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Clive Doucet (born 1946) is a Canadian writer and politician.

Doucet was born in 1946 in London, England to an Acadian serviceman and an English war bride. Doucet grew up in the town of Grand Etang, Nova Scotia on Cape Breton Island. He also spent some of his youth in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Doucet was raised as a Catholic, and his mother was Protestant. He became a Quaker in 1980. He first came to Ottawa in his teens when his father worked there. Doucet played for the Carleton Ravens football team for one season, and then moved to the University of Toronto. A football injury took him out of that sport and into the sport of rowing. In his younger days, he spent a summer working in a rock copper mine in British Columbia and helped build the National Arts Centre as a construction worker. Before entering politics, Doucet was a municipal affairs policy advisor.

In the 1997 regional elections, Docuet ran for Ottawa-Carleton Regional Council in Capital Ward, which includes The Glebe, Old Ottawa South, Old Ottawa East part of Riverview Park, Carleton University and Heron Park. He was an activist against the proposed Bronson Freeway, which propelled him to victory.

Central to his political platform is the creation of a light rail rapid transit system across Ottawa manifested to date with the Ottawa O-Train demonstration project. On July 6, 2010, Doucet announced his candidacy for Mayor of Ottawa in the October 25 municipal election. Doucet joins a record number of 115 candidates running for municipal office in 2010, of which 15 are challenging mayoral incumbent Larry O’Brien.

His latest book, Urban Meltdown: Cities, Climate Change and Politics as Usual, was published by New Society Publishers in 2007. New Society Publishers - Urban Meltdown In its review, The Walrus wrote "When Doucet speaks from the firm ground of experience as city councillor, his sharply logical solutions to municipal problems seem both hopeful and achievable."

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