Rob Nijjar

Rob Nijjar
MLA for Vancouver-Kingsway
In office 2001–2005
Preceded by	Glen Clark
Succeeded by	Adrian Dix
Personal details
Political party	Liberal

Rob Nijjar (born 1967) is a Canadian Liberal politician. He has lived all his life on Vancouver's East side. 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.

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

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

Election results (partial)

British Columbia general election, 2005: Vancouver-Kingsway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Adrian Dix	10,038	51.44%	$84,411
	Liberal	Rob Nijjar	7,894	40.46%	$115,864
	Green	Stuart Mackinnon	1,212	6.21%	$4,556
	Marijuana	Steven Mackenzie Lay	219	1.12%	$100
	People's Front	Donna Petersen	77	0.39%	$103
	Sex	Yvonne Maylynne Tink	73	0.37%	$100
Total Valid Votes			19,513	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			239	1.22%
Turnout			19,752	54.19%