Val Doube

Valentine Joseph Doube (3 January 1915 – 18 January 1988) was an Australian politician.

Val Doube
Victorian Minister of Health
In office 31 March 1955 – 8 June 1955
Premier	John Cain
Preceded by	Bill Barry
Succeeded by	Ewen Cameron
Personal details
Born	Valentine Joseph Doube (1915-01-03)3 January 1915 Brighton, Victoria, Australia
Died	18 January 1988(1988-01-18) (aged 73)
Political party	Labor Party
Spouse	Freda May Scott ​ (m. 1941)​
Alma mater	University of Melbourne
Occupation	Schoolteacher and public servant
Military service
Allegiance	Australia
Branch/service	Australian Imperial Force (1941–43) Royal Australian Air Force (1943–45)
Years of service	1941–1945
Rank	Lance Corporal (AIF) Flying Officer (RAAF)

Born in Brighton to hat maker Francis William Robert Doube and Honora Fitzgerald, Doube was educated at St James' School in Gardenvale before studying at Melbourne University, receiving a Diploma of Physical Education in 1940. He taught physical education in primary schools from 1933 until 1941, when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force. On 17 May 1941 he married Freda May Scott, with whom he had three sons. In 1943 he transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force, where he remained until the end of the war.

In 1945, the year he joined the Labor Party, Doube began work at the Department of Immigration. In 1946, he unsuccessfully contested the federal seat of Henty in a by-election. In 1950 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Oakleigh. He was appointed Minister for Health in March 1955 but lost the position following Labor's crushing defeat at that year's elections.

Doube held his seat until 1961, when he was defeated, but returned to the Assembly in 1970 as the member for Albert Park. He retired from politics in 1979, becoming an executive member of Amnesty International and a member of the Victorian State Relief Committee.