Adrian Dix
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| Adrian Dix | |
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| MLA for Vancouver-Kingsway | |
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| Assumed office 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Rob Nijjar |
| Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | |
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| Assumed office 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Dawn Black |
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| Political party | New Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Renée Saklikar |
Adrian Dix is a Canadian politician, serving as the MLA for Vancouver-Kingsway in British Columbia and as leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.[1] He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 provincial election.
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[edit] Personal
Dix was born in Vancouver to parents Ken and Hilda, immigrants from Ireland and Britain, respectively. His parents ran the Dix Insurance Agency Ltd. on West 41st Street in Vancouver. Growing up in Vancouver, Dix was raised as an Anglican and attended Point Grey Secondary in the 1980s. He then went on to study history and political science at the University of British Columbia. Dix has two siblings, including a brother who is a businessman and entrepreneur, living in East Vancouver. Dix lives in Vancouver with his wife Renée Saklikar, a poet and writer.[2]
Dix is known for keeping in shape in order to manage his Type-1 diabetes, with which he was diagnosed in his 20s. He takes four injections of insulin a day, without which he could go blind.
[edit] Career
Fluently bilingual, Dix lived in France as a young man and then worked in Ottawa for NDP MP Ian Waddell. He then worked as the executive director of Canadian Parents for French in B.C./Yukon. Then from 1996 to 1999, he served as Chief of Staff to Premier Glen Clark. He was forced to resign from that position after it was revealed that he had produced a memo and then back-dated it while marking it with an official Executive Office of the Premier stamp in an effort to make it appear that Clark had instructed him to keep him at arms-length from the process of awarding casino licences, something Dix has repeatedly apologized for.[3]
[edit] Member of the Legislative Assembly
Since 2005, Dix has served as the MLA for Vancouver-Kingsway. He first served as the opposition critic for Children and Families and then served as the Health critic.[4] He served his constituents by opposing the closing of Carleton Elementary School.[5]
[edit] 2011 NDP leadership race
The last candidate to publicly launch his leadership bid, Dix campaigned on a platform of eliminating the HST, rolling back reductions in the corporate tax rate, supporting the redirection of carbon tax revenue to pay for public transit and infrastructure that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, supporting an increase in the minimum wage rate to $10 per hour, creating a provincial child care system, restoring grants to the post-secondary students, reducing interest on student loans, and restoring the corporation capital tax on financial institutions.[6][7][8]
His candidacy was endorsed by former interim BC NDP leader Joy McPhail, amongst others. Dix's campaign for the leadership sparked controversy when campaign workers showed up at the headquarters of the party at the cut-off for new memberships with thousands of membership forms and bags of cash.[9] Five of the six other leadership candidates filed formal complaints after video emerged of NDP MLA Mable Elmore stapling $10 bills to the forms.[10]
Dix ultimately won the BC NDP leadership vote in the third and final round against Mike Farnworth, garnering 52% of the vote.[11]
[edit] Leader of the BC NDP
Since becoming BC NDP leader, Dix's poll numbers have consistently been higher than his competitors, suggested that he could become Premier if an election were held now.[12]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Dix clinches leadership of BC NDP". The Globe and Mail, April 17, 2011.
- ^ http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/adrian-dix-wife-renee-saklikar-stage-dix-won-photo-20110418-124803-570.html
- ^ http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Leader+Adrian+unveiled/6172683/story.html
- ^ http://thetyee.ca/News/2011/04/20/MemoMistake/
- ^ http://www.straight.com/article-353351/vancouver/adrian-dix-nine-good-reasons-save-carleton-elementary-school-east-vancouver
- ^ Hunter, Justine (February 2, 2011). "B.C. NDP's Dix tax proposal takes a big bite out of big business". Globe and Mail (Toronto). http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/bc-ndps-dix-tax-proposal-takes-a-big-bite-out-of-big-business/article1892212/. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
- ^ "Former Comox Valley MLA Gillespie backing Dix' leadership bid". Comox Valley Record (Courtenay). March 15, 2011. http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_north/comoxvalleyrecord/news/118050484.html. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
- ^ Bailey, Ian (February 22, 2011). "B.C. NDP candidate calls for tax on banks". Globe and Mail (Toronto). http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/bc-ndp-candidate-calls-for-tax-on-banks/article1916338/. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
- ^ http://www.theprovince.com/opinion/membership+stunt+raises+questions/4161210/story.html?cid=megadrop_story
- ^ http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110119/bc_ndp_money_110119/20110119?hub=BritishColumbiaHome
- ^ "Adrian Dix wins B.C. NDP leadership". CBC News. April 17, 2011. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/04/17/bc-ndp-leadership.html.
- ^ "Would You Buy a Used Car from These Libs?". The Tyee (British Columbia). February 6, 2012. http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2012/02/06/Libs-Believability/. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
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