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Rob Nijjar
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Vancouver-Kingsway
In office
May 16, 2001 – May 17, 2005
Preceded byGlen Clark
Succeeded byAdrian Dix
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Political partyLiberal
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Rob Nijjar (born 1967) is a Canadian Liberal politician. He has lived all his life on Vancouver's East side.[1] He attended school in southeast Vancouver and Langara College before attending Simon Fraser University, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in General Studies in 1992. After graduation and before becoming active in politics. Nijjar worked as a business manager for several firms including Jenny Craig, some family-run restaurants, and other service industry businesses. Nijjar worked at various levels of government, including municipal, provincial, and federal politics.[1]

Nijjar was first elected to the BC Legislature in the 2001 provincial election as a Liberal.[1] Nijjar was the chair of the Government Caucus Committee on the Economy.[1] At one time he was also sat on the Legislative Standing Committee for Education and chaired the Sub-Committee on Youth Employment.[1]

Nijjar was defeated in the provincial election of 2005 by Adrian Dix.[2]

Election results (partial)

Template:British Columbia provincial election, 2005/Electoral District/Vancouver-Kingsway (provincial electoral district)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Rob Nijjar- Members at dissolution of 37th Parliament". Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  2. ^ "British Columbia Votes 2005". CBC. Retrieved 2010-06-10.