Adrian Dix was born on April 20,1964 and is a Canadian politician serving as the current Member of the Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Kingsway in British Columbia.
15 Facts About Adrian Dix
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Adrian Dix has served as the leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party from 2011 to 2014.
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Adrian Dix was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2005 provincial election.
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Adrian Dix was born in Vancouver, to parents Ken and Hilda, immigrants from Ireland and Britain, respectively.
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Adrian Dix then went on to study history and political science at the University of British Columbia.
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Adrian Dix has two siblings and currently lives in Vancouver with his wife Renee Saklikar, a poet and writer.
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Fluently bilingual, Adrian Dix lived in France as a young man and then worked in Ottawa for NDP MP Ian Waddell.
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Adrian Dix served as Chief of Staff to BC Premier Glen Clark from 1996 to 1999, a position from which he was dismissed for back-dating a memo to protect Clark from conflict-of-interest charges.
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From 2001 to 2005 Adrian Dix was a political commentator in various media, writing a column for the Victoria Times-Colonist and The Source, a prominent intercultural newspaper in Vancouver.
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Adrian Dix was a contributor to The Tyee and the CBC.
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Since 2005, Adrian Dix has served as the MLA for Vancouver-Kingsway.
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Adrian Dix first served as the opposition critic for Children and Families and then served as the Health critic.
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Adrian Dix's candidacy was endorsed by former interim BC NDP leader Joy MacPhail, amongst others.
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Adrian Dix announced on September 18,2013 that he would resign as party leader once a new leader would be chosen in 2014.
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Adrian Dix announced his intention to run for re-election as an MLA in the next provincial election.