Adrian Dix

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Dix in 2016

Adrian Dix (born April 20, 1964) is a Canadian politician. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and the Minister of Health of British Columbia, Canada. He was also the leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party from 2011 to 2014.[1]

Dix was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 provincial election. He led the BC NDP into the 2013 provincial election. Even though opinion polling showed that he would win the election, he lost the election to the BC Liberal Party. Because of this, he resigned as the leader of the BC NDP.[2]

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Dix was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 provincial election. He was elected to the electoral district of Vancouver-Kingsway. He beat the incumbent Liberal MLA Rob Nijjar.[3]

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  1. Hunter, Justine; Bailey, Ian (April 17, 2011). "Dix clinches leadership of BC NDP". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
  2. Bailey, Ian; Hunter, Justine (September 18, 2013). "Dix steps down, but pledges to help NDP rebuild". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  3. MacLeod, Andrew (20 April 2011). "'I Own Memo Mistake' Says Dix, Pointing to His Record Since". The Tyee. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

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