Profession Physician Name Doug Eyolfson | Spouse(s) Sowmya Dakshinamurti Role Physician Party Liberal Party of Canada | |
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Education University of Manitoba (1993), University of Manitoba | ||
Alma mater University of Manitoba | ||
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Doug Eyolfson (born 1963) is a Canadian physician and Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.
Eyolfson was born and raised in Winnipeg, and studied medicine at the University of Manitoba. He worked for 20 years as an emergency room physician in Winnipeg and was the medical director of Manitoba’s land ambulance program. On February 9, 2013, he attracted notice for saving the life of a man who went into cardiac arrest on a transit bus that Eyolfson happened to be riding on at the time.
He was acclaimed as the Liberal Party's nominee in Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley on March 30, 2015, and took a leave of absence from his medical practice during the campaign. Eyolfson stated that his reason for running for Parliament stemmed from his experience as an emergency physician where he saw the daily impacts of poverty, homelessness, substance abuse and crime. Eyolfson won the election, unseating Conservative incumbent and former cabinet minister Steven Fletcher by over 6,000 votes in a huge upset.
Eyolfson sits as a member of the Standing Committee on Health and the Standing Committee on Veteran Affairs and is the chair of the Northern and Prairie Caucus.