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'''Rob Nijjar''' (born 1967) is a Canadian Liberal politician. He has lived all his life on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver Vancouver]'s East side.<ref name=bal/> He attended school in southeast [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver Vancouver] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langara_College Langara College] before attending [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fraser_University Simon Fraser University], where he earned a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelors_Degree Bachelors Degree] in General Studies in 1992. After graduation and before becoming active in politics. Nijjar worked as a business manager for several firms including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Craig Jenny Craig], some family-run restaurants, and other service industry businesses. Nijjar worked at various levels of government, including municipal, provincial, and federal politics.<ref name=bal/> | '''Rob Nijjar''' (born 1967) is a Canadian Liberal politician. He has lived all his life on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver Vancouver]'s East side.<ref name=bal/> He attended school in southeast [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver Vancouver] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langara_College Langara College] before attending [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fraser_University Simon Fraser University], where he earned a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelors_Degree Bachelors Degree] in General Studies in 1992. After graduation and before becoming active in politics. Nijjar worked as a business manager for several firms including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Craig Jenny Craig], some family-run restaurants, and other service industry businesses. Nijjar worked at various levels of government, including municipal, provincial, and federal politics.<ref name=bal/> | ||
Nijjar was first elected to the BC Legislature in the 2001 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_general_election,_2001 provincial election] as a Liberal.<ref name=bal></ref> Nijjar was the chair of the Government Caucus Committee on the Economy.<ref name=bal/> At one time he was also sat on the Legislative Standing Committee for Education and chaired the Sub-Committee on Youth Employment.<ref name=bal/> | Nijjar was first elected to the BC Legislature in the 2001 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_general_election,_2001 provincial election] as a Liberal.<ref name=bal></ref> Nijjar was the chair of the Government Caucus Committee on the Economy.<ref name=bal/> At one time he was also sat on the Legislative Standing Committee for Education and chaired the Sub-Committee on Youth Employment.<ref name=bal/> | ||
Nijjar was defeated in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_general_election,_2005 provincial election of 2005] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Dix Adrian Dix]. | Nijjar was defeated in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_general_election,_2005 provincial election of 2005] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Dix Adrian Dix]. | ||
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Rob Nijjar (born 1967) is a Canadian Liberal politician. He has lived all his life on Vancouver's East side.<ref name=bal/> He attended school in southeast Vancouver and Langara College before attending Simon Fraser University, where he earned a Bachelors 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.<ref name=bal/>
Nijjar was first elected to the BC Legislature in the 2001 provincial election as a Liberal.<ref name=bal></ref> Nijjar was the chair of the Government Caucus Committee on the Economy.<ref name=bal/> At one time he was also sat on the Legislative Standing Committee for Education and chaired the Sub-Committee on Youth Employment.<ref name=bal/>
Nijjar was defeated in the provincial election of 2005 by Adrian Dix.