Rob Nijjar

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Rob Nijjar
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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.


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