|James Douglas]] (1878–1956), Polish diplomat
*[[James G. Douglas]] (1887–1984), Irish senator
*[[James Douglas (Australian politician)|James Henry Douglas]] (died 1905), Australian politician
*[[James W. Douglas]] (1851–1883), British Columbian politician
*[[Janet Douglas (diplomat)]] (born 1960), British diplomat and ambassador
*[[Jerzy Hardie-Douglas]] (born 1951), Polish politician 
*[[Jim Douglas]] (born 1952), American politician
*[[John Douglas Sr.]] (born c. 1636), Maryland, US, politician
*[[John Douglas (died 1838)]] (c. 1774 – 1838), MP for Orford and Minehead, England
*[[Sir John Douglas, 3rd Baronet]] of Kelhead (c. 1708 – 1778), MP for Dumfriesshire
*[[John Douglas (Queensland politician)]] (1828–1904), Premier of Queensland, Australia
*[[John Douglas of Broughton]] (died 1832), Scottish politician
*[[John Henry Douglas]] (1851–1930), Canadian politician and farmer
*[[John St Leger Douglas]] (died 1783, MP for Hindon and Weobly
*[[Lewis Williams Douglas]] (1894–1974), American politician, diplomat, businessman and academic
*[[Lincoln Douglas, MP]], Trinidad and Tobago Parliament politician
* Count [[Ludvig Douglas]], ''riksmarskalk'' and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, peer of the Grand Duchy of Baden
*[[Malcolm Douglas (politician)|Malcolm Douglas]] (born 1941), New Zealand politician of the Labour Party
*[[Mark Douglas (Wisconsin)]] (1829–1900), American politician
*[[Melia Likoswe Douglas]], Malawian politician
*[[Melissa Douglas]], American politician
*[[Michael Douglas (politician)]], (1940–1992), Dominican politician
*[[Nate Douglas]] (born 2000), American politician and educator
*[[Paul Douglas (Illinois politician)|Paul Douglas]] (1892–1976), American economist and United States Senator from Illinois
*[[Robert Douglas (New Zealand politician)]], 19th-century New Zealand MP
*[[:nl:Robert van Breugel Douglas|Robert van Breugel Douglas]] (1791–1873), 19th-century Dutch member of the Council of State and Publicist.
*[[Roger Douglas]] (born 1937), former New Zealand politician
*[[Rosie Douglas]] (1941–2000), Dominican politician
*[[Roy Douglas (academic)|Roy Douglas]] (1924–2020), British Liberal politician and academic
*[[Samuel J. Douglas]] (1812–1873), American politician and jurist
*[[Stephen A. Douglas]] (1813–1861), American politician
*[[Tommy Douglas]] (1904–1986), Canadian politician, Premier of Saskatchewan, and father of Shirley Douglas
*[[Walburga Habsburg Douglas]] (born 1958), Austrian-Swedish politician, member of the Swedish parliament since 2006
*[[Walter Douglas (governor)]] (1670–1739), Leeward Islands
*[[William Bloomfield Douglas]] (1822–1906), Australian public servant and naval officer
*[[Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet]] of Kelhead, MP for Dumfries Burghs
*[[William Douglas (died 1821)]] of Almorness, British MP
*[[William Douglas (Northern Ireland politician)]] (1923–2013), unionist politician in Northern Ireland
*[[William Lewis Douglas]] (1845–1924), American businessman and politician
*[[Lord William Douglas]] (William Robert Keith Douglas, 1783–1859), British MP
* Chief [[Alabo Graham-Douglas]] (1939–2022), Nigerian politician
*[[Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston]] (1851–1926), British statesman and politician
*[[Aretas Akers-Douglas, 2nd Viscount Chilston]] (1876–1947), British diplomat
*[[Bruce Douglas-Mann]] (1927–2000), British politician
*[[Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn]] (1800–1886), Scottish landowner in Wales, and politician
*[[Edward Douglas-Pennant, 3rd Baron Penrhyn]] (1864–1927), British Conservative politician
*[[Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu]] (1926–2015), a British Conservative politician 
*[[Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu]] (1832–1905), a British Conservative Party politician
*[[Jakub Hardie-Douglas]] (born 1982), Polish politician
*[[James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas]] (born 1942), Scottish nobleman, Conservative politician
*[[John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu]] (1826–1929), a British Conservative politician
*[[Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton]] (1919–1964), Scottish nobleman and politician
*[[John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch|Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch]] (1923–2007), Scottish Peer, politician and landowner
*[[William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch]] (1831–1914), Scottish Member of Parliament 
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