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Adrian Dix
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Kingsway
Incumbent
Assumed office 2005
Preceded by	Rob Nijjar
Constituency	Vancouver-Kingsway
Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office 2011
Preceded by	Dawn Black
Personal details
Born	(1964-04-26) April 26, 1964 (age 60) Vancouver
Political party	New Democrat
Spouse	Renée Saklikar
Occupation	Civil servant

Adrian Dix (born April 26, 1964) is a Canadian politician, serving as the MLA for Vancouver-Kingsway in British Columbia and as leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2005 provincial election.

Personal

Adrian 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 Avenue in Vancouver until 2011 when his father retired and sold the business. 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 and currently lives in Vancouver with his wife Renée Saklikar, a poet and writer.

Dix is known for keeping in shape in order to manage his Type-1 diabetes, with which he was diagnosed in his 20s.

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 their B.C./Yukon branch. He served as Chief of Staff to Premier Glen Clark from 1996 to 1999. He was a political commentator and journalist from 2001-2005, writing a column for the Victoria Times-Colonist and The Source, a prominent multicultural newspaper in Vancouver. He was also a contributor to The Tyee and the CBC.

Fired from Job Due to Forging of Documents

In 1999 Dix was Chief of Staff to Premier Glen Clark. Dix was fired by Clark as Dix falsely backdated a memo with a stamp from the desk of Dix's secretary. "Police raided Clark's home over a potentially lucrative casino licence handed to one of the premier's pals. The memo, (falsely back-)dated eight months earlier, said Clark had personally instructed Dix to "ensure that he take no part in any aspect of the decision" to award the casino licence."

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. He served his constituents by opposing the closing of Carleton Elementary School.

Election results (partial)

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

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.

His candidacy was endorsed by former interim BC NDP leader Joy MacPhail, amongst others.

Voting for the leadership lasted through three balloting rounds. Dix led the vote on each ballot and defeated rival Mike Farnworth on the third ballot with 51.8% of the vote.

Leader of the BC NDP

Since becoming BC NDP leader, Dix's poll numbers have consistently been higher than his competitors, suggesting that he could become Premier in the next provincial election, scheduled for May 2013.

References

1. "Adrian's Birthday Party". BC NDP. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
2. "Dix clinches leadership of BC NDP". The Globe and Mail, April 17, 2011.
3. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/photos/adrian-dix-wife-renee-saklikar-stage-dix-won-photo-20110418-124803-570.html
4. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Leader+Adrian+unveiled/6172683/story.html
5. Bio at The Tyee
6. Bio, Adrian Dix, NDP website
7. The Fall and Rise of Adrian Dix, at Vancouver Magazine
8. Dix's past back to haunt him in new attack ad, at canada.com
9. http://thetyee.ca/News/2011/04/20/MemoMistake/
10. http://www.straight.com/article-353351/vancouver/adrian-dix-nine-good-reasons-save-carleton-elementary-school-east-vancouver
11. Hunter, Justine (February 2, 2011). "B.C. NDP's Dix tax proposal takes a big bite out of big business". Globe and Mail. Toronto. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
12. "Former Comox Valley MLA Gillespie backing Dix' leadership bid". Comox Valley Record. Courtenay. March 15, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
13. Bailey, Ian (February 22, 2011). "B.C. NDP candidate calls for tax on banks". Globe and Mail. Toronto. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
14. "Adrian Dix wins B.C. NDP leadership". CBC News. April 17, 2011.
15. "Would You Buy a Used Car from These Libs?". The Tyee. British Columbia. February 6, 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2012.

External links

• Profile from the B.C. Legislature

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